Download or read book We Have a Match My Journey Through America s Transplant System written by Raheela Khan MHA and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2015-12-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In We Have A Match: My Journey through America's Transplant System, the authors combine their personal and professional experiences to offer their readers the ins and outs of the transplant system. For a transplant patient, this book offers invaluable advice and gives the perspective of a young yet persevering patient who underwent a double kidney and liver transplant. For health administrators, this book includes reflections and advice to help patients as they navigate the often complex and confusing healthcare system. This book is not only a memoir of an emotional experience but connects patients, healthcare providers, and administrators through a powerful and compelling story.
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 Get Your Organ Transplant Abroad written by Denise Stillman and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you waiting in line for an organ transplant? Have you been denied a transplant? Either way, it could cost you your life or the life of your loved one. We were faced with the same dilemma and elected to think outside the box. We began looking overseas for a transplant hospital when we were kicked off the transplant list in the United States by a well-known Midwest hospital. We were given no hope for a transplant, forced to rely instead on systemic treatments that had little or no statistical benefit. This occurred even though in this particular case we had a living donor, thus not removing an organ from the donor pool. We had the donor, we had the insurance coverage. What we didn't have are a physician and hospital willing to take the risk. Whether you know it or not doctors and hospitals are concerned about their rankings. If you die soon after the operation, it goes against their rankings which, in turn reduces the likelihood others will seek their care.However, if they simply refuse to do your surgery, they preserve their rankings, their prestige and their illusion of excellence.As her husband I was disgusted by the lack of concern, the rigidity of her doctors and the hospital, and the doctors hiding behind medical committees in making life or death decisions with no appeal or opportunity to plead your case. From our perspective, the transplant hospital appeared to be focused on denying a transplant versus completing a transplant. We were faced with a stark choice: either look at alternative options or come to peace with the death of my beloved wife.You are about to join us on the journey that took us overseas to one of the best transplant hospitals in the world. It is a place where more living liver donor transplants are completed in one year than in the top 10 US hospitals combined. It is a place where the complication rate is a small fraction of what even the best US based hospitals have been able to achieve. It is a place where infection rates are lower. It is a place where patient-centric care is still found.Many people needlessly die waiting on a list. Many die because they don't fit into the box demanded by hospitals and UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing). Government policies, bureaucratic lethargy, hospitals more concerned with their reputation versus healing are but a few of the policies that result in the deaths of patients who could be healed, or life significantly prolonged.Doctors in the US are concerned about outcomes. Even at hospitals who promote themselves as hospitals of last-resort will discard you if you could adversely impact their rankings and their success rates. American medicine is a business, and if you could be bad for business you will have a challenging time receiving a transplant.Wait time on transplant lists causes patients who could be cured to worsen resulting in their removal from the transplant list. Patients who worsen are no longer eligible. Every few months you are tested to see if you still qualify. Thousands of people each year are removed from the transplant list because their condition progresses beyond what is deemed acceptable. Many go from curable to disposable.While this book is primarily focused on living-donor transplants there is a wealth of information for you even if you need a cadaver donor. The team we worked with can direct you in how to proceed with a life-saving transplant. We have even included the names of people we used to save my wife's life.By all means do your own research. Make your own decisions. Our decision was between life or death. The decision was easy. The courage to step outside the box, realizing that American medicine is not the only game in town, was the challenge.My wife and I wish you healing, long life, and peace through these trying times.
Download or read book A Journey Through Cancer written by Emilie Barnes and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Emily Barnes shares her life-changing encounter with illness and healing and provides comforting, encouraging words to those who are going through difficulties, be it illness, bereavement, job loss, or relationship problems.
Download or read book If You Knew Suzy written by Jane Fischer and published by Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Born with severe brain defects, Suzy was sentenced to a life of “nevers.” With the unwavering support of her mother, Jane, and extended family, Suzy’s miraculous journey has given many experts reason to question the medical textbooks that have been written. From predictions that she would never walk, talk, or function in society, Suzy overcame all these obstacles with determination and perseverance—not even allowing final-stage renal failure at the age of twenty-four to deter her. This book is not just a tribute to Suzy, but a roadmap for all parents experiencing the challenges of raising a child with disabilities and/or medical issues. Never a victim, Suzy proceeded through infant stimulation, studies in public and specialized schools, and summer programs geared to the disabled community. Her achievements include winning medals during the Tournament of Champions, performing in a dance recital, celebrating a Bat Mitzvah, living independently, and holding a position as a classroom assistant for the past twenty-three years. Her joy of life to this day, offers us hope while showing us that giving up is not a choice. While her IQ score identifies Suzy with severe intellectual disabilities, she never ceases to show kindness, empathy, selflessness, and compassion for others. Told with the hope that other parents will learn from her successes, and failures, this is also a story of the power of perseverance, courage, and love.
Download or read book On the List written by Steve Farber and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two families came together in the waiting room of a Denver hospital on May 11, 2004, to await kidney transplants for loved ones. In the first operation, Gregg Farber, 32, a real estate executive, donated a kidney to his father, Steve, a 60-year-old Denver lawyer and power broker. In the second, Guatemalan refugee and landscaper Ernesto Delaroca, also 32, donated a kidney to his sister Sandra, 19, a restaurant worker. The stories of how the Farber and Delaroca families made their separate journeys to the operating room offers insight into the hazards and inequities of a cobbled-together system that each year leaves more than 98,000 gravely ill Americans on the waiting list for a life-saving transplant. Steve Farber's experience inspired him to write On the List with Harlan Abrahams. They examine the ethical, legal, political, and economic debates over organ transplant policies, expose the gray market for transplants in Third World countries, and propose solutions to one of the world's most pressing health issues. An informative and inspiring guide to those who face transplant operations, the book is also a call to reform a system that is truly, and fatally, flawed.
Download or read book A Black Man s Journey to the Sons of the American Revolution written by William O. Ritchie and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “From the segregated Stratton High School in Beckley, West Virginia, to the prestigious Howard University in Washington, DC, to years of law enforcement in our nation’s capital, Bill Ritchie has found himself a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. We have often asked, how? And why? Throughout his book A Black Man’s Journey to the Sons of the American Revolution, he answers these questions for us.” —Belva Williams Waller, matriarch of the Ritchie Family. “Bill Ritchie’s fascinating journey from rural mountains in West Virginia to celebrated track all-American at Howard University, to chief of detectives in the nation’s capital and his many other successful pursuits is an inspiring study of determination, creativity, and perseverance. His book, A Black Man’s Journey to the Sons of the American Revolution, candidly provides a fleet-footed but comprehensive look at a renaissance man still blazing new and interesting paths.” —Rock Newman, sports and music entrepreneur, executive producer, and host of The Rock Newman Show, former Howard University Trustee. “You have a fascinating history! Can’t wait to read the book.” —Sari Horwitz, author and reporter, recipient of four Pulitzer Prize awards By William O. Ritchie Jr
Download or read book Through It All written by Melanie Scott-Bennett and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a healthy young adult living out her dreams, Melanie’s picture-perfect life was thrown into a tailspin when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. When all signs pointed to “game over”, she experienced a miracle that defied the odds. In this poignant memoir, Melanie chronicles her incredible journey navigating the complex effects of cancer and the experiences that helped her make it through it ALL. This uplifting story of faith, hope and love is sure to leave you encouraged and inspired to persevere despite the obstacles.
Download or read book The Cancer Journey written by Chadi Nabhan and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work is a guide to everything cancer from A to Z, simplifying ALL cancer concepts for patients, families, and the non-oncologist"--
Download or read book Tears of Gethsemane written by Earl Spivey and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is an exciting journey filled with moments of delirious laughter, family, and accomplishments. Along the way, the unexpected jolt of a critical illness can stop us dead in our tracks. Such an experience happened in the life of Earl Spivey Jr. After years as pastor serving churches in Indiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina, a new ministry had begun, helping single mothers overcome tremendous obstacles to become loving, godly mothers who could engage successfully in society. His journey included caring for parents suffering with dementia, a major move, and adoption of two children. Then the journey took a catastrophic turn. A routine visit to the doctor for a sore throat led to the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia. Life as he knew it stopped, and a new journey began. Earl J. journeyed through devastating rounds of chemotherapy and brushes with death. The first night in the hospital set the stage for his journey as he wrestled with God in his Garden of Gethsemane. Tears led to a release of his will to that of his Heavenly Father. Earl J. details the stories of many of the people who walked with him along his journey through leukemia. His own personal struggles and the miracles he experienced are shared without restraint. Life has changed, but his faith and praise for each new day has deepened. His story brings encouragement to those who need hope as they or a loved one struggles with a devastating diagnosis and to those who need a reminder that God is a God of love and grace. Join this pastor's journey through the Tears of Gethsemane and his life after AML.
Download or read book written by Maribeth R. Ditmars and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Take him home, and enjoy the time that you have left," the doctors said. Fourteen-year old Christopher was losing his battle with leukemia. "Christopher's Journey" is the story of a remarkable young man's four years of cancer treatments, and the many lives that he touched along the way. "Christopher's Journey" chronicles Chris's chemotherapy treatments, his irrepressible antics, and finally, his insightful acceptance of his own mortality. In many ways the book is like a pediatric version of "Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom because it also alternates between journal entries, reflection, and narrative. Walk in the shoes of the Ditmars family as they face a childhood devastated by terminal cancer. Share Chris's unique character and unflappable humor, such as the time he glued a quarter to the floor in his hospital room and kept a tally of the ill-fated attempts to retrieve it, or when he found out he was terminal, and he asked his favorite nurse to hurry up and marry him before it was too late. Follow "Christopher's Journey as it winds its way through the tears and the laughter to a place of peace and hope.
Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Volunteer s Soul written by Jack Canfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep within each one of us lies the ability to step up and care for those in need, even though we often feel overwhelmed by a complex world. In fact, more than 200 million people throughout the world offer their time and love to volunteering.
Download or read book National Organ Transplant Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emergent Health Communication Scholarship from and about African American Latino a x and American Indian Alaskan Native Peoples written by Angela Cooke-Jackson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents research by African American, Latino/a/x, and Alaskan Indian/Native American (AI/AN) communication scholars. It highlights the importance of communication and the recognition of the unique experiences that impact how health information and health care are understood through diverse racial and cultural perspectives. Each chapter advances various divergent health issues and disparities pertinent to Black, Latino/a/x, and AI/AN communities, so that the powerful aspect of the human condition to know and be known as it relates to the negotiation of health and communication can be clearly understood. Contributions to this volume unabashedly call for more equitable, community-centric, tribally-centered, and transparent scholarship on topics of health disparities, health care, marginality, medical mistrust, social justice, and media and new technology as it relates to people of color. The authors in this book are committed to research areas that invigorate and reimagine conversations among clinicians, public health professionals, classroom environments, and communities. This insightful volume seeks to shift the dominant culture paradigms and locate authors of color and their research experiences and scholarship as central to their work. It provides a space to amplify the voices of our collective lived experiences through the vehicle of rigorous engaged scholarship. The book was originally published as a special issue of Health Communication.
Download or read book The Language of Medicine written by Davi-Ellen Chabner and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring medical terminology to life with Davi-Ellen Chabner's bestselling The Language of Medicine, 10th Edition By presenting medical terms within the context of the body's anatomy and physiology, and in health and disease, this proven resource makes it easy to learn a working medical vocabulary built on the most frequently encountered prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms. Practical exercises and case studies demonstrate how medical terms are used in practice. Add an engaging student Evolve website with medical animations and videos, word games, flash cards, and more, and you'll be ready to communicate confidently in the clinical setting and succeed in your healthcare career.
Download or read book The Language of Medicine E Book written by Davi-Ellen Chabner and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring medical terminology to life with Davi-Ellen Chabner's bestselling The Language of Medicine, 10th Edition! By presenting medical terms within the context of the body’s anatomy and physiology, and in health and disease, this proven resource makes it easy to learn a working medical vocabulary built on the most frequently encountered prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms. Practical exercises and case studies demonstrate how medical terms are used in practice. Add an engaging student Evolve website with medical animations and videos, word games, flash cards, and more, and you’ll be ready to communicate confidently in the clinical setting and succeed in your healthcare career. Simple, clear, non-technical explanations demystify medical terminology even if you have little or no background in medicine or science. Practical applications such as case reports, operative and diagnostic tests, and laboratory and x-ray reports demonstrate the use of medical terminology in practice. Self-study text/workbook approach reinforces learning every step of the way with labeling diagrams, pronunciation tests, and review sheets. Full-color illustrations depict anatomy, physiology, and pathology, putting medical terms in the context of the body’s structure and function. Comprehensive glossaries and appendices serve as quick references for use in the classroom and on the job. Medical report exercises in each chapter utilize chart notes, histories, and reports to give you practice working with realistic documents. Additional pathology photos clarify terminology and help you identify medical conditions you may encounter in practice. Updated content reflects the latest advances in digestive system operative procedures, the human genome project, normal values for tests in practical applications, and muscle function. The companion CD tests your ability to identify terms by their pronunciation and provides a fun, engaging way to review terms through games, study tips, photographs, video clips, and animations. A companion Evolve website enables you to assess your understanding with quizzes for each chapter that provide immediate feedback to help you identify specific areas for review.
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1990-06-25 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
