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5th year anniversary
Well folks, today makes five years since my live liver transplant. I won't bother retelling my story but hep C almost killed me, a transplant with my daughter as my donor, returned me to life and finally doing interferon treatment got rid of the nasty virus forever !
Now, I'm healthy, happy, active busy growing a garden, painting and loving life, grateful for the blue sky above and the beauty of nature.
.If you are doing treatment, don't give up and don't let the nasty side effects get you down !
My best wishes for everyone.
OH
Now, I'm healthy, happy, active busy growing a garden, painting and loving life, grateful for the blue sky above and the beauty of nature.
.If you are doing treatment, don't give up and don't let the nasty side effects get you down !
My best wishes for everyone.
OH
I rarely stop by here, so I just saw this. I am so glad to hear you are doing so well. I always followed what you had to say, but decided I would move on and not think too much about HCV an longer.
I do like to stop by and specially to hear such great news from you.
Best,
Eric
I do like to stop by and specially to hear such great news from you.
Best,
Eric
I agree. So much about how we feel comes from our mind.
However, for me, it helped once I accepted my mortality. Once I was no longer fearful of death, it was easy to move forward.
I do try and live each day with compassion and kindness to others as well as myself while keeping a sense of humor..
However, for me, it helped once I accepted my mortality. Once I was no longer fearful of death, it was easy to move forward.
I do try and live each day with compassion and kindness to others as well as myself while keeping a sense of humor..
I admire your resolve. The power of positive thinking can't be taken off the list of things a patient's support community provides. It's a lot like when a person is in a gym lifting weights. Let's say you're trying to become proactive and take better care of themselves. You read somewhere that "light resistence training" be added to a middle age person's workout regime.
For anyone who has ever worked out in a gym lifting ANY amount weight: a five-pound bench press may sound ridiculous. Perform 1000 repetitons of a five-pound weight and eventually you'll find that you cannot perform ONE MORE. Your trainer says, "Come on, you gotta push yourself. I'll spot you. C'mon! You can do this." So, you try one more. The trainer says, "Your almost there! Just a little more. You see him move his arm like he's helping you lift. You get that last repetition. Then you think to yourself that you couldn't have made that last repetition if he had not helped. Then he says, Good job!" Take thrity seconds." You tell him, "Man thanks for helping me on that last one." Invariably, the trainer says, "I was just fooling you. I didn't even touch the weight machine. It was all you!"
I simply cannot tell you how many times I've been in this situation in training programs where I'm observing or being observed.
The bottom line: You can if you think you can. A positive outlook when you're healing and recovering can mean the difference between success or failure.
For anyone who has ever worked out in a gym lifting ANY amount weight: a five-pound bench press may sound ridiculous. Perform 1000 repetitons of a five-pound weight and eventually you'll find that you cannot perform ONE MORE. Your trainer says, "Come on, you gotta push yourself. I'll spot you. C'mon! You can do this." So, you try one more. The trainer says, "Your almost there! Just a little more. You see him move his arm like he's helping you lift. You get that last repetition. Then you think to yourself that you couldn't have made that last repetition if he had not helped. Then he says, Good job!" Take thrity seconds." You tell him, "Man thanks for helping me on that last one." Invariably, the trainer says, "I was just fooling you. I didn't even touch the weight machine. It was all you!"
I simply cannot tell you how many times I've been in this situation in training programs where I'm observing or being observed.
The bottom line: You can if you think you can. A positive outlook when you're healing and recovering can mean the difference between success or failure.
The people on this forum have been so supportive and helpful. Thanks to all of you for being there along the journey.
Dee~ I have a private journal which I rarely write in these days. It includes the writings I did in the weeks after my surgery, including my bizarre experience of being the first Westerner to be transplanted Taiwan.
Often, I've said that if I could find a co-writer, I'd write a book.
These days, I don't spend much time online but I do check in here.
Wishing everyone healthy and contentment in your lives.
Dee~ I have a private journal which I rarely write in these days. It includes the writings I did in the weeks after my surgery, including my bizarre experience of being the first Westerner to be transplanted Taiwan.
Often, I've said that if I could find a co-writer, I'd write a book.
These days, I don't spend much time online but I do check in here.
Wishing everyone healthy and contentment in your lives.
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