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This and That and Talk - My Transplant

Posted by Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor @rosemarya, Apr 9, 2017

As our Mayo Connect community grows, I am constantly meeting organ transplant members on a wide variety of forums with a wide range of issues that are not directly transplant specific. However, because we are all transplant recipients, we have a special connection: a unique journey and best of all - a new life! We don't always need help or advice. Many times we just want to chat with someone like us! That is my purpose in starting This and That and Talk.

Drop in and say 'Hi'. You are welcome anytime.

What do you want t to talk about? What words can you offer to someone who is on the journey? Do you have any questions for another recipient?

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Transplants Support Group.

@tbirdmunchkin | @glinda | Dec 20, 2017
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@rosemarya

@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance?
I'm getting over a head cold/sinus/congestion sort of thing that has become a real nuisance! I hope you are doin g better than that!
Rosemary

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I'm fine with it when someone asks me about wby I wear a mask I would rather they ask me then have them make assumptions like I had had happen and assume I am sick and shod not be out riding the bus which has happened to me also

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@tbirdmunchkin | @glinda | Dec 20, 2017
In reply to @rosemarya "@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance? I'm getting..." + (show)
@rosemarya

@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance?
I'm getting over a head cold/sinus/congestion sort of thing that has become a real nuisance! I hope you are doin g better than that!
Rosemary

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And I really get a kick out of when young children come up to me and ask me if I'm a nurse or doctor because of my mask and I then explain that no I'm a transplant patient and they ask their mom what that means and the mom explains it to the child I feel like I am teaching the kids about transplantation of organs it makes me feel good for all I had to go thru

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Dec 20, 2017
In reply to @rosemarya "@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance? I'm getting..." + (show)
@rosemarya

@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance?
I'm getting over a head cold/sinus/congestion sort of thing that has become a real nuisance! I hope you are doin g better than that!
Rosemary

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I remember one time I saw a man at our local bakery, and he was getting out of a car that had a "Donate Life" decal. Well, I naturally said something, and.....right there on Main Street, he pulls up his t-shirt (You should have seen his wife's face - and mine! I won't forget that) and he proudly shows me his transplant scar!
I must add that the bakery is on the Main Street right next to my church:-)
Rosemary

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Dec 20, 2017
In reply to @rosemarya "@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance? I'm getting..." + (show)
@rosemarya

@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance?
I'm getting over a head cold/sinus/congestion sort of thing that has become a real nuisance! I hope you are doin g better than that!
Rosemary

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Glinda, I like that experience a whole lot better than my experience at the bakery! Kids say the cutest things. It is great that the mom handled it so well, too.

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@tbirdmunchkin | @glinda | Dec 20, 2017
In reply to @rosemarya "@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance? I'm getting..." + (show)
@rosemarya

@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance?
I'm getting over a head cold/sinus/congestion sort of thing that has become a real nuisance! I hope you are doin g better than that!
Rosemary

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His poor wife she must have been so embarrassed by him doing that but a least she can say that he was proud and thankful to have recieved his new organ to live

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@tbirdmunchkin | @glinda | Dec 20, 2017
In reply to @rosemarya "@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance? I'm getting..." + (show)
@rosemarya

@contentandwell, How is your knee recovery coming? Been thinking about you. Did you dance?
I'm getting over a head cold/sinus/congestion sort of thing that has become a real nuisance! I hope you are doin g better than that!
Rosemary

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Yeah i was always worried about scaring the little kids because of the mask and I wouldn't want some man coming up to me and pulling his shirt up to shpw me his transplant scar either

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mauraacro | @mauraacro | Dec 28, 2017

Hi, I'm brand new here and technologically challenged so feel free to point me in the right direction if I've posted in the wrong place or if there is a better place for me to learn about my upcoming surgery.
I will be donating a kidney January 12th. I'm excited and nervous. Is there someone here that has donated or knows someone who has? I know what Mayo has told me to expect but was hoping to hear from a real person. Thank you!

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@tbirdmunchkin | @glinda | Dec 28, 2017
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@mauraacro

Hi, I'm brand new here and technologically challenged so feel free to point me in the right direction if I've posted in the wrong place or if there is a better place for me to learn about my upcoming surgery.
I will be donating a kidney January 12th. I'm excited and nervous. Is there someone here that has donated or knows someone who has? I know what Mayo has told me to expect but was hoping to hear from a real person. Thank you!

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Yes you are in the right place this page is for donors and ttansplant recipients I myself am a heart transplant recipent but I think rosemary might be able to help you you can teply to her at @rosemaya she is a mentor of oir group and I think she can help you

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Dec 28, 2017
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@mauraacro

Hi, I'm brand new here and technologically challenged so feel free to point me in the right direction if I've posted in the wrong place or if there is a better place for me to learn about my upcoming surgery.
I will be donating a kidney January 12th. I'm excited and nervous. Is there someone here that has donated or knows someone who has? I know what Mayo has told me to expect but was hoping to hear from a real person. Thank you!

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@mauraacro, I would like to welcome you to the Mayo Clinic Connect. It is an honor to meet you. I understand your "being brand new and technologically challenged" statement. I am still learning!
You have posted in a great place.
Here is a link to the Living Donation discussion where we have some other members who are actively involved in the process of living kidney donation. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/living-donor/

To make it easier, I am also going to introduce you to the members, and you should receive a notification shortly.
I will look forward to continuing our conversation there.
Rosemary

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Dec 28, 2017
In reply to @mauraacro "Hi, I'm brand new here and technologically challenged so feel free to point me in the..." + (show)
@mauraacro

Hi, I'm brand new here and technologically challenged so feel free to point me in the right direction if I've posted in the wrong place or if there is a better place for me to learn about my upcoming surgery.
I will be donating a kidney January 12th. I'm excited and nervous. Is there someone here that has donated or knows someone who has? I know what Mayo has told me to expect but was hoping to hear from a real person. Thank you!

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@glinda, Thanks for your support! We transplant folks do stick together to help each other, don't we?

I also welcome you to take a look at the living donor discussion- it is an amazing conversation by some amazing people aka "Living Heroes".
Rosemary

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