| 4/9/2008 12:02:52 PM | Will You Help?? | |
keithh
Cincinnati, OH
age: 38
| Just wanting to know if there were any people like me going through the same things that I go through everyday of my life. I am a transplant recipent.. On August,19 2004 I recieved a double lung transplant that nearly killed me but now has saved me. My story is quit spectacular if interested or have questions please feel free to ask anything..I really would like to get information out about being an organ donor it does save lives and it does make a big difference not only in the lives it saves but the people who love them. Thank You
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| 4/9/2008 5:37:02 PM | Will You Help?? | |
garnetlady
Cincinnati, OH
age: 48
| Wow not what I expected. So how does it feel physically with your new lungs?
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| 4/10/2008 3:03:32 PM | Will You Help?? | |
wendy001
Manchester, CT
age: 36
| Im glad your here with us.
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| 4/10/2008 3:06:21 PM | Will You Help?? | |
ping_ping
Kingwood, TX
age: 25
| What happened to cause you to need a double lung transplant?
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| 4/10/2008 6:13:50 PM | Will You Help?? | |
keithh
Cincinnati, OH
age: 38
| Well it doesn't really feel any different. Some people say they connect with there donors but I don't. I'm just glad to have them.
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| 4/10/2008 6:21:10 PM | Will You Help?? | |
keithh
Cincinnati, OH
age: 38
| Ping I had a disease known as Pulmonary Fibrosis. What happens is cyst would form on my lungs and they would then pop and scar over. The scar tissue would then clog my aveili or air sacs and cause me not to breath. I was then on oxygen for a long time,until I received my transplant.
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| 4/10/2008 6:22:17 PM | Will You Help?? | |
keithh
Cincinnati, OH
age: 38
| Wendy thank you for your kind words.
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| 4/10/2008 6:55:12 PM | Will You Help?? | |
destination63
Jonesboro, GA
age: 45
| God works in his own time and it's a blessing that you are still among the living. I know you will be forever grateful.
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| 4/11/2008 5:34:55 PM | Will You Help?? | |
raven01
Lumberton, TX
age: 45
| Howdy and welcome to DH.
I hear you...I personally don't have any transplants...but I've signed the back of my DL and I'm ready to give. I've told all my family of my wishes to donate as well. Guess time will tell if anyone listened to me. The way I look at it....I don't need any of it anymore to live...let someone who can still have a life....have the chance at as normal a one they can. Don't know with all my past and lifestyles how much is good. But if it is....and someone out there needs any....they will be luck to have whatever is good and in my book....welcome to have. If someone gets my heart...they need to be fore warned...it is as BIG AS TEXAS. Tons of love to give...that's what I mean by that.
Wish you all the best...and happy hunting...and Good Luck.
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| 4/11/2008 6:30:52 PM | Will You Help?? | |
tillyj1963
Peckville, PA
age: 45
| god blessyou he kept you hear for a reason they say were all here for a purpose and when fill our obligation then we are called home .maybe not true but it gives one hope .have a good night and great week end 
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| 4/12/2008 7:02:57 AM | Will You Help?? | |
corbinsgaga
Wooster, OH
age: 47
| God Bless and glad you're here. I am an organ donor, I do have the sticker on my license and also it states in my will that my organs are to be donated. I think it is the right thing to do because who knows? my organ donation may save the life of someone who otherwise wouldn't have a chance to live out their life.
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| 4/12/2008 7:11:07 AM | Will You Help?? | |
classyguy333
West Fargo, ND
age: 57
| I'm figurin' I'm not going to be using them anymore, so have at 'em! If one of the nice people here had my heart, wouldn't it be greatif my sons could hear it beating in someone else? Not always possible, but if I had somebody's, I think I would want to let them know who I was, provided they wanted to know. It would be a tough deal in some ways, too. I perswonally would want to present the opportunity from either side of the fence.
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| 4/12/2008 8:50:55 AM | Will You Help?? | |
jvgirl
Houston, TX
age: 24
| Very cool post, I agree. Organ donation saved my aunts life too. I plan to be an organ donor, and I try to donate blood regularly throughout the year. A friend in high school needed a blood transfusion and we were compatible. God is good and miracles DO happen through the medical field. THanks for sharing your story with us. 
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| 4/12/2008 9:56:53 AM | Will You Help?? | |
wileyguy
Wilkes Barre, PA
age: 37
| kudos keith. glad things are better for you.
i got a kidney from my sister and i try to get people to become donors.i'm a donor too.
'leave your organs here,heaven knows we need them'
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