Ken’s Heart Transplant Recovery Battle
Ken’s transplant recovery is not the happiest transplant experience but it says a lot about the survival instincts you may need to summon if things go wrong and especially if you encounter the dreaded aspergillius mold infection.
Vata Derangement, The Shrink and Heart Transplantation
The battle from the effects of heart transplantation continues here in Albany NY. Of late, a combination of dreadful weather, two bouts with the flu and some surgical procedures have left me reeling. I have pretty much been confined to quarters since December 27th. My only escapes have been to see physicians. These appointments have [...]
Causes of Heart Disease And You
It makes sense that if you want to understand the risk of heart disease, you should have a working knowledge of how the heart works. At least, the Mayo Clinic thinks so. This is their overview of how that mysterious organ keeps us ticking. “Your heart is a pump. It’s a muscular organ about the [...]
Symptoms For All Types Heart Disease
The Mayo Clinic website is an excellent source for all things medical but the information about heart disease, heart transplantation and related heart issues is comprehensive and for the most part plain language. Yippee! In honor of American Heart Month, it seems a good time to learn more about heart disease. The Mayo Clinic describes [...]
Dowton Abbey’s Bates And Hope
Maybe it was Bates from Dowton Abbey or an interview with a Syrian refugee or a comment by a destitute organic dairy farmer from Vermont, but one of these persons spoke about the power of hope. It may have been all three.
Heart Disease and American Heart Month
Heart disease moves center stage in February, the American Heart Month. The CDC reports that 1 in every 4 fatalities is caused by heart disease.
Blood Tests for Heart Transplant Patients
As a heart transplant enrollee, you are going to have hundreds of blood draws before and after your transplant. It may not seem like it, but they all serve a purpose.
New and Improved Anti-Coagulant Approved
How would you like a new anticoagulant that does not increase the risk of excessive bleeding?
The Professional Heart Transplant Patient
One of the realities of being a heart transplant patient is that you will become a professional patient, a job you may never have seen coming.
Extending the Donor Organ Age
Astonishingly, in Europe 4,500 hearts that are approved for transplantation are not being used every year. Br. Bombardini explained this phenomenon,
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