<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Transplantmommy</b></i>
I guess that I should mention that my CF doctor <b>did</b> bring it up to me. I was in the hospital in isolation (because the docs in the ER thought that I had TB...which I didn't) and when my CF doctor came there to see me he threw a fit because they should have known that there are some signs of CF that look like TB (I guess) and he was pissed!!! He came into my room to talk to me and told me that he had looked at my x-rays, CT scans, and the cultures that they took and said that things were not looking good for my lungs or my liver. It was that day that he told me that I had holes, mold, and staff in my lungs and that the Cirrhosis in my liver wasn't looking much better. My lung function was around 40% at that time. I asked him what there was to do about it and he told me transplants. I was scared at first but knew what I had to do so I agreed. I had only been married for a little over 2 years and didn't want it to end that quickly. Eight months later (after the evaluations had already started) I found out that I was 9 weeks pregnant and had to fight even harder now because I was keeping the baby and wanted to be here for him.
I got the transplants 1 year and 3 weeks (to the day) after Brady was born and it was the best decision that I ever made!!
PS-I was unaware that most doctors do not bring transplant up to the patients and that the patients had to ask about it. That seems kind of ridiculous.</end quote></div>
wow you have a great story.. sometimes i think someone is looking after us! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> thanks
I guess that I should mention that my CF doctor <b>did</b> bring it up to me. I was in the hospital in isolation (because the docs in the ER thought that I had TB...which I didn't) and when my CF doctor came there to see me he threw a fit because they should have known that there are some signs of CF that look like TB (I guess) and he was pissed!!! He came into my room to talk to me and told me that he had looked at my x-rays, CT scans, and the cultures that they took and said that things were not looking good for my lungs or my liver. It was that day that he told me that I had holes, mold, and staff in my lungs and that the Cirrhosis in my liver wasn't looking much better. My lung function was around 40% at that time. I asked him what there was to do about it and he told me transplants. I was scared at first but knew what I had to do so I agreed. I had only been married for a little over 2 years and didn't want it to end that quickly. Eight months later (after the evaluations had already started) I found out that I was 9 weeks pregnant and had to fight even harder now because I was keeping the baby and wanted to be here for him.
I got the transplants 1 year and 3 weeks (to the day) after Brady was born and it was the best decision that I ever made!!
PS-I was unaware that most doctors do not bring transplant up to the patients and that the patients had to ask about it. That seems kind of ridiculous.</end quote></div>
wow you have a great story.. sometimes i think someone is looking after us! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> thanks