rockinmywaypa
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Iwish you all the best and when they find a heart for you I hope it's as big as the one you have. You big-hearted guy.
Brief health update...
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Mark4510
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Don, rest assured you will be in our thoughts and prayers.
Mark
Mark
ronjhall
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Don
I can not say it any better than Harv.
You will be in our thoughts and prayers.
I can not say it any better than Harv.
You will be in our thoughts and prayers.
MossRoad
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Good luck, Don. I'm thinking of you. My wife and I have discussed organ donation many times. We both know that so many people can benefit from one person's kindness. Our 11 year old has discussed it with us too. We all agree it would be a great thing to do.
My wife makes the old joke that if anything happens to me my brain should be in high demand since it's hardly been used. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Thanks, dear. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
My wife makes the old joke that if anything happens to me my brain should be in high demand since it's hardly been used. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Thanks, dear. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Our family is thinking about ya.
Soundguy
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Don, our prayers are with you and for you. I have been a total donor for the past 12 years. As someone that has some experience with donating organs, I can tell you this.
My daughter died 5 years ago from an unknown cause. As with all unknowns only certain body parts were to be used, eyes was about it. We donated her eyes and in a couple of months got word that a man in our area, (we dont know who) got her cornea and can now see again. Another child got the other cornea and will now have eyesight all her life. Those letters while painful in that our daughter was gone, helped us know that something useful had come from something totally unexpected and so hard on us.
God Bless you and your family.
Folks, you aint gonna need the parts, and they could save a life! There is NO COST at all for donating, and I can assure you that someone will be thanking you, even if they never know where or who.
My daughter died 5 years ago from an unknown cause. As with all unknowns only certain body parts were to be used, eyes was about it. We donated her eyes and in a couple of months got word that a man in our area, (we dont know who) got her cornea and can now see again. Another child got the other cornea and will now have eyesight all her life. Those letters while painful in that our daughter was gone, helped us know that something useful had come from something totally unexpected and so hard on us.
God Bless you and your family.
Folks, you aint gonna need the parts, and they could save a life! There is NO COST at all for donating, and I can assure you that someone will be thanking you, even if they never know where or who.
Inspector507
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Trouble is, with all my issues, I can no longer donate anything but corneas. Not even blood. My FIL was on a heart list for many years, but didn't work out /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Junkman
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I read this when there were fewer than 10 views and out of respect for what you wrote, I didn't post. The heck with respect, we all want to wish you the best of luck in finding replacement parts for that fine machine you call your body. The one thing that I know, is that you are one heck of a fighter and will work through this and get that new heart. My prayers are with you for a speedy recovery.
Junk..
Junk..
<font color="blue"> and out of respect for what you wrote, I didn't post. </font>
Uh oh, you should have stuck to your original plans. I'm making a list of everyone who wants to make me cry, and if I don't make it, I'm gonna haunt you all.
OK, where's that icon for deadpan humor? (pun intended).
Seriously, I appreciate all the kind thoughts and well wishes, but I'm also considerably embarrassed by them; I've never been much for having folks fuss over me.
My Dad died in 1955, at age 47, from something almost identical to what happened to me, except that when he fainted and fell, he was on a step ladder and fractured his skull. All I hit was the drivewway and got a gash in my noggin. They discovered the damage to his heart after he died; I was still alive when they found mine.
I'm 64, now, and I consider every day of the almost 17 years that I've lived longer than my Dad to be a gift. I consider every hour since I fainted about 6 weeks ago to be a double gift even though I can't do much with it, and if I actually get a transplant and get back somewhere close to active, I'll feel like I own heaven. If not, I'll probably take over running heaven if there is one and I get there.
In the meantime, please be assured there is no fear on my part, and no real suffering. There is no pain, just an enormous loss of endurance and bouts of dizziness and loss of balance. I have good days and bad days, and on the good days, I've actually been able to drive the short distance over to the property I was remodeling (although I stick to the side roads and drive like an old fart). They're supposed to be (finally) delivering my tractor this morning after the 300 hour service, and I think I'll be able to do some things on it if I'm careful and limit the exertion.
Unfortunately for all of you, even on the bad days it does not affect my verbosity; it just gives me more time to sit here and crank out drivel. Sorry about that...
Uh oh, you should have stuck to your original plans. I'm making a list of everyone who wants to make me cry, and if I don't make it, I'm gonna haunt you all.
OK, where's that icon for deadpan humor? (pun intended).
Seriously, I appreciate all the kind thoughts and well wishes, but I'm also considerably embarrassed by them; I've never been much for having folks fuss over me.
My Dad died in 1955, at age 47, from something almost identical to what happened to me, except that when he fainted and fell, he was on a step ladder and fractured his skull. All I hit was the drivewway and got a gash in my noggin. They discovered the damage to his heart after he died; I was still alive when they found mine.
I'm 64, now, and I consider every day of the almost 17 years that I've lived longer than my Dad to be a gift. I consider every hour since I fainted about 6 weeks ago to be a double gift even though I can't do much with it, and if I actually get a transplant and get back somewhere close to active, I'll feel like I own heaven. If not, I'll probably take over running heaven if there is one and I get there.
In the meantime, please be assured there is no fear on my part, and no real suffering. There is no pain, just an enormous loss of endurance and bouts of dizziness and loss of balance. I have good days and bad days, and on the good days, I've actually been able to drive the short distance over to the property I was remodeling (although I stick to the side roads and drive like an old fart). They're supposed to be (finally) delivering my tractor this morning after the 300 hour service, and I think I'll be able to do some things on it if I'm careful and limit the exertion.
Unfortunately for all of you, even on the bad days it does not affect my verbosity; it just gives me more time to sit here and crank out drivel. Sorry about that...
JerryG
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<font color="blue"> it just gives me more time to sit here and crank out drivel. Sorry about that...</font>
Don,
Don't be, we aren't. Please continue.
Don,
Don't be, we aren't. Please continue.
