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Um, I think you forgot an important birthday …
June 2 is going to be a big day for me. First, it will be our 29th wedding anniversary. Second, I’ll be walking 3.5 miles in the Liver Life Walk to benefit the American Liver Foundation. Wait! Before you’re out … Continue reading
Posted in Liver disease
Tagged organ donation, transplant, Lahey, support, American Liver Foundation, Boobs, breast cancer, Scott Linscott, liver life walk, June 2, walk, under dog, donatelife, Back Bay, Liver Loving Linscotts, team
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I’ve got the green light … Now what?
A week ago Josh and I walked through the doors at Lahey Hospital and headed to the transplant wing. When we walk around Lahey we do it like we built the place. We know where everything is because we’ve spent … Continue reading
Posted in change, Christianity, hope, Lahey Clinic, Liver disease, pastor, transplant, transplant recovery
Tagged Christian, chronic illness, church planting, direction, faith, focus, healing, health, hope, Lahey Clinic, Liver, Liver disease, liver transplant, Maine, ministry, NASH, New England, organ donation, pastor, planter, vision
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I can’t breathe …
There’s a 50 pound bag of cement sitting on my chest. No, wait. There are two. They are so heavy that I can barely breathe. Crushing. Suffocating. But, the strange thing is that even though I feel like I have … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness, End Stage Liver Disease, Fatty liver, Fatty Liver Disease, Liver disease, liver keys, NASH, organ donation, Organ transplant, transplant
Tagged chronic illness, cirrhosis, death, Donate Life, Facing death, Fatty liver, fear, Graft verses Host, GVHD, health, Liver disease, liver transplant, loss, organ donation, Organ transplant, transplant
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Where do you find peace? Where do you soak it in?
Think of a favorite place; a place where you feel peace saturate your soul. Do you have such a place? I have friends who will think of the vast view at the top of a mountain trail while others will … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness, depression, discouragement, End Stage Liver Disease, facing death, Find God, hope, Liver disease, organ donation, Organ transplant, transplant
Tagged chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, depression, finding peace, helping a friend with chronic illness, hope, Liver disease, liver transplant, NASH, organ donation, transplant
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Life is full of ironies. This one gives me chills.
Well, ain’t that ironic? Some ironies make me tilt my head. Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways? Why do they call them apartments when they are so close together? Shouldn’t they be closements? Iceland is green and … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness, End Stage Liver Disease, facing death, Find God, hope, Jesus, Organ transplant, transplant
Tagged chronic illness, cirrhosis, Donate Life, Facing death, faith, gospel, healing, health, help, hope, inspirational story, ironic, ironies, irony, Liver disease, liver transplant, Motivation, organ donation, Rotary, speaker, transplant
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Side effects, milestones, purpose, road trip and answered prayer…
I’ve just hit a milestone. Most of you won’t think it’s a big deal, but I do. My transplant docs just reduced the daily dose of my anti-rejection medicine from 8 milligrams to 6. YAHOO! Why am i so thankful? … Continue reading
Posted in Liver disease
Tagged chronic illness, cirrhosis, direction, faith, Fatty liver, health, help, help for someone needing a transplant, hope, Liver, Liver disease, liver transplant, living liver donor, love your liver, Maine pulpit supply, organ donation, Prograf, purpose, recovery, side effects, speaker, transplant, transplant data
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Why do I get to live while others die?
I just don’t get it. I want life to be fair but I don’t worry about “fair” when things are going great. Who does? Have you ever seen a lottery winner shake her head and say, “I don’t know. Life’s … Continue reading
Posted in burnout, chronic illness, Liver disease
Tagged chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, depression, faith, fear, healing, help, help for the hurting, hope, liver transplant, ministry, organ donation, transplant, transplant ministry
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I love to tell the story. Wanna help?
A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of people in Raymond, Maine. It was extra sweet because Josh was able to be with me to speak from his perspective as a living organ donor … Continue reading
Posted in Liver disease
Tagged booking, camp, campus evens, Chamber of Commerce, chronic illness, church, college, conference, fill in, guest lecture, guest speaker, health, humor, inspirational, interim, lose weight, Maine, marriage, motivational speaker, new hampshire, organ donation, organization, parenting, preacher, pulpit suppky, Rotary, schedule, seminars, speaker, special speaker, story, substitute, transplant, weightloss, workshop, youth events, youth speaker
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The Christmas Socks. No, not the “Christmas Shoes”
For the full year before my liver transplant, going two weeks without being hospitalized was a rarity. After my fourth admission, I started collecting my hospital socks. I got a new pair approximately once every six days. I collected a … Continue reading
Here it is! The day you’ve longed for has arrived.
It’s already time to write another Christmas letter? I know, I know … you spend all year waiting for this glorious day. And here it is, Linscott Christmas Letter Day. C’mon, ring those bells! I really thought last year’s letter … Continue reading
Posted in Liver disease
Tagged Christian, chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, direction, Donate Life, faith, fear, healing, help, Liver disease, liver transplant, organ donation, purpose
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I’m actually GLAD it happened
I’m sitting here on the couch in my home office/guest bedroom with my dog curled up in a ball sucking the heat out of my leg going through my sermon for this morning. “Sermon.” I don’t care for that word. … Continue reading
Posted in Liver disease
Tagged camps, chronic illness, Chronic pain, church, cirrhosis, conferences, depression, direction, Donate Life, events, faith, fear, healing, hope, Liver disease, Motivation, motivational speaker, NASH, organ donation, pulpit supply, speaker, teen, transplant, youth
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What a weekend. The second Linscott family transplant in one year!
Wow. What a weekend. Thrill! Hope! Cautious Optimism. Fear. Worry. Cautious Relief. Is this what I put all of you through? Oh my gosh! What a roller coaster of emotions. My phone rang at 12:10 AM Saturday morning. You know … Continue reading
Posted in Liver disease
Tagged Christian, chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, faith, fear, healing, hope, Liver disease, liver transplant, NASH, organ donation, transplant
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Um, I like boobies …
Boobs. It’s National Boob Month. Football players wear pink cleats, baseball players swing pink bats and teenage boys get tossed out of school for wearing t-shirts proclaiming, “I like boobies!” We all know they are just trying to get away … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness, End Stage Liver Disease, Fatty Liver Disease, Liver disease, liver keys, NASH, organ donation, Organ transplant, transplant
Tagged <3 Boobies, A feel a day keeps the doctor away, American Liver Foundation, Big or small save them all, Boobs, Boobs like these are worth fighting for, Boobs: They could use your support, breast cancer, breast cancer awareness, cirrhosis, Don't let mounds develop in your mounds, Donate Life, Don’t let cancer steal 2nd base, Fatty liver, Have you had your boobs squeezed lately, healing, Hope for Hooters, I heart boobies, I’m here for the boobs, Liver, liver awareness month. health, Liver disease, liver transplant, Maine, my real ones tried to kill me, NASH, October, Operation: Healthy Hooters, organ donation, Save the Girls, Save the Tatas, Save the woman behind these boobs!, Sweat and Tears, These babies are self-examined, transplant, Yes my boobs are fake
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