One sleep till we get on a plane to New York City and WEGO Health Awards!

The time has finally arrived for our trip to New York! We're soooooo bloody excited! Already checked in for the flights on Emirates. A year ago this time I would have never imagined that we would be off on this awesome adventure right now. I've been lying awake in the early hours of the morning for the last new nights, just in awe of how my health is feeling so fantastic right now, and how brilliant my breathing is, how much energy I have compared to a year ago... how almost everything in life is just SO MUCH BETTER when you can breathe. There is a quote that says "When you can't breathe, nothing else matters." This is so absolutely true! And when you CAN breathe, so much in life just gets magically better! I really hope that everyone I know waiting for a transplant may also get to experience this feeling one day.

I am excited to announce that I have been nominated for the WEGO Health "Patient Leader Hero" and "Best in show: Blog" Awards in the 2018 WEGO Health Awards. I don't know who nominated me in these 2 categories, but THANK YOU!

WEGO Health is a mission-driven company connecting health care with the experience, skills, and insights of patient leaders. They are the world’s largest network of patient leaders, working across virtually all health conditions and topics.

The WEGO Health Awards were created to celebrate those who tirelessly support the mission of WEGO Health: to empower the patient voice. With 16 award categories, the WEGO Health Awards are the only awards across all conditions and platforms, that recognize the over 100 thousand inspiring Patient Leaders who raise awareness, share information, and support their communities - but often without recognition. This year, the 16 WEGO Health Award winners will be honored at an in-person celebration in October co-hosted by the Society of Participatory Medicine at the Connected Health Conference. (Not that I'll be able to attend, as it's in the USA!)

There are two easy ways to endorse that only take seconds of your time!

1) You can click on my endorsement badge located at the top right part of my blog.
2) Click here to be taken to my WEGO Health Awards profile where you can click “Endorse” under my nominee photo.

This past weekend was very social! Two of my university friends were in town for a Katy Perry concert, so had some great catching up sessions!

Hope you have a great weekend... and please bear with me when I break your Instagram and Facebook with pics of our trip!!