Search my site here –
UNOS Quote
My Links
My2ndHeartBeat
1st Amendment
1st Amendment ~ Please note that this is a personal journalist effort by a heart transplant patient. Any reference to volunteering, other patients, medical practioners, family members, physical places or locations will be based on composites of of real and fictional people and may be antedotal in nature.
Blog Stats
- 354,746 hits
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Look For Trains
I saw this sign the other day and it really got me thinking about life. The sign below is simple … “Look For Trains” But, often we don’t even see them coming. The morning the heart attack knocked me out … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Blessed, DonateLife, Giving Thanks, Heart Transplant, Life, Life's Lessons
Leave a comment
Happy Father’s Day
I’m sitting here this morning and thinking about my dad, who died a long time ago. We had our good times and our bad times, there is no doubt, but he’ll always be my DAD!! He gave me lots in … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Family, Father's Day, Heart Transplant, Hero, Life
Leave a comment
Guest Post @ RockScarLove
6/15/2010 ~ Life is good and all is well, at least as far as I know. When I had my heart cath a couple of weeks ago, all looked good, except one of my labs was a little suspect. So, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged DonateLife, Heart Transplant, Modesty, RockScarLove
1 Comment
“Unremarkable”
A week or so ago, I wrote about “Normal” (Click HERE to see that post), in how the doctor described me after my annual heart cath. As a patient, that is a sweet word to hear, especially from a doctor. … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Family, Heart Transplant, Life, Organ Transplants
2 Comments
Added Quotes
Today, I added a LOT (couple hundred?) of quotes to my quote page that I have posted on various sites like TransplantBuddies, TransplantFriends and Facebook, as well as this blog. You can see these by clicking on the “My Favorite Quotes” … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Faith, Friendship, Giving Thanks, Heart Transplant, Hero, Hope, Inspiring, Life's Lessons, optimisim
Leave a comment
Numbers
I am a numbers guy. I like them, always have, always will. I know the medical professionals are numbers people as well. Last week, when I went for my annual heart cath and other tests, I took along my “numbers”. … Continue reading
“You’re Normal”
Earlier this week was an my annual heart check up at my transplant center. As the heart cath was ending, my doc leans over to me and says, “You’re normal, though your family may not think so.” A bit of … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Blessed, Clinical, Family, Giving Thanks, Heart Transplant, Hero, Life
2 Comments