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RE: Lung Transplant List
I agree with Emily, in fact I was going to post along those lines but she beat me to it
Transplant... for different people means different things.
To be honest with my own... I never wanted it. I was listed, and told I could make up my mind later. Well, I got my lungs 3 years later at 17 and I was at a place where I was still a bit undecided, but with the knowledge that if I didn't do this I would die. Transplant for me, back then, was not a thing to celebrate. Through all of my trials and tribulations, biopsies, coughing up blood, showing resistance to every drug they threw at me, transplant was just something to hate. It was... as if life was throwing the fact that my body was failing me into my face. And being a strong person, having that happen, despite my stubborness, was devistating. So I can understand where most people are coming from. I never looked forward to this. Yet if I had to go through it again, I'd like to think that it would be different, having gone through what I have. I celebrate it now, each year that goes by I add one more mark to the "surviving" column. For some people this is a joy an end to their problems. But even with that attitude you have to remember that transplant may be great, and may work out wonderfully for some people, but it does not solve all problems. You're in essence trading one evil for another, necessary though it may be. Even though I'm 2 years post-tx, I've had problems. I've had to have my lung biopsied, I've had to have surgery to have a tiny lump taken off of my lung, I've had to face rejection. In anycase I look back at what I've written and realize that I've gone off on a tangent. Sorry.
To the original poster, congratulations on your boyfriend being listed, I hope it goes extremely well for you two.
Nicole I hope it goes well for you as well, and I'm sorry you have to go through something like Transplant so soon.
I agree with Emily, in fact I was going to post along those lines but she beat me to it
Transplant... for different people means different things.
To be honest with my own... I never wanted it. I was listed, and told I could make up my mind later. Well, I got my lungs 3 years later at 17 and I was at a place where I was still a bit undecided, but with the knowledge that if I didn't do this I would die. Transplant for me, back then, was not a thing to celebrate. Through all of my trials and tribulations, biopsies, coughing up blood, showing resistance to every drug they threw at me, transplant was just something to hate. It was... as if life was throwing the fact that my body was failing me into my face. And being a strong person, having that happen, despite my stubborness, was devistating. So I can understand where most people are coming from. I never looked forward to this. Yet if I had to go through it again, I'd like to think that it would be different, having gone through what I have. I celebrate it now, each year that goes by I add one more mark to the "surviving" column. For some people this is a joy an end to their problems. But even with that attitude you have to remember that transplant may be great, and may work out wonderfully for some people, but it does not solve all problems. You're in essence trading one evil for another, necessary though it may be. Even though I'm 2 years post-tx, I've had problems. I've had to have my lung biopsied, I've had to have surgery to have a tiny lump taken off of my lung, I've had to face rejection. In anycase I look back at what I've written and realize that I've gone off on a tangent. Sorry.
To the original poster, congratulations on your boyfriend being listed, I hope it goes extremely well for you two.
Nicole I hope it goes well for you as well, and I'm sorry you have to go through something like Transplant so soon.