bravo for your answer, also a thought on organ donation

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hey chip, bravo for your response on what can kill instantly.

One tip of advice for the group--

the only one who knows when our life on earth is over is God,

having ACM has made life valuable to me, and regardless of how many

days we have of major or minor symptoms, we should all be thankful

for each day, because noone knows what will happen tomorrow.

My daughters friend, Kitty, the one who had a heart transplant, is

doing wonderfully. And here is my plug for organ donation....

for Kitty to get a new heart and live, someone had to die.

My thanks go to the family of this organ donor, I am grateful that

during the most difficult time of your life, you chose to help others

live by donating organs.

There are rules regarding organ donation....

In order to donate, you have to inform your family on your desire to

donate your organs after you die.

And in such a moment of grief, if this is not talked about by you

with your family, they have the final sayso about what happens to

your organs after you are gone, and may choose differently than you

would have wished.

I had a sobering talk with my hubby and family members regarding

this. My surgery for zipping is Jan 14, and with a major surgery on

the horizon, this type of topic is very fragile.

I got a donor card and signed it and my hubby signed it as well as

his granny (have to have two witness signatures on the card).

I have kept a card in my wallet, and one is taped to the fridge. I am

also taking one into the hospital with me on surgery date to have on

hand in my file. I am not planning on exiting this life during my

surgery, but if worse case scenario happens, at least I know my

wishes will be granted post-mordum.

Again, this is a sobering topic, but it is such a important topic for

all of us.

There are so many people on the donor recipient list, sadly a lot

pass on before a organ can be located.

Also, check out bone marrow donation. You can become a bone marrow

donor at the same time you donate blood.

I almost had a chance to donate bone marrow to a man approx my

hubby's age, and had gotten to the fourth level of matching with this

person, (a perfect match is 6 out of 6 of the requirements matching

perfectly.)

This man, whom I did not know, was an adult with a family, and

possibly kids, and was sick enough to need a bone marrow transplant.

It could of been my hubby, he was someones family member, possibly

someones dad, and possibly someones hubby.

Well enough of my soap-box preaching. Thanks for listening to me, and

letting me ramble on........

have a better than average day,

Le

No one wants to die, and no one knows when this will happen

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