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- COVID 99.7% survivable but half the story
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- Do you trust your doctor? Your transplant center?
- Why masks actually work
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Category Archives: Jesus
How do you handle gut-wrenching, suffocating, consuming weight?
My transplant experience gave me a gift that, today, I would like to return. Usually, I’m thankful for it, but recently it has grown so heavy that I feel like it is breaking me. I’ve been watching My 600 Pound … Continue reading
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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Do you ever feel like a number?
I’ve read the whole book cover to cover numerous times. It’s a well-written, rhythmic read that I’d classify as an American classic. But, every time I read it, I’m left with a sad, empathetic realization that we never learn the … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, chronic illness, depression, discouragement, End Stage Liver Disease, facing death, Jesus, Lahey Clinic, Organ transplant, relationship, transplant
Tagged 24601, Christian, chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, depression, dialysis, dilysis, faith, feel like a number, following Jesus, Green Eggs and Ham, help, hope, Jean Valjean, Lahey Clinic, Lahey Hospital. Pomfret, Liver disease, liver transplant, loneliness, name, names, Pomposelli, prodigal, remember, transplant, Zacchaeus
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I used to be thankful … but now?
Today’s the day. It’s the day when everyone in the U.S. pauses and thinks about being thankful. Thankful Facebook statuses roll up my screen one after another. Thankful for family, friends, spouse, pets, house, new job, provision, troops, Jesus, new … Continue reading
Posted in change, Christianity, End Stage Liver Disease, facing death, Fatty Liver Disease, hope, Jesus, organ donation, Organ transplant, transplant
Tagged Chronic pain, cirrhosis, death, Facing death, family, fear, group, holiday, hope, illness, Lahey Clinic, Linscott, Liver disease, organ donor, organdonor.gov, support, thankful, thanks, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving idea, transplant, waiting
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My Aunt Betty just got THE CALL!
My Aunt Betty just got the call! She’s heading to Lahey for her liver transplant! Pray! I’m so excited for her. Remember when I was at the stage when I couldn’t stay out of the hospital for more than 10 … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness, Fatty Liver Disease, Jesus, Lahey Clinic, Liver disease, NASH, organ donation, Organ transplant, transplant
Tagged encephalopathy, liver transplant, NASH
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You are so pushy! Thank you.
Do you remember back almost about a year ago? One of the first fundraisers to help with my transplant was a rubber bracelet that said “P U S H.” It was an acronym for “pray until something happens” or some … Continue reading
Posted in discouragement, End Stage Liver Disease, facing death, Fatty liver, Fatty Liver Disease, Find God, Jesus, Liver disease, NASH, organ donation, Organ transplant, pain
Tagged bear with one another, bracelet, cancer community center, Christian, chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, depression, direction, family, fight back festival, healing, help, hope, Jake Groom, Lahey Clinic, Liver, Liver disease, liver transplant, love your liver, NASH, never quit, organ donation, Pineland, PUSH, quitting, transplant
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When death ruins your day…
When do you feel most inadequate? I mean, what situations leave you stumbling for words or standing silently with absolutely no idea what to do? For me, it happens during one of life’s largest privileges. During the painful privilege of a … Continue reading
Posted in community, depression, discouragement, facing death, Find God, hopeless, Jesus, love, ministry, pain, relationship, religion
Tagged bear with one another, coping with loss, death, faith, fear, friendship, healing, hope, love, neighbor, relationship, shared life, tears
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It’s not just me
I share the following from one of my readers who is writing his own story in the face of suffering… God bless you Scott. I totally agree with you. I went through a very debilitating illness myself two years ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, chronic illness, depression, discouragement, Find God, hopeless, Jesus, ministry, pain
Tagged depression, following Jesus, suffering
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I can face tomorrow
My reader and now online friend, Kathleen Heseltine, sent me this hymn excerpt tonight in a Facebook message. She has been a consistent encouragement to me during this transplant journey of mine. As soon as I started reading these familiar … Continue reading
Posted in change, Christianity, chronic illness, discouragement, End Stage Liver Disease, Find God, Jesus
Tagged chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, direction, faith, fear, healing, help, hymn, NASH, transplant
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I’ll try my best and I will update it is Tuesday, May 15.
Biggest challenge at the moment is pain management. Trying to get me off narcotics. Released off the ones that go through the IV. And onto the ones you take by mouth. Our trouble seems to be that I don’t get … Continue reading
Cribbage, wheezes, new hat and, oh yeah, A TRANSPLANT DATE!
Picture this, on one side of an antique trunk sits an 80 year old Korean War vet who is a whiz with numbers. On the other side sits someone whom you are sure is a pregnant man with his giant … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness, discouragement, End Stage Liver Disease, facing death, Find God, hope, Jesus, Liver disease, NASH, organ donation, Uncategorized
Tagged bear with one another, chronic illness, cirrhosis, direction, faith, fear, focus, give life, help, Lahey Clinic, Liver disease, living donor, NASH, organ donation, surgery, transplant
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My belly is bigger than the Goodyear Blimp!
Picture this. Tonight you go to bed weighing 150. Tomorrow you wake up weighing 170. Your pants are tight. After dinner you change into comfy sweats. The next morning you step on the scale and it says 181. What???? It’s … Continue reading
My liver transplant is in the near future
Neither Robin nor I were prepared for the news Dr. Amy Tien gave us at Lahey. She simply said she is recommending me for a live donor liver transplant. She noted all the things I’ve been through since May, ordered … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, chronic illness, direction, discipleship, discouragement, facing death, Fatty liver, Fatty Liver Disease, Find God, Jesus, Lahey Clinic, Liver disease
Tagged bear with one another, Christian, chronic illness, cirrhosis, faith, fear, help, hope, Liver disease, NASH, organ donation, transplant
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If God is real, why …
A lot of people don’t get the God thing that I’ve been writing about. I understand. I see the morons on the news picketing at funerals too. I see red-faced screamers yelling into their bullhorns looking like they are going … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, chronic illness, direction, discipleship, discouragement, facing death, Fatty liver, Fatty Liver Disease, Find God, hope, Jesus, Lahey Clinic, Liver disease, NASH, organ donation, Organ transplant, peace, religion, vision
Tagged Christian, chronic illness, cirrhosis, direction, faith, fear, gospel, Liver disease, NASH, organ donation, transplant
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Drinking from the Same Dipper 