Kerisa

@Kerisa (55)

United States • Age 48

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Kerisa liked this • 5 Nov 06

Transplants

roselupe @roselupe (257) • United States 19 Oct 06

Have you ever or do you have a family member that had a transplant. what kind and where? My father had a heart transplant.

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roselupe No. They don’t, well maybe they do but we were never informed of them because we ended up suing the hospital. I am sure my parent would feel very uncomfortable going to meetings and so would I.

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Kerisa liked this • 5 Nov 06

Transplants

roselupe @roselupe (257) • United States 19 Oct 06

Have you ever or do you have a family member that had a transplant. what kind and where? My father had a heart transplant.

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roselupe He got his about 6 yrs ago here in Texas. How are you doing? Did you have any complications after the transplant? What about rejection? I would really like to know.

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Kerisa liked this • 5 Nov 06

Transplants

roselupe @roselupe (257) • United States 19 Oct 06

Have you ever or do you have a family member that had a transplant. what kind and where? My father had a heart transplant.

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roselupe He had a massive heart attack and was diagnosed with heart disease. It runs in our family. Only 1/3 of his heart was working and he had congestive heart failure. He had a bypass done but did do any good. He was in and out of hospitals since July of 99 and...

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Kerisa liked this • 5 Nov 06

Transplants

roselupe @roselupe (257) • United States 19 Oct 06

Have you ever or do you have a family member that had a transplant. what kind and where? My father had a heart transplant.

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roselupe My father had big complications about an hour after the surgery. He had to go back into surgery and died for 10 mins He is now disabled physically. His disablity was caused by his brain not receiveing oxygen during the 10 mins he was gone. He was in a...

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Kerisa liked this • 5 Nov 06

Medical "cures" that end up hurting something else.

Kerisa @Kerisa (55) • United States 5 Nov 06

Have you or someone you know had problems from any medical treatment? I had to have Chemo when I was a child and it damaged my heart. I was always sick afterwards and then I ended up needing a transplant. Nobody ever told us that...

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sevenseas I think there are a great many things used in the medical world for one thing that ends up really injuring someone, physcially or mentally, on down the road. I guess you have to chose the lesser of two evils and make sure you trust your doctor. I think some...

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Kerisa liked this • 5 Nov 06

Medical "cures" that end up hurting something else.

Kerisa @Kerisa (55) • United States 5 Nov 06

Have you or someone you know had problems from any medical treatment? I had to have Chemo when I was a child and it damaged my heart. I was always sick afterwards and then I ended up needing a transplant. Nobody ever told us that...

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Sheila_Abram I have had problems with them putting me on vicodin and somas for my back pain. I have become addicted to them and currently trying to get weaned off of them. People say if you stop cold turkey you could die. Doctors don't care just as long as they make...

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