It is a long shot, but I promised to try. As some of you already know, the need for quality health information in languages other than English is an important issue to me — and important especially in the United States. An organization is seeking 10 patients or survivors of liver cancer who are native Spanish speakers, [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Seeking Spanish-speaking liver cancer patients/survivors
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Spread the word on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rock for HCV! Tawn Mastrey Foundation Concert on 4/4
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Spread the word on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Twin Citians – come out and help slay the dragon of Hepatitis C at an exciting event that’ is close to my heart. The Tawn Mastrey Foundation is hosting an intimate concert event at the Station 4 Club on Saturday, April 4, 2009, from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. The event celebrates the life of [...]
How to give without spending – 365 days a year!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Inspiration, Living organ donation on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Living organ donors are some of the most naturally and intuitively generous people I know. Many of us simply don’t give a second thought to the idea of giving. The desire just comes to us like the impulse to breathe, or drink water when we are thirsty.
I found a very fun blog this weekend that [...]
Halachic organ donation – the viewpoint of Rabbis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Living organ donor resources, Organ transplant ethics, Religion, religion and organ donation, Religion and organ transplants on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An active blogger who is living in Jerusalem for a year recently posted about her experience celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim. In her post, she describes her experience working with the Halachic Organ Donor Society, and in reading it I learned a little about the Jewish religion’s perspective on organ donation. Here’s an excerpt [...]
Good questions to take to your living donor work-up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged living donor complications, Living organ donation, Living organ donor support on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An insider at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center suggested two “right questions” to ask of a transplant center to better understand the risk of being a living donor:
How many of your living donors had complications required invasive procedures?
What is that number as a percentage of your total living donors for that same time period?
I like [...]
A living donor bonus: homemade salisbury steak!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hospital food, My story, Organ donation on March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In case I haven’t mentioned this in a while, I love my brother. Joe was recently back in the hospital with an infection for a brief stay, and took the time to mail me the day’s menu, as a nod to our memories of the marvelous food we had back when we were occupying nearby [...]
