Hi Elaine, I hope everything will go well on your hospital stay! I’ve not been in the forum much lately, so my belated post on this. Btw, I’ve almost forgotten about your Cassis!
You don’t know how relieved I am to read about your resolved medical condition! Yay, good to know!! And welcome back here!
I'm so tired but so excited! I couldn't wait to get online and post my update.
I will catch up on the thread once I've slept for a bit as I cannot wait to see everyone's updates and get settled back into the happy world of bags.I'm discharged from hospital early and for good! My docs are so happy with my progress they've sent me home and I only need to go in for blood tests every couple of months! They actually said I may be permanently cured.
At the very least, it has been confirmed that my medication created all my other problems, and now that I've been off that medication, all my markers are normal. It's unbelievable!
I've spent the day with my mum, walking and talking, both crying and laughing hysterically, trying to process all the information.
It's all a bit of a shock and I'm in disbelief at the prospect of having a future different from the one I had been anticipating. Our health is so precious and I never thought I'd be given the hope of ever being really healthy again.
But enough of my off-topic rambling!
In the meantime, shopping my own is working out well for me...here are pics of the 3 bags in current rotation. All photos from my 12 hours since being discharged. Mum and I couldn't settle down so we would go for a long walk, head home, decide to go for another walk to work off our anxious energy....I took a different bag each time we went and snapped a bad photo along the way. I don't usually wear skirts but this one is one my mum bought for me when I was 16 (it refuses to die lol).
The chalk Coach whiplash bag with neon pink trims is the one I bought pre-loved right before my second hospital admission, iirc. I didn't get to post a reveal of it at the time. Took a pic of the strap white side out, then pink side out; I like it both ways.
The black round suede bag is a no-brand gift from my best friend. The gold rings can be pulled up for hand carry (though I've never used it that way). This bag is one of my all-time favourites!
The black bucket-style with the leather twilly is a handmade bag from when I was in Ukraine. It's buttery soft to the touch. The twilly is just a random belt that I tied around the original strap because it was getting really worn. The bag itself has a gorgeous patina and has softened so beautifully over the years. It is so lovely to the touch that I tend to pet it when I wear it.
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I’m almost 5’4” but my weight is way higher than yours, lol. The lowest weight I could remember is 48 kg back in high school. But that was many years ago!!
