Posted on March 22, 2019
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“Life is like a wheel, sooner or later it comes around to where you started, reliving old challenges facing loss and once again rebuilding.” The heart of the question is simply this, “Are you strong enough to take the chance and spin… Continue Reading “A WARRIOR CAN STILL BE MADE OUT OF ME”
Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Life Story, TransplantTags: (t-cells), Acute rejection, antigens, Aspergillus, B Cells, Bird Flu, Blog, bronchiolitis obilterans, bronchus tissue, cf, chronic lung allograft dysfunction, Chronic rejection, Cystic Fibrosis, Dan Pfaff, Danger Dan, failing lungs, fear, graft failure, H1N1, Life, life lessons, lung scarring, lung volume, O2 saturations, Organ Awareness, Organ donor, pneumonia, Pseudomonas, quality of life, retransplant, second transplant, third lung transplant, Tom Hall, Toronto General Hospital, Transplantation, UHN, World's first successful lung transplant, World's first successful single lung transplant
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… 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 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… Continue Reading “HERO-AS-SELF”
Category: Another Perspective, Blog, Gift Of Life, Life Story, Organ Donation, Pass.it.on, Think Green, UncategorizedTags: achilles, Alberta, Awareness, Blog, 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 February 5, 2015
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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”
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, Blog, 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 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… Continue Reading “Are You A Registered Donor?”
Category: Blog, Gift Of Life, Organ Donation, Our Challenge, Pass.it.on, Think GreenTags: Blog, Driver's license, Education, Health, Ontario, Organ, Organ Donation, Organ transplantation, Transplantation
Posted on April 9, 2013
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It’s beginning to feel more like spring as we move into April, soon enough we will be able to smell that fresh earthy pungency sent in the morning air and hear the birds singing in the as we wake up. With spring’s arrival, it’s time… Continue Reading “Think GREEN!”
Posted on March 22, 2013
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March 22nd, two days after the arrival of Spring is a very important anniversary for me. It is the day that not once but twice I was given a second chance at life; my new beginnings! How incredible to think that my two Double… Continue Reading “My Journey Through My Transplants”
Category: Another Perspective, Cystic Fibrosis, Gift Of Life, Life Story, Organ DonationTags: Blog, Cystic Fibrosis, Life, Life Story, Lung, Lung transplantation, Organ Awareness, Transplant, Transplantation
