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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.
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TransplantBuddies
If you have been touched by organ donation in any way and have a question, seek support, seek guidance ….. whether you have had an organ transplant, are on the waiting list for a transplant, you or a family member … Continue reading
Welcome
If you put together the people whose lives have been touched by organ donation, either as recipients or donors become a “family”. A close family at that. I’ve seen this every year at our local OPO (organ procurement organization) events, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged DonateLife, Donor Family, Emotions, Giving Thanks, Grateful, Gratitude, Heart Transplant, Hero, LifeBanc, Organ Donor, Organ Transplants, TransplantBuddies
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Remembering a Friend
Remembering Patrick Carroll It is quite easy in the world of the internet to get caught up in other people’s lives. This seems to be especially true for those of us in the organ transplant community that have stared death in … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged DonateLife, Donor, Emotions, Friendship, Heart Transplant, Kindness, Organ Transplants, TransplantBuddies
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A New Site
A little over a week ago I wrote a post (click link to read that post) about a free book, that is available as a pdf file. The book is titled, “Sara and Gift of Life”, written by Robert Jaunsen. This book, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged DonateLife, Heart Transplant, Organ Transplants, TransplantBuddies
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An Incredible New Book – FREE
A dear transplant recipient friend of mine from the TransplantBuddies forums, by the name of Kelli once gave me permission to post her excellent organ transplant awareness posters that she created. You can read that old post and see the posters right … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged DonateLife, Giving Thanks, Heart Transplant, Hope, Humbled, Kindness, Life, Organ Transplants, TransplantBuddies, UNOS
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A Heart Transplant Patient’s New Year’s Resolutions
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!! Normally I do not make a lot of “resolutions” for the new year. As the cartoon below depicts, they are good for about the first week and then “poof” they are gone. If you or … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Destiny, DonateLife, Donor, Friendship, God's Plan, Heart Transplant, Life's Lessons, LVAD, Miracles, TransplantBuddies, volunteering
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New Beginning
“Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.” Happy New Year to ALL!!
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Blessed, Change, Faith, Family, Friendship, Giving Thanks, God's Plan, Heart Transplant, Hope, Humbled, Inspiring, Kindness, Life, Miracles, optimisim, Organ Transplants, Readers, TransplantBuddies
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Power!!!
One thing that I rarely have touched on in my writing is the power of prayer. I’ve always been a believer. Never a doubter. After my transplant, I heard about the all the people who had prayed for me. Most … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Blessed, DonateLife, Faith, Giving Thanks, Heart Transplant, Hope, Prayer, TransplantBuddies
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Haven’t Met You Yet!?!
I’m reposting this from my blog over at TransplantBuddies ~ Life is returning to normal here at My2ndHeartBeat World Headquarters, after having the grand kids here last week. The house is quiet once again and we are planning some projects in the … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Heart Transplant, Music, Organ Transplants, TransplantBuddies, Waiting
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Heart to Heart Hugs
Quote ~ A hug is a handshake from the heart. ~Author Unknown Recently, on the forums on TransplantBuddies.com, there was a post initiated by a fellow heart transplant recipient, “RocketHeart”, where he told about “heart to heart” hugs. I was … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Friendship, Heart Transplant, Kindness, TransplantBuddies
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