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Rally To Support Organ Donation & Passage of Lauren's Law

For those of you living in New York or visiting there is a ...

Invitation

Please help us promote organ donation in New York

by attending our press conference on…

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Added by Pat on May 16, 2012 at 12:07pm — No Comments

www.hepatoevaluacion.com

Strongly recommended for liver transplantation specialists: Pf. Castera Online conference that can be watched on
www.hepatoevaluación.com/e-conferences.

Added by Imma on April 5, 2011 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Quality Of Life Following Liver Transplant Influenced By Alcohol Abuse History

A history of alcohol abuse significantly impacts quality of life for patients after liver transplant, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

"Transplant recipients with alcoholic cirrhosis experienced less improvement in physical quality of life and reported greater pain and physical limitations than non-alcoholics after transplant surgery," says Anne Eshelman, Ph.D., Henry Ford Behavioral Health Services, lead author of the study.

"Understanding alcoholic and… Continue

Added by Gustavo on March 14, 2011 at 8:07pm — No Comments

Under New Law, Kidney Transplant Priorities Will Shift

If the new changes pass to the transplant recipient list priorities, organs will be allocated to those who are expected to live longest and to individuals who are within 15 years of the age of the donor. Only around 17,000 Americans actually receive the required transplant they need each year, and nearly 5,000 people die waiting for their transplant.

The current established policy disregards age and health status, and only accounts for where the patient is in line, which right now is… Continue

Added by Gustavo on February 26, 2011 at 9:20am — 1 Comment

NYPH Patients and Surgeons Run 2010 New York Marathon

Timothy Sweeney, who had double lung transplant surgery just one year ago, ran with his transplant surgeon, Joshua Sonett, MD. Timothy and Dr. Sonett ran together, stopping at mile 16 to visit with Dr. Sonett’s family, and again at the finish line to visit with Timothy’s family. According to Timothy, a 33-year-old personal trainer who has cystic fibrosis, “It was an amazing, incredible…

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Added by Gustavo on February 22, 2011 at 3:33pm — No Comments

Where you live drives wait for liver transplants

WASHINGTON — Doctors dropped another bomb soon after telling Matthew Rosiello it was time for a liver transplant: The 21-year-old isn't likely to get one any time soon in his home state of New York. Consider traveling to Ohio, they advised, where the wait's a lot shorter.

Where you live plays a big role in how sick you are, and how long you wait, before getting a scarce liver transplant — if you survive long enough. Now the network that runs the U.S. organ transplant system is…

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Added by Gustavo on February 20, 2011 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Cloned Organs In the Near Future. No Rejection, No Drugs.

(Bob Aronson, the author of this blog, received a new heart on August 21, 2007)

People who need an organ transplant face two hurdles; one is the limited availability of organs and the second is the possibility that if you do get an organ your body might reject it.

First let us discuss the donor issue. Since the national Organ Transplant Act of 1984 The United States has depended on the…

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Added by Bob Aronson on October 1, 2010 at 9:53am — No Comments

Hispanics And Asians Less Likely To Receive Liver Transplants

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, both in Ann Arbor, have identified geographic variation as a key factor accounting for disparities in access to liver transplantation among racial and ethnic groups. Full details appear in the September issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association… Continue

Added by Gustavo on September 14, 2010 at 6:09pm — No Comments

Survey about donation and transplantation

What society thinks regarding organ donation and transplantation ?

This survey has only 3 questions that will take only 1 minute to…

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Added by Gustavo on April 29, 2010 at 10:17pm — No Comments

National Donate Life Month April 2010

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Added by Catherine (Cathy) on April 1, 2010 at 10:42pm — No Comments

assistance

I have a friend who had a kidney transplant a year ago. He has maxed out his Health Insurance and depleted his HSA. He has now been diagnosed with leukemia that is a direct result of the transplant. Do you guys know of a charitable organization that might be willing to help him financially? The… Continue

Added by Cindy Fallsen on January 12, 2010 at 7:12pm — 1 Comment

One Click Can Save Thousands of Lives

Hello friends.

I am trying to help a very dear friend of mine and ostensibly yours.

John Piano is the founder of Transplant Connect and a simple click of your mouse http://thegentlemensfund.com/final_vote.asp will help him win The GQ Gentlemen's Fund 2009 contest and further a great cause for families like yours all over America.

So, I hope you will click your mouse on the link above and… Continue

Added by Francis DeGiorgio on October 6, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Will Pay Top $$

My cousin is dieing and family is looking for a kidney asap, I am from a very wealthy family, we are looking to pay top money to keep our cousin with us, money is NO option for us,just a good healthy kidney, please help us and our family, you seem like a great canidate, please send me your info where I can reach you asap, phone number etc. address thanks Joshua Spilberg

Added by Joshua on July 24, 2009 at 2:09pm — 3 Comments

HCV AND POST LIVER TRANSPLANTS

IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE HAS HAD A LIVER TRANSPLANT WITH HCV AND END STAGE CIRROHIS,ESPECIALLY WITH A HIGH VIRAL LOAD AT TRANSPLANT,KISTEN TO ME!!!THIS IS NOT THE CURE ALL ANSWER[THE NEW LIVER]THE HCV VIRUS WILL MOST LIKELY ATTACK THE NEW LIVER WITHIN 3 MONTHS,SO BE PREPARED

Added by KIMBERLY on June 25, 2009 at 7:11am — 3 Comments

Prograf - Avoid

Subject: Kidney failure after long-term use of Prograf (following Liver Transplant).

Patient's new kidney also began to slowly fail/decline (initially after transplant, while still on Prograf). The new kidney immediately began to recover after stopping the Prograf. Expert medical studies show that Prograf is toxic to the kidneys... Medical studies by experts at Albert Einstein Transplant Center support/promote the idea of stopping Prograf due to toxic effects on the kidney and using… Continue

Added by Robert on June 20, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Weekly Infusion

Just had my latest infusion of Albumin and Lasix on Wednesday. Thursday I slept for 15 hours! It always takes the wind out of me the day after, but normally by Friday I am feeling tons better, even better than before I had the infusion. My labs came back pretty stable setting my Meld at 13. I really hate seeing it drop again during my hospital stays. I went into the hospital at 23 and after a week of pills and IVs they get it to go down. Seems kind of pointless. How am I ever going to get a… Continue

Added by Walter Stephen Marr on June 5, 2009 at 4:11pm — No Comments

I am a Heart Transplant Patient I might have Dresslers Syndrome ?????

Does anyone know about this I had a fever of 102.2 last week shoulder pain and trouble breathing I am a heart transplant patient it might be dresslers syndrome as it can happen weeks to months after a transplant or injury. I had a pericarthesis done to remove fluid surrounding the outer layer of my heart. any suggestions welcome no sign of ammonia or flu or any other virus or disease, I am thinking this is common in open heart surgery any suggestions or same expierences????

Added by Lawrence R. Decoste on June 1, 2009 at 3:36pm — No Comments

i would like to help someone with a kidnet

i am located in jacksonville florida.how does this work?who pays for the surgey?

Added by amy scheidegg on May 3, 2009 at 5:03pm — 1 Comment

Heroes Of Hope

HEROES OF HOPE

by Ashley Tenczar Curran

I think it was the first time that I heard the words..”He needs a liver transplant”, that it all sort of sunk in to my brain, and I thought I had a grip on the situation.

That was before those words went on a journey through my soul, and landed in my heart.

“Transplant...Transplant...”

The words echoed through my mind, and I came to grips pretty quickly, as I had been a… Continue

Added by Ashley Curran on April 23, 2009 at 10:06am — No Comments

shoulder pain

my shoulder needs to be xrayed soon..hurry? necrosis is necrosis, my discomfort has gotten too uncomfortable. Similar to the pain before, in my hips and knee. Onset? It's not a weight bearing joint/bone, so the need to compensate for the pain in my daily mobility isn't urgent, noticeable. The discomfort wakes me, so that is an issue I need to address. I'm going to make a Ortho appt after I submit my blog. Thanks for letting me share my moment/time with all of you. I hope my blog finds everyone… Continue

Added by yolanda on March 30, 2009 at 4:16pm — 1 Comment