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Folding bikes, sunshine and hope for transplant.
Have you ever seen a folding travel bike? They’re pretty cool little engineering marvels. They are perfect for zipping around small areas and sightseeing. When you’re done, you fold them up, throw them in the trunk and head home. Robin … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness, depression, End Stage Liver Disease, facing death, Fatty liver, Fatty Liver Disease, Lahey Clinic, Liver disease, NASH, organ donation, Organ transplant, transplant, transplant recovery
Tagged American Liver Foundation, life after transplant, liver transplant, MELD, NASH, organ donation, transplant, transplant recovery
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How is your eyesight? Your hearing? What do you see? What do you hear?
Have you ever sat and listened to the birds? I mean, really listened, not just, “woah, listen to those birds.” This afternoon I sat and listened. That’s not like me. Or, at least, it’s not like the me I used … Continue reading
Posted in change, Find God, Liver disease, relationship, religion, transplant, transplant recovery
Tagged appreciating beauty, bear with one another, bird calls, bird watching, brandon heath, Christian, compassion, direction, eyes of Jesus, faith, focus, gospel, love your neighbor, ministry, new perspective, prayer, purpose, quiet, transplant
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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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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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Words fall like snow
Snow falling lightly. Pajama’s all day. A long chat with mom. Coffee pot decreasing. Dancing orange flames in the stove. Warm. Comfortable. Content. Silly text messages with my wife. Moments with my God. New life for a transplant friend, Smiling … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness, direction, discouragement, Organ transplant, peace, simple, transplant
Tagged chronic illness, Chronic pain, cirrhosis, contentment, free verse, Life, Maine, new beginning, poetry, recovery, Scott Linscott, snow falling, surgery, transplant, Westbrook, whiter than snow
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Today my friend begins a new life!
Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA 7:30 AM Lydia gave her mom thumbs up as they wheeled her to the operating room. 8:30 Anne Marie is now heading into the operating room to receive her new liver. It has begun! Anne Marie’s … Continue reading
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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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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Am I out of the woods?
I love vanilla soft serve ice cream. My wife hates it. Since most soft serve places don’t offer hard ice cream we usually end up at shops with pretty teenage scooper girls digging into ice cream buckets. While I prefer … Continue reading
Posted in change, chronic illness, depression, discouragement, End Stage Liver Disease, Lahey Clinic, Liver disease, organ donation, Organ transplant, transplant
Tagged chronic illness, Chronic pain, depression, direction, fear, focus, healing, help, hope, Liver disease, liver transplant, NASH, organ donation, transplant
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Drinking from the Same Dipper 