Hi Rich,
Just seen you had your transplant quite recently also, i had mine on the 18th of January..
Im just wondering how your recovery is going now, i hope all is going good...
Hi Rich
Hope everything is ok with u , it's 4 year's since my double lung transplant plus i got cf as well , i'm here if u want to talk
take care
zoe
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Thank you all for your support and care.... this site helped Rich in his darkest hours .. some place where he knew there were other people who understood and really cared... I know that from those I've talked to ....and that's alot of people through this experience... they are all commited to signing up as donors as a result of Rich's story.... and I don't plan on stopping asking people to go have their drivers licenses changed with that box checked that says ... donor.... We live in this amazing world together and we need each other more than we often realize.... with the deepest of love *kathy
With alot of hard work and pressing our civic leaders to keep pressure on Medicare and Medicaid... they were able to get St. Joseph's Hospital here in Phoenix Certified to do lung transplants and with 2 amazing surgeons with alot of experience from UCLA medical center.. Rich had a Double Lung Transplant on Dec 5, 2009... He is doing really well and was very fortunate that the donor was local and a perfect match .... he's still on a ventilator for now.. but is expected to be off of it soon and his blue fingers he's lived with for years (due to a lack of oxygen ~ he was at 13% capasity before the surgery) are now pink and beautiful... I just thought you'd all like to know!
Hi Rich:
I’d like to welcome you to the Transplant Café. You are now a member of a warm, friendly, supportive, caring, understanding, sensitive and informative site. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask and I’ll be glad to help you out. So glad you are here and again welcome to the Transplant Café. Here’s a link that might help you get started: www.transplantcafe.com/forum/topic/show?id=2024407:Topic:2985
Take care,
Karen
Kidney Tx
1972 & 2007 glitter-graphics.com
I spoke to McCain's office today to thank them for the great work they are doing pushing Medicare and AHCCCS to do their jobs and get St. Joseph's approved and certified. They were happy for the thank-you's and will continue to keep the pressure on to be sure the certification is completed
I also spoke to Congressmen Jeff Flakes secretary to thank them for helping, she's the one who has been staying on top of your case and asked how you are doing and if you were still in Tucson.. I told her you were going through an evaluation yesterday 10-5-09 and that I didn't know the results yet, but would call Pyra later in the day to find out... It was good to know that Jeff Flakes team really knew who you were and were on top of some of the details about your life... they too have been keeping the pressure on Medicare to get things done as quickly as possible!
Rich, I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to the Cafe! This site is amazing and you will find so much support here. I truly hope you receive your gift of life soon! Take care and enjoy the site...:)
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Thanks god for good insurance. My insurance paid for my transplant and the donors 100% .
Not just that, they also made up to $10,000 available for living expenses for the donor (my husband)and me . We are truly lucky. If you can get Medicare they wi…
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Just seen you had your transplant quite recently also, i had mine on the 18th of January..
Im just wondering how your recovery is going now, i hope all is going good...
Steve
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-Roberta
Hope everything is ok with u , it's 4 year's since my double lung transplant plus i got cf as well , i'm here if u want to talk
take care
zoe
MERRY CHRISTMAS
I’d like to welcome you to the Transplant Café. You are now a member of a warm, friendly, supportive, caring, understanding, sensitive and informative site. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask and I’ll be glad to help you out. So glad you are here and again welcome to the Transplant Café. Here’s a link that might help you get started:
www.transplantcafe.com/forum/topic/show?id=2024407:Topic:2985
Take care,
Karen
Kidney Tx
1972 & 2007
glitter-graphics.com
I spoke to McCain's office today to thank them for the great work they are doing pushing Medicare and AHCCCS to do their jobs and get St. Joseph's approved and certified. They were happy for the thank-you's and will continue to keep the pressure on to be sure the certification is completed
I also spoke to Congressmen Jeff Flakes secretary to thank them for helping, she's the one who has been staying on top of your case and asked how you are doing and if you were still in Tucson.. I told her you were going through an evaluation yesterday 10-5-09 and that I didn't know the results yet, but would call Pyra later in the day to find out... It was good to know that Jeff Flakes team really knew who you were and were on top of some of the details about your life... they too have been keeping the pressure on Medicare to get things done as quickly as possible!
Just thought you'd like to know!
Kathy
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