Rest in peace, Eva.

I’ve been following Eva Markvoort’s blog for sometime now.  She was a CF patient who has had a double lung transplant and was the subject of a documentary about her journey towards transplantation.  The documentary certainly provides hope for those who are considering transplantation, but late last year, she was diagnosed with chronic rejection. This […]

Posted at 20:25 on 2010/03/29 | Leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | Continue reading

To transplant or not to transplant…

Wow, what a week it’s been.  I’ve had a lot of ups and downs this week, and now I have a really big decision to make. I had a meeting with my respirologist and the transplant surgeon.  The respirologist Dr. L. was fine:  met with him and one of his respiratory fellows (they’re usually senior-level […]

Posted at 22:44 on 2010/03/07 | 6 comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized | Continue reading

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This is the online diary of Rachel, a pulmonary hypertension patient who’s waiting to see if she gets new lungs.  She’s also a real, live health sciences librarian, so you might see a library-related post here, but it’ll be mostly me pondering about life with pulmonary hypertension.

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