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Reliving my transplant nightmare
Remember that book I was working on writing? I let it sit, untouched, from September 2013 until December 2014 when I gave it to my friend Jan Perry to read and clean up. She was my second reader. It’s about 60,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Liver disease, Organ transplant, pain
Tagged American Liver Foundation, chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, Donate Life, dreams, Fatty liver, health, Liver disease, liver transplant, NASH, nightmare, organ donation, Organ transplant, PTSD, recovery, Scott Linscott, transplant
7 Comments
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
4 Comments
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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Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Saturday day was awesome. For the first time since I can remember I felt 98% normal. I felt like I was not one of the .000017% percent of Americans receiving a liver transplant this year. I felt like Pinochio after … Continue reading
Posted in change, chronic illness, depression, discouragement, Fatty liver, Fatty Liver Disease, hope, Liver disease, organ donation, Organ transplant, pain, transplant
Tagged Christian, chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, depression, faith, fear, healing, Liver disease, liver transplant, NASH, patience, transplant
4 Comments
MONDAY UPDATE: issues & surprises
The antibiotics did not trigger a “code blue” and are now waging war with the e.coli in my system. The last cephalosporin I took was quite an event culminating with a team of 12 reviving me. My doc is not … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness, Liver disease, organ donation, Organ transplant, pain
6 Comments
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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A tear-filled prayer that I do not want to publish
PREFACE: I do not want to publish this. It’s raw, too personal and almost invasive. But, I promised God that I would write honestly back when he “spoke” to me in May 2011. It’s my prayer. Please don’t try to fill … Continue reading
Posted in Liver disease, NASH, organ donation, Organ transplant, pain
Tagged chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, hospital, Liver disease, marriage help, NASH, stress, transplant, unemployment
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Got goals? Mine have changed
It was just over year ago when my goal was to plant a new thing. I wanted to begin a faith community that was different than the standard church. It was not going to be built on tradition or institutionalism. … Continue reading
Drinking from the Same Dipper 