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8 years ago about now

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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    jon-nyc
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    #1

    About 4:45pm EDT I got the call for my new lungs.

    By the time surgery started it was 7/16, so my real anniversary is tomorrow.

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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    • kluursK Offline
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      kluurs
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      #2

      That was quite a memorable few days - held breath - bad metaphor.

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      • HoraceH Offline
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        Horace
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        #3

        I guess the donor’s family appreciates a card at this time letting them know you’re putting the parts to good use.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
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          #4

          I remember that...

          Happy lungiversary.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • MikM Away
            MikM Away
            Mik
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            #5

            I just remember how you were before versus after. What a change. ❤

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • jon-nycJ Online
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              jon-nyc
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              #6

              Yeah. I couldn’t tie my shoes 8 years ago today. Three months after my transplant I did a 5k.

              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              • Tom-KT Offline
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                Tom-K
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                #7

                Geez, that is amazing and wonderful. Muchly happy for you. All the best to you. It's kind of a miricle such things coould happen.

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                • JollyJ Offline
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                  Jolly
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                  #8

                  A miracle would be if it made him better looking. 😛 Still, it is best not to ask God for more than what you need. 😄

                  Happy Lungversity!

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    taiwan_girl
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                    #9

                    That is awesome!!! :woman-heart-man:

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                    • JollyJ Jolly

                      A miracle would be if it made him better looking. 😛 Still, it is best not to ask God for more than what you need. 😄

                      Happy Lungversity!

                      HoraceH Offline
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                      Horace
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                      #10

                      @Jolly said in 8 years ago about now:

                      A miracle would be if it made him better looking. 😛 Still, it is best not to ask God for more than what you need. 😄

                      Happy Lungversity!

                      Pablo is much better looking than Jon.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • HoraceH Horace

                        @Jolly said in 8 years ago about now:

                        A miracle would be if it made him better looking. 😛 Still, it is best not to ask God for more than what you need. 😄

                        Happy Lungversity!

                        Pablo is much better looking than Jon.

                        taiwan_girlT Offline
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                        taiwan_girl
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                        #11

                        @Horace said in 8 years ago about now:

                        @Jolly said in 8 years ago about now:

                        A miracle would be if it made him better looking. 😛 Still, it is best not to ask God for more than what you need. 😄

                        Happy Lungversity!

                        Pablo is much better looking than Jon.

                        Is Pablo a real person or one of you guys?

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                        • MikM Away
                          MikM Away
                          Mik
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                          #12

                          I suspect we know Pablo, but by another name. Which is fine.

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            Doctor Phibes
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                            Horace freaking loves him and he loves Horace. What more do we need to know?

                            I was only joking

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                              Horace freaking loves him and he loves Horace. What more do we need to know?

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                              Horace
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                              @Doctor-Phibes said in 8 years ago about now:

                              Horace freaking loves him and he loves Horace. What more do we need to know?

                              If I had to describe you in one word, it would be “unpablolike”.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                              • HoraceH Horace

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in 8 years ago about now:

                                Horace freaking loves him and he loves Horace. What more do we need to know?

                                If I had to describe you in one word, it would be “unpablolike”.

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                                Doctor Phibes
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                                @Horace said in 8 years ago about now:

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in 8 years ago about now:

                                Horace freaking loves him and he loves Horace. What more do we need to know?

                                If I had to describe you in one word, it would be “unpablolike”.

                                With all due modesty, I see myself as more of the board Leonardo. Da Vinci, di Caprio or di Ninjaturtle, you can decide.

                                I was only joking

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                                  Klaus
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                                  #16

                                  8 years is great! Here's to many more years of a functioning lung!

                                  In the context of your post, I was looking something up related to lung transplants and stumbled upon this study.

                                  Do you have an explanation for the differences in outcome reported in the study? Their reasoning about universal health care and stuff seems a little superficial.

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                                    Axtremus
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                                    Happy anniversary!
                                    Looking back, how do you feel about it?
                                    What's ahead?

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                                    • KlausK Klaus

                                      8 years is great! Here's to many more years of a functioning lung!

                                      In the context of your post, I was looking something up related to lung transplants and stumbled upon this study.

                                      Do you have an explanation for the differences in outcome reported in the study? Their reasoning about universal health care and stuff seems a little superficial.

                                      jon-nycJ Online
                                      jon-nycJ Online
                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                                      #18

                                      @Klaus said in 8 years ago about now:

                                      8 years is great! Here's to many more years of a functioning lung!

                                      In the context of your post, I was looking something up related to lung transplants and stumbled upon this study.

                                      Do you have an explanation for the differences in outcome reported in the study? Their reasoning about universal health care and stuff seems a little superficial.

                                      I don’t. A few comments:

                                      1. They don’t compare Socio-economic status. That correlates decently with compliance with medical directives over the long term, such as taking your meds on time.

                                      2. They mention tacrolimus not being approved for lung transplant until 2021. That’s technically true (it was approved 3 years ago today, my 5 year transplant anniversary, based not on a study but on ‘real world evidence’) but it was used off label for many years prior to that. The drug (FK506) was pioneered in Pittsburgh for liver transplants and is used for most if not all solid organ transplants in the US.

                                      3. I think there’s something to be said about the formal follow-up period that CMS, the payor behind Medicare, has implemented. They judge centers on 1 year outcomes. What if they measured and published 5 year outcomes? I suspect they’d improve.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        LuFins Dad
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                                        And don’t forget, it’s North America minus Canada. You can expect that much excess mortality from a random drug addled AR-15 wiping them out.

                                        The Brad

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                                          Pablo
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                                          Congratulations, Jon. Glad you're still here. I wish you a long, healthy, prosperous life.

                                          Only reason I said anything the other day is because an otherwise intelligent, politically astute man should know better than to giggle in delight at the near assassination of a former president and wish him dead via heart attack.

                                          Let’s move on from that.

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