The quest for knowledge never ends. Knowledge is power and the well informed consumer is a smart consumer. Part of research is knowing about the latest and greatest if you want to stay on the “leading edge”. I placed “Y90 Therapheres” into a Google Alert so I get updated daily. Yesterday I received an interesting […]
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Today was the day for the Y90 treatment, I had been sceduled for Thursday, but they changed it today. Last week I reported on the mapping proceedure for the Y90 which was a piece of cake. This week they did the real deal and so far it is easier than last weeks procedure. I arrived at
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The Y90 treatment is delivered though the vein exactly like an angiogram. Today they did a “test run” on me. The docs need to “map” the road thought the veins in order to get to the tumor so they can inject the beads. The process is almost exactly like an angiogram for a heart patient.
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Today I got a call from Katie at Northwestern. Katie is my transplant coordinator. Very sharp, smart, articulate, knowledgeable and dedicated. She even sends me E-mails late in the evening on a Sunday. (I call this fanatic customer service) Anyway, I am officially on the transplant list with a MELD score of 22. In three
Just got on “the list”…. Read More »
This past Thursday we attended Northwestern Hospital’s orientation to Liver transplants. Nancy, Annie, Laurie and I walked over to the hospital early in the morning, vise grips on large cups of coffee. Sons-in-law Rob and Will sold passports and watched Cecilia, respectively. We learned a lot at the meeting. We first met as a group with other transplant candidates.
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Hello! I’m Annie, Dan’s oldest daughter. This past week while in Chicago I attended the Liver Transplant Orientation with my family–and my dad talked to me about being a co-blogger, so here I am. Like my dad I’ve never had a blog, but am excited to to help my dad document this journey, keep family and
Things always happen for a reason, and this was no different. I found out about my liver because of an unrelated issue — and ulcer. In 2001 I was on a commercial airline flight. I wasn’t feeling good that day and actually thought I had the flu. The issue was actually and ulcer and I
So how did I get to the point where I needed a liver ??? Read More »
God has graced me and I have been very lucky in my life. I am 59-years old and have lived in the Chicago area all of my life. I have been married since I was 22 to the greatest lady in the world. We have been told by many that they want to model their
A Little bit about me…. Read More »
This is my story of my impending liver transplant. I have never written a blog or chronicled. But I have decided to do this for several reasons. I am one of the blessed individuals. God has his plan. My situation is both fixable and curable. Curable isn’t my word, it is the Docs word. There
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