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« on: November 17, 2007, 12:18:24 AM »
This may have already been posted but it's one of my favorites!  I order key chains, green ribbon pins and stickers then hand them out to everyone I can!

www.transplantawareness.org
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Nov. 1979 - Diagnosed with glomerulonephritis of unknown origin by Dr. Robert
                  Hickman
Dec. 1979 - Diagnosed with Viral Pneumonia
Late Dec. 1979 - Emergency surgery to place a Scribner Shunt in left arm for dialysis
Jan. 1980 - Start hemodialysis until recovered from viral pneumonia
Feb. 27, 1980 - Receive 5 antigen living related transplant from father
Mar. 3, 1987 - PTH removed and part of one placed in left arm.  Fistula also placed in right arm.
Sept. 1988 - Start hemodialysis
Feb. 4, 1989 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Jan. 1994 - Return to hemodialysis
Oct. 18, 1996 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Nov. 22, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm to artery in kidney
Dec. 20, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm.  Kidney removed due to infection which has spread down right leg to abt mid thigh.
Apr. 1997 - Arterial bypass surgery to restore arterial blood flow to right leg
July 29, 1998 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Sept. 6, 2002 - Return to hemodialysis
Dec. 7, 2002 Sm. intestine ruptures while home alone. Still conscious upon arrival at hospital.
Dec. 8. 2002 - Surgery to repair ruptured bowel.  The prognosis is not good.  Surgeon tells family to prepare for the worse.  Spend a week in a coma and 3 months in hospital.  Takes abt a year and a half to completely recover.
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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2007, 04:55:14 AM »
Thanks for the link Krisna. :thumbup;
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2007, 07:29:28 PM »
Quote from: Sluff on November 17, 2007, 04:55:14 AM
Thanks for the link Krisna. :thumbup;

 :welcomesign;  I found that one after my transplant clinic gave me a pin. 

I think this was how I found that one shortly after I got transplant #3.  My transplant clinic had newsletters in the waiting room.

Transplant Recipients International Organization

http://www.trioweb.org/

They have lots of info on transplants and they have chapters all over!  There for a while they were putting out Christmas cards to raise money.  I did a google search for TRIO Christmas cards and found a bunch of sites that still had them. 
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Nov. 1979 - Diagnosed with glomerulonephritis of unknown origin by Dr. Robert
                  Hickman
Dec. 1979 - Diagnosed with Viral Pneumonia
Late Dec. 1979 - Emergency surgery to place a Scribner Shunt in left arm for dialysis
Jan. 1980 - Start hemodialysis until recovered from viral pneumonia
Feb. 27, 1980 - Receive 5 antigen living related transplant from father
Mar. 3, 1987 - PTH removed and part of one placed in left arm.  Fistula also placed in right arm.
Sept. 1988 - Start hemodialysis
Feb. 4, 1989 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Jan. 1994 - Return to hemodialysis
Oct. 18, 1996 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Nov. 22, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm to artery in kidney
Dec. 20, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm.  Kidney removed due to infection which has spread down right leg to abt mid thigh.
Apr. 1997 - Arterial bypass surgery to restore arterial blood flow to right leg
July 29, 1998 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Sept. 6, 2002 - Return to hemodialysis
Dec. 7, 2002 Sm. intestine ruptures while home alone. Still conscious upon arrival at hospital.
Dec. 8. 2002 - Surgery to repair ruptured bowel.  The prognosis is not good.  Surgeon tells family to prepare for the worse.  Spend a week in a coma and 3 months in hospital.  Takes abt a year and a half to completely recover.
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« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2007, 10:24:55 PM »
In my area there is an organ transplant support group that has sold some of the products that are posted on the link. I use to have the ribbon magnet for the back of my truck but it fell off. Since the meetings are at night, I can't go to the support meetings. Now I have a place to order  another magnet for my vehicle, Thanks.

Also, Medicare gives out free pins that is a green ribbon with a heart. I got this tonight from a myspace group.
http://ask.hrsa.gov/detail.cfm?PubID=HRS00255
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