8 years ago about now
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wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 21:10 last edited by
I guess the donor’s family appreciates a card at this time letting them know you’re putting the parts to good use.
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wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 21:24 last edited by
I remember that...
Happy lungiversary.
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wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 22:30 last edited by
I just remember how you were before versus after. What a change.
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wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 22:43 last edited by
Yeah. I couldn’t tie my shoes 8 years ago today. Three months after my transplant I did a 5k.
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wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 23:21 last edited by
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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wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 23:24 last edited by
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!
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wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 23:48 last edited by
That is awesome!!! :woman-heart-man:
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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!
wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 23:49 last edited by@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.
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@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.
wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 23:57 last edited by@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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wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 00:06 last edited by
I suspect we know Pablo, but by another name. Which is fine.
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wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 00:08 last edited by
Horace freaking loves him and he loves Horace. What more do we need to know?
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Horace freaking loves him and he loves Horace. What more do we need to know?
wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 00:13 last edited by@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 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”.
wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 00:22 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 05:43 last edited by 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.
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wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 10:12 last edited by
Happy anniversary!
Looking back, how do you feel about it?
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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.
wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 11:22 last edited by jon-nyc@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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 12:47 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 14:44 last edited by
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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wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 15:25 last edited by
Congrats on the milestone, Jon. There was a thread at the forum across the way a while back... Along the lines of 'Where do you see yourself/or hope to be in 'x' years?' Waiting for the transplant you answered "Not just alive to see the boy, but to be able to have an active part of part of his life!"
Great for you both, you've been able to meet that goal. To many more lungiversaries!
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wrote on 16 Jul 2024, 17:20 last edited by
That is fantastic - Jon wishing you a very happy lungiversary milestone.