I had a really good talk with my transplant coordinator the other day. I voiced my concern about the results of my scans, mainly if I was still a candidate for living donor transplant. The news that I had some fatty deposits on my liver freaked me out! (Obviously I'm still a candidate for donation, if after this next round of appointments goes well, I'll probably be booked for a liver biopsy. This way, they can tell the extent of my fatty deposits. I'm told it needs to be less than 10%.) Turns out, the great majority of the population has fatty deposits on the liver. Now, I don't drink alcohol, I'm not over-weight and I'm hellishly active. So what's the deal?? The culprit most likely is....drum roll....
Processed foods!
Hmmmm...guilty as charged! I loves my white bread products! Hell I have white bread INSIDE my white bread sandwiches!! White rice is another yummy processed demon-food! I love sugar in my coffee and I've been known to nibble on a Lindt chocolate or two! Hard to imagine a life without processed food products...but I'm willing to give it a shot! I won't cut it out entirely, baby steps first!! This week, no white bread products and only 1/2 the sugar in my coffee. Apparently, the body can absorb these fatty deposits just by a change in diet. What I have I got to lose? Wish me luck!
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A diary of sorts documenting my journey as a Multiple Organ Donor. I become an anonymous living liver donor on September 14th, 2009, and donated my left kidney anonymously on November 19th, 2010
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- Chandler
- I have two blogs, one details my experiences as a living liver, and kidney donor, the other deals with random stuff I find interesting. Both blogs may contain colorful language and/or some questionable content...click my 'About Me' thing for a link to my other blog.
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Did You Know......
The lung transplant team at Toronto General Hospital performed 102 lung transplants in 2009 setting a new record for lung transplants at TGH in a single year!
As a result of a surgical technique refined at TGH last year, the one-year survival rate for liver transplant patients has increased to 95 percent.
Several firsts were developed at the TGH, including:
-Canada's largest HIV/AIDS clinic, the Immunodeficiency Clinic - 1994
-World's first successful double lung transplant - 1986
-Clinical use of the anticoagulant Heparin - 1935
-World's first successful single lung transplant - 1983
-First external heart pacemaker used in open heart resuscitation - 1950
-The development and first clinical use of insulin in the treatment of diabetes - 1922
As a result of a surgical technique refined at TGH last year, the one-year survival rate for liver transplant patients has increased to 95 percent.
Several firsts were developed at the TGH, including:
-Canada's largest HIV/AIDS clinic, the Immunodeficiency Clinic - 1994
-World's first successful double lung transplant - 1986
-Clinical use of the anticoagulant Heparin - 1935
-World's first successful single lung transplant - 1983
-First external heart pacemaker used in open heart resuscitation - 1950
-The development and first clinical use of insulin in the treatment of diabetes - 1922
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