Download or read book This Is My Story Organ Transplant What an Amazing Journey written by Kimberly Hoyt and published by Kimberly Hoyt. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is My Story: Organ Transplant: What an Amazing Journey, is an interactive journal that allows you keep track of one of the most important life events you will experience—organ transplant, as an organ donor or organ recipient. It's so important to keep these moments documented so you can share them with family, friends, and teach others about your personal journey. This journal allows you to tell your own story, your personal journey through the transplant/donation process. The journal can be started at any point in your transplant/donation process, there are multiple sections including your personal information, contacts, specialists, medications, office visits, Know Your Numbers reference section, notes sections to document feelings, and thoughts. It includes a section for business cards, transplant pictures, pages of inspiration from the author, and education pieces related to organ transplant. As part of the easy-to-use format, each month consists of a two-page spread, making it more convenient for writing detailed information for each date, allowing you to record important dates, memories, and milestones. Your records will be organized and accurate. This interactive journal contains many references, resources, and contact information for any of your potential transplant and donor concerns that may arise. This book makes a great gift for the person in your life who is about take this transplant or organ donation journey. You are not alone, you are strong. Transplant recipients and donors are some of the strongest people I have ever met. This is a journey you will want to remember.
Download or read book Stories of the Heart written by Nancy Siemers and published by Kirk House Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Caregiver s Story written by Ann Brandt and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One caregiver's chronicles of the journey she took with her husband, as they battled his brain tumor. Beautifully written."-Naomi Berkowitz, Executive Director, American Brain Tumor Association Just one year after battling a little-known illness called Guillain Barre, Ann Brandt faced another challenge when her husband was diagnosed with a rare, debilitating, and aggressive form of brain cancer. Lacking in resources or formal instruction, Brandt relied heavily on her faith and memories of how her husband cared for her during her illness to navigate them both through the difficult times ahead. In A Caregiver's Story, Brandt approaches the complexities of caregiving in a personal and empowering way that offers sound spiritual as well as practical advice to make caregiving more manageable. She includes invaluable, up-to-date information about: Working with doctors and getting a second opinion Choosing a treatment plan Maintaining your life and sanity while offering good care Finding support groups and conferences Dealing with emotional and financial issues Making a connection between prayer and healing Brandt offers a loving, encouraging environment to help steer you through difficult times and delivers much-needed support and comfort. For caregivers, family members, and friends alike, A Caregiver's Story provides the support you deserve.
Download or read book Journey of a Liver Transplant Recipient written by Christine Jowett and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a reality that someone in Canada dies every three days waiting for an organ transplant; for some patients, they are lying in their hospital beds, waiting to be given a second chance at life. Some are fortunate to receive that organ or gift of life, yet for many, they don't survive because the organ they require is either not available or doesn't get there in time. Christine Jowett was only thirteen years old when she became jaundiced, fatigued, and endured bouts of right abdominal pain. Having lived with autoimmune hepatitis for twenty-six years, Christine's disease finally took its toll on her and she ended up in St. Mary's Hospital, where she works as a cardiology nurse. In order to save her life, she was then sent to Toronto General Hospital to wait for a liver transplant, yet, her situation continued to deteriorate as her kidneys were shutting down. Now at forty-one years old, a mother and a wife, it still remains a mystery as to why Christine developed chronic autoimmune hepatitis, a disease that for so long through her life she was able to manage with few medications. Life Goes On is a moving story of her life, which tells of her sickness, facing up to the possibility of losing her family, and the struggle to regain the normality of life after her operation. After the tragic death of an anonymous hero, Christine is given the ultimate gift of life, a healthy organ, on one very special day.
Download or read book Heart of Iron written by Kyle Garlett and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his life, Kyle Garlett hated nothing more than losing, and he knew early on that four diagnoses of cancer could not match his spirit of competition. His appetite for victory and his love of life pushed him over his health hurdles—including a bone marrow transplant, hip replacement, and heart transplant—and into the greatest challenge of his life: the Ironman World Championship. Kyle tells his amazing life story with clear-headed optimism and a winning sense of humor, beginning with his first diagnosis of lymphoma as a teenager and continuing through years of chemotherapy that destroyed his joints and weakened his heart. Not just about his health crisis but also about forging a remarkable life around cancer and his career as a sportwriter, the amazing friends and family who supported him, and finding love. After five and half years on the organ transplant waiting list then being gifted with a new heart, Kyle embarks on a challenge of his own making: to compete in the Ironman Triathlon, in which he competed not once but twice. His miraculous recovery and athleticism are recounted, along with the story of how he became an Olympic torch bearer, a devoted Lymphoma & Leukemia Society spokesperson, a motivational speaker, and an author. Heart of Iron is an invaluable companion for those affected by cancer and a breathtaking memoir about one man's unstoppable spirit and success against all odds.
Download or read book Fatima S Journey written by Fatima Baig and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details Fatimas journey as a two-time liver transplant recipient. The book is also about how her health struggles affected her personally and how the youth who have grown up with chronic illnesses can have normal yet special lives and how their families cope and become their strength. She also writes about how families from very different ethnic backgrounds come close together and form a strong bond in the pain of their children and their common challenges. She discussed the medical mistakes, which become life-changing for so many, and how there should be more acknowledgment of them rather than putting a lid on them. Finally, Fatima talks about how she came to spread awareness about organ donation; shares her story through social media, media, and public speaking; and how she came to be a part of a community of transplant patients, donor families, and those with chronic illness who united together through diversity and helped each other during their struggles. This book details how her life changed after her second liver transplant and the medical mistakes that Fatima endured.
Download or read book The Kidney Sellers written by Sigrid Fry-Revere and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rarely does an adventure story carry such social significance as in this groundbreaking ethnographic research book. Dr. Fry-Revere's exploration of the medical ethics of compensating organ donors takes us deep inside Iranian culture to provide insight and understanding into how Iran has solved its kidney shortage. The Kidney Sellers: A Journey of Discovery in Iran addresses the question: How it is possible that in Iran there is a waiting list to be a donor, while in the United States hundreds of thousands of people have died for lack of a kidney? Dr. Fry-Revere is the first Westerner ever to witness firsthand Iran's organ procurement system. She shares what she discovered in this fascinating book: part diary of living in a dangerous country, part ethnographic essay, and part tale of people working together to overcome death and financial ruin. The Kidney Sellers is a shocking, thought-provoking true story.
Download or read book My Dialysis Journey written by Gina Novak and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal and professional firsthand experiences of life on hemodialysis are depicted in this weekly devotional. The reader is provided with helpful and informative education as they journey through the many challenges associated with chronic kidney disease. It serves as an insightful companion to a life on hemodialysis. It brings a spirit of healing through scripture, prayer, and journaling. A must-read for every dialysis patient! It covers everything. Reading this book can make life easier and the hemodialysis experience much more successful for patients. -Ronald Farmer Fresenius Kidney Care, In-center Dialysis patient Rich in information and insight and complemented with encouragement and inspiration. A wonderful companion for any hemodialysis patient or their loved ones. -Dorene Holcombe, CRNP Department of Nephrology-Johns Hopkins University This book embodies compassion and empowerment for the dialysis patient. Going through the journey of dialysis can be scary and trying at times, but this book illustrates that you are not alone. The organization of this book allows you to hear other patient experiences, reflect through journal entries, get accurate information, and rely on your faith to help you through the process of dialysis. Whether you are Christian or not, this book will be an asset to helping you understand the experience you have faced or will be facing in the future. -Daphne H. Knicely, MD, MEHP, FASN Assistant Professor of Medicine-Johns Hopkins University
Download or read book Finding Rest written by Jonathon M. Seidl and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jon knows, better than most, what it means to battle anxiety and how to forge a path to victory. He also treats it with care, and pushes the conversation to places that it hasn't often gone in the church." —Kirk Cameron In the aftermath of the pandemic, even those who have never struggled with mental health have found themselves reeling, looking for answers they don't know how to find. For Christians, especially those who've despaired of help from a church that has too often stigmatized mental health challenges as a lack of faith, the way forward can be particularly difficult to see. Jonathon Seidl aims to fix that. Having fought his own way through crippling anxiety, life-altering OCD, and suicidal thoughts, he knows the value of concrete advice grounded in strong biblical truth. Instead of the trite or unsympathetic counsel that's often given, Finding Rest is practical, personal, and productive. Full of compelling stories, humor from a guide who's still on his journey, and scriptural truths, this book offers real hope and help. It also provides a lifeline for friends and family who long for ways to help relieve the suffering of their loved ones. And it lays out thoughtful, needed paths for the body of Christ to become a refuge of hope for the anxious.
Download or read book Sick Girl written by Amy Silverstein and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2008-10-13 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This shockingly frank and irreverent memoir of a young woman’s life with a heart transplant “will inspire and choke you up with tears and laughter” (Larry King). At twenty-four, Amy Silverstein was your typical type-A law student: smart, driven, and highly competitive. With a full course load and a budding romance, it seemed nothing could slow her down. Until her heart began to fail. With a grace and force reminiscent of Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face or Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted, Amy chronicles her medical saga from the first misdiagnosis to her astonishing and ongoing recovery. Her memoir is made all the more dramatic by the deliriously romantic bedside courtship with her future husband, and her uncompromising desire to become a mother. Distrustful of her doctors and insistent in her refusal to be the “grateful heart patient” she is expected to be, Amy presents a patient’s perspective that is truly eye-opening and even controversial. Amy’s shocking honesty and irreverent humor allow the reader to live her nightmare from the inside—an unforgettable experience that is both painfully disturbing and utterly compelling.
Download or read book A Transplanted Life My Story and Guide on Transplant Success written by Noah Swanson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age thirteen my world was turned upside down. The summer between my eighth and ninth grade changed my life forever. I went from rarely stepping foot in a doctor's office, to becoming so familiar with them I frequently found myself napping on the exam table. I spent the next several months being passed from one specialist to the next like unidentified matter. However, at age fourteen, I discovered the answer to my failing health: I was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis. Two years later, after three different hospitals, countless doctors and several surgeries, I was the fortunate recipient of a liver transplant. A Transplanted Life: My Story and Guide on Transplant Success was written for two reasons: to share my story and offer useful, practical advice to patients and parents alike, who are going through a similar experience. Because of the dual purpose, the book is separated into two parts.
Download or read book The Lung Transplantation Handbook written by Karen A. Couture and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lung Transplantation Handbook (Second Edition), originally published under the title Things You Should Know About Lung Transplantation: Before, During and After has now been updated and expanded in this, the second edition.
Download or read book Saved by a Stranger written by Lezlee Peterzell-Bellanich and published by Giro Di Mondo Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book inspiring hope, perseverance, and triumph for those needing a new organ.
Download or read book A Fight to Live written by Linda Nigma and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-12-19 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about my life from January 2007 through October 2011. It is about my journey from being 446 pounds, diagnosed with kidney failure and being told I did not have long to live to a successful kidney transplant and the 10 months that followed.
Download or read book Bounce Back written by Gladys Famoriyo and published by GF Books LTD. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fact is, life happens ... and when challenging situations strike they can leave devastation in their wake, not unlike the after-effects of a tsunami. But have you noticed how some people, in spite of everything, have the ability to bounce back from adverse events in their lives? Well, in spite of what you might have thought, they aren't superhuman with nerves of steel. They are people, just like you and me.You can be one of those people too!If you want to grow from your experiences to positively transform the course of your life, then this is the book for you. Bounce Back! aims to help you find meaning and purpose, two God-given things that can actually come out of such times of adversity. With them, you really can go on to make a positive impact in your world.The three parts of Bounce Back! support you in surviving, thriving and maximising your experiences, so as to achieve the following: Learn how flip your life situation on its head and handle life's unscripted moments. Discover how to get back in the saddle by embracing the 10 'Bounce Back' principles and mindsets. Understand how not to waste your pain by creating meaning and purpose for your life. Learn how to embark your very own 'Pay it Forward' project, where you proactively take action to help others around you. You will discover that life's traumas or adversity needn't destroy you. And with God's help, you can make something positive out of what seems negative. Your 'test' can become a 'testimony'. Your 'story' today can become tomorrow's inspiring 'history'. Your 'mess' can become your 'message' of hope to the world. Only one person can make this happen and that is YOU!
Download or read book Taking Flight Inspirational Stories of Lung Transplantation More Journeys written by Lung Recipients Around the World and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have the back cover designer working on the wording for the back cover. I require no help.
Download or read book Big Breath In written by George Keulen and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big Breath In follows the ups and fateful downs of living with cystic fibrosis (CF), the journey to receiving a double lung transplant, and the hope of a second chance at life that transplant brings. Documenting the daily struggle of living with CF, George outlines both CF’s deadly consequences and how it works. Despite this, he stresses that people with CF are like everyone else, just trying to navigate the unpredictability of regular life, but through a CF lens. Documenting George’s declining health, culminating in being wait-listed for a double lung transplant, Big Breath In speaks to what it’s like to live with significantly decreased lung function, and what the process is to be wait-listed. George reveals his own struggle in trying to accept the "new normals" that his fragile health brought, and his need to let go of his "old life" and accept the new life he finds himself living. Over a year and a half later, perilously close to death, George kept waiting for a phone call that might not come in time. When a match is finally found, the longest wait of his life begins, complete with giant waves of hope and despair. In addition to writing about his surgery and immediate recovery in hospital, he also writes about other character-forming events, including the death of his brother, and meeting, dating, and marrying his wife. His experiences shaped him in incredible ways and helped him fight for his second chance at life.
