Posted on September 8, 2020
by apfaffer
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37 Days That is how long Dan has been in the hospital. In that time, his normal has changed dramatically. 40 days ago, he waved farewell to me as I pointed my car back to Calgary. We had spent the month of July enjoying… Continue Reading “A timeline”
Category: Another Perspective, Awareness, Blog, Cystic Fibrosis, Life Story, Pass.it.on, Time Line, TransplantTags: Another Perspective, Blog, Cystic Fibrosis, Life Story, Relationships with Cystic Fibrosis, third lung transplant, Transplant, update
Posted on March 20, 2020
by dangerdan
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TRANSPLANT UPDATE (18 YEARS)!! “Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things in your life.” In my mind I’ve been trying to navigate around the labyrinth that currently surrounds me. I am in… Continue Reading “The Little Things In Life”
Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Cystic Fibrosis, Life Story, TransplantTags: Another Perspective, Blog, Ceftazidime, Cystic Fibrosis, FEV1, Life Story, little things, lung transplant, Meropenem, Piperacillin, pneumonias, Pseudomonas, Transplant
Posted on May 22, 2017
by dangerdan
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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… Continue Reading “A Point of View”
Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Cystic FibrosisTags: Another Perspective, anxiety, Blog, cf, Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, depression, Life Story, Perspective, perspective of another life, reality, Transplantation
Posted on March 23, 2017
by dangerdan
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My life has been based on numbers, predictions, percentages, baselines, decisions made by a team of doctors. I am not saying that I have not been a part of any of these decisions, in fact, I am the final call on all the end… Continue Reading “15 Years!”
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… Continue Reading “Contemplation”
Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Gift Of Life, Life Story, Organ Donation, UncategorizedTags: Anniversary, Another Perspective, Blog, Life, Life Story, Transplant
Posted on March 22, 2016
by dangerdan
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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… Continue Reading “Life is A Card Game”
Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Gift Of Life, Organ Donation, UncategorizedTags: Anniversary, Another Perspective, Antibodies, Blog, 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.… Continue Reading “In For An Oil Change”
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