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Posted on May 31, 2018
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“Everything will be alright in the end. If it’s not alright it’s not the end.” The end of May approaches warmer weather greets us which means more outdoor activities. Let me set the day for you. After a cold long winter, there are…
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Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Cystic Fibrosis, Life Story, Mental HealthTags: anxiety, cf, CFRD, Cystic Fibrosis, depression, Life Story, Mental Health
Posted on March 22, 2018
by dangerdan
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; But remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Yesterday, (March 21st, 2010) and today, (March 22nd, 2002) are extremely important days in my…
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Posted on May 22, 2017
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Perspective is the way we see things when we look at facts from a certain distance, it allows us to appreciate their true values. These values can lead us to different illusions, giving us the ability to remove the blindfold that can overcome our…
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Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Cystic FibrosisTags: Another Perspective, anxiety, cf, Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, depression, Life Story, Perspective, perspective of another life, reality, Transplantation
Posted on May 16, 2017
by dangerdan
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You didn’t cause it. You can’t cure it. You can’t avoid it. You can’t ignore it. You can’t control it. You try to manage it while concealing it from the “normal world”. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is often called the invisible disease. Invisible illnesses are…
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Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Cystic Fibrosis, Life Story, UncategorizedTags: alzheimers, anxiety, Awareness, cancer, cf, chronic pain, chrons, ciliated epithelial cells, Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, depression, diabetes, disabilities, disability, Education, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, gastrointestinal tract, Health, invisible disease, invisible illness, Life, Life Story, lung transplant, malabsorption, maldigestion, nutrition, pancreatic enzyme, pancreatic insufficiency, perspective of another, PERT
Posted on May 8, 2017
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INHALE, EXHALE, now again INHALE, EXHALE, and REPEAT, it’s easier said than done for some. Breathing is an involuntary act which most people do not think about and take for granted. To someone with Cystic Fibrosis that breath you just took would be a gift! Many people have…
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Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Cystic Fibrosis, Life StoryTags: anxiety, Bones, breathe, cf, coughing, Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, debilitating fatigue, depression, diabetes, digestive enzymes, digestive system, drugs, Education, exocrine glands, fight2breathe, Health, infections, intestines, life-threatening, liver, loneliness, lungs, mucus, Mutations, nutrition, pancreas, respiratory, shortness of breath, straw challenge, sweat
Posted on April 19, 2017
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Have you ever wanted to be a Hero, what is a Hero these days anyway? I am sure if you ask around you’ll get some interesting answers. As the world has evolved the definition of a hero has changed. The dictionary defines a hero…
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Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Gift Of Life, Life Story, Organ Donation, Pass.it.on, Think Green, UncategorizedTags: achilles, Alberta, Awareness, blood donation, bone transplant, British Columbia, burn victims, Canada, cerebral brain hemorrhage, CFRD, Chronic rejection, cornea transplant, diabetes, Donation, Education, enzymes, family, florence nightingale, fun fact, Fundraising, gilgamesh, gloria steinem, Health, heart transplants, hero, idiopathic pulmonary disease, illnesses, insulin, iphigenia, islet cell transplantation, joan of arc, Kidney, kidney transplant, Life, life saving, liver, liver transplants, lungs, mahatma gangi, Manitoba, martin luther king jr, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month, necrotizing fasciitis, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, NOTDAM, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, obstructive pulmonary disease, Ontario, Organ Awareness, pancreas transplant, Prince Edward Island, purpura fulminans, Quebec, recycle, rejection, Saskatchewan, skin cancer, skin grafts, Sweden, Think Green, tissue donation, Transplantation
Posted on March 22, 2017
by dangerdan
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For the past few weeks, I’ve been looking for some guidance some extra light to inspire me, due to the fact I no longer know what I want or know where I want to be. I know there are still things in life I…
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Posted on March 22, 2016
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Today is a special day, as well as yesterday even the day after tomorrow will be and so on for myself and others. March 21st marks 6 years since my second double lung transplant, followed by March 22nd making it 14 years from my…
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Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Gift Of Life, Organ Donation, UncategorizedTags: Anniversary, Another Perspective, Antibodies, Bone Scan, Bones, bronchoscopy, Cystic Fibrosis, ivig, Life, Life Story, lung transplant, Organ, oxygen, PFT’s, Plasmapheresis, Pseudomonas, Pulse Steroids, Rheumatology, St Michaels Hospital, TGH, third lung transplant, Toronto General Hospital, Transplant, vitamin a
Posted on February 5, 2015
by dangerdan
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It has been almost 5 years since my second double lung transplant (March 2010) and 13 years since my first (March 2002). It is truly amazing how fast the time has flown by. I’m here because someone gave me the gift of life. Not…
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Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Gift Of Life, Life Story, Organ Donation, Pass.it.onTags: (t-cells), Acute rejection, albumin, Another Perspective, Antibodies, antibodies count, anticoagulant, autoimmune disorders, blood pressure dropped, bronchiolitis obilterans, bronchoscopy, C.F. treatments, calcium, central line, central venous catheter, cf, Chronic rejection, CNS, collect sap, CT scan, Drug toxicity, drugs, family, friends, Gift Of Life, HCT, Health, hormones, Hyperacute rejection, imunnesupressed, Influenza, ions, Lymphocytes, maple syrup, OR Room, plasma, Plasmapheresis, PLTS, prednisone, proteins, Pulmonary function tests, pulse therapy, re-evaluated for a second lung transplant, saline solution, social media, stroke, taco neck, Tamiflu, Transplant, Transplantation, Ultrasound Machine, update, veins, vitamins, washing, WBC, Xray
Posted on November 1, 2013
by dangerdan
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It’s an odd way of a campaign, but Scarpa makes a good point of how most of us value objects and money instead of giving a life!! ‘I buried my car, but everyone thought it was absurd when I said I was going to do that….
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Posted on May 6, 2013
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The BIG QUESTION, are YOU A REGISTERED DONOR? Tomorrow May, 6. 2013 I will be at the Timberlane Athletic Club (155 Vandorf Side Rd Aurora, ON L4G 6W7) from 10:00 – 1:00. If you are in the of Aurora or Newmarket area, please feel free to…
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Category: Blog, Gift Of Life, Organ Donation, Our Challenge, Pass.it.on, Think GreenTags: Driver's license, Education, Health, Ontario, Organ, Organ Donation, Organ transplantation, Transplantation
Posted on May 5, 2013
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Originally posted on CF Wife:
Do you remember the first time you learned about Cystic Fibrosis? It has been my experience that unless you work in healthcare or have a personal connection to the disease (most likely through a friend, family member, or acquaintance),…
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