I appreciate the info Bro & yes I plan on keeping my own organs as long as I'm at this level..I wanna leave this world with the goods I was born with..I mean I don't have a lot of energy, basically zero to be exact, my heart according to the Docs at the Kirklain Clinic, says that my heart is still twice as large as it should be, but, it has shrunk back down some(since I received the defib implant), cause at one time they said it was like 3 times larger than it should be & that was when they were all freaking the heck out & wanting to do the transplant..And my heart muscle will always be extremely weak as well..As long as I can do what I can with the defib implant, which isn't a whole heck of a lot, for example, by the time I go shopping & walking around at Wal Mart, I literally feel like I've just ran the Boston Marathon out of breath & just feel like a fresh pile of steaming dog poop..As you stated though..
I'd much rather deal with it this way, and deal with things as they come along, a couple years Dr Patterson at UAB found a renal aneurysm & had to put in a stent, he said it was very rare & in the process I almost lost that kidney, he was on the brink of just removing it he said, he saved it though, but, it's functioning at 38% while the other is still fine though..I have to go back in November back to Dr Patterson at UAB, cause he said I had another aneurysm going into my liver & he's going to prolly going to go ahead & put a stent into it as well..Between the stents & the defib implant, I literally feel like the "Bionic Man", and with all the operations from the open heart & when I had contracted a really bad staph infection, that had vegetated onto the defib implant, and they couldn't completely rid me of the staph infection, without laser cutting out the defib implant, and replacing it to the other side of my chest with a new implant..
With all these surgeries I've dealt with, I kid y'all not, my chest looks as if I got into a knife fight with Chuck Norris & lost in a really really bad way..It does get depressing at times..I haven't reached 40 yet & I've been told my heart is as strong as a man in his 80's, and I honest to God feel like an 80yr old at times..Between fighting to stay alive to raise my girl, the companionship here on TideFans, and chatting with all you good folks about Bama Football..That's why i say I truly appreciate TideFans, and all you guys n gals, I love you all like my family & I truly appreciate you guys n gals more than y'all can ever imagine..
Tideman09,
You are much better off with your own organs functioning at those levels. I have walked the transplant path with several people and it is a tough road with the anti rejection meds and their side effects. It is truly a "last resort." Glad you are doing well...