Stroke after lung transplant
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I did ask my doc before but he told me the prob is not getting heart transplant. He said that my lung should get transplant instead but then again getting lung transplant it's very risky. My heart condition yup theres a hole in the heart and yup the doc said my blood circulate only 1 way(eg.
I wish I had good news about you donating your Aunt one of your lungs. My Mother received a single lung transplant in 2007. A lung cannot be taken from a live donor though. The lung has to be harvested from a very recently deceased donor. And I so hate telling you this, but getting approved for a lung transplant is lengthy and much is involved. They put my Mother through many many tests. She had a lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Which is a terminal lung disease.
after the transplant. During that time she went home for only 2 days. What she went through after the transplant was brutal and the suffering was terrible. There though are many successful lung transplants. I feel very strongly that your boyfriend should seek a second opinion. And it is appalling that his doctor has never prescribed him any medications for these lung diseases. They were going to perform a double lung transplant on my mother.
My husband is 65 yo, after liver transplant 1.5 years ago. He was complaining about chest pain for some time, has cough with phlegm (clear) shoulder and back pain - his MD would always say that it is all normal, due to his transplant etc or like chest pains would treat with some medication.
But finally he had a CT done 2 weeks ago, and they found "2.6 x 2.1 cm spiculated lesion in the right lower lobe abutting the right hemidiaphragm.
My husband is 65 yo, after liver transplant 1.5 years ago. He was complaining about chest pain for some time, has cough with phlegm (clear) shoulder and back pain - his MD would always say that it is all normal, due to his transplant etc or like chest pains would treat with some medication.
But finally he had a CT done 2 weeks ago, and they found "2.6 x 2.1 cm spiculated lesion in the right lower lobe abutting the right hemidiaphragm.
My mother in law is a 56 year old woman diagnosed with congestive heart failure, specifically cardiomyopathy. She was diagnosed in her early 40's, a pace maker was implanted by her mid 40's. She had a massive stroke in her earley 50's. With the support of her family and theorapists she was able to resume a somewhat normal life. In the last year her health has deteriated quickly. She had her third pace maker installed, due to the fact that her prior pace makers had been worn out.
She spent 4 months in the hospital being brutalized after the transplant. One example of a mistake made. After the new lung was in, a stint had to be put into the lung. They open my mother up for surgery. Once she was on the table, they realized they did not have the proper stint to put in her. That is only bad example of poor care she received. And this was a top university hospital in this country. We finally moved her to another hospital. But, by then it was just too late to save her.
i am saddened to say, my mother passed away august 2007. she died 4 months after a lung transplant. the hospital that did the transplant made so many mistakes. also, they just waited too long to perform the transplant. she had IPF for approximately 6 yrs. she got to go home for 2 days only. she spent 4 months in the hospital after the transplant. this hospital brutalized her. i helped care for my dear little momma. my heart breaks for what you and your ill loved ones are going through.
Can healthy lungs suddenly fail where they need a double lung transplant? And what happened to cause this?
but the reason my heart specialist said that was because I told him I didnt want anymore tests done id been in hospital 14 times and Ive know when my kidney and lung was affected that I knew in my heart that Iwas on borrowed time so Im glad he was straight forward...
My heart goes out to you and your mother. It truly does. I don't really want to tell you, what I have to say. But, I feel you deserve and need honest answers. As me and my family have been there. My mother was diagnosed with IPF in August 2004. She passed away in August 2007, after a lung transplant rejection. Her pulmonary specialist traced back the start of the IPF to approximately 2001. He was able to do this through a number of old xrays, that we took to her first appointment with him.
Our son was on the waiting last for double lung heart transplant after 2 years of waiting he got to bad even if he had become top of the list.The dr.doing the stents said he had never heard of a lung transplant in the case of histoplasmosis.The Drs.say that for some reason our family fights the histo to much building up the calcification. I will try to look up the genetis Drs.
A heart transplant is not something you go into lightly. It is not a cure; it only extends life. I've known people who died on the table, I've known 2 people who have lived 10 years and have heard of one person who has made it 20 years. No one can give you a definate answer as to how long you will live for. You have to take ANTIrejection drugs for the rest of your life and that isn't easy to do.
We lost momma on August 20, 2007. Four months after a lung transplant. My heart so goes out to your husband, you and all family members. Mother would also have these spells with the mucus at nights mostly. But after a time, that changed as well. Mother's doctor put her on a strong cough medicine. It worked for a good while. Is your husband considering lung transplant? Many are successful, eventhogh my mother's was not. She was 69 when she had the transplant, so she was elderly.
Now due to the same problem she got open lung operation, got continued medical treatment with Pulmonologist but lung transplant was not considered or suggested.
I had 17 blood clots in my right lung, at least that many in my left. (The doctors checked my heart and said I had a big heart but nothing was wrong with it.)They put me on coumadin and sent me home. After about a week my shortness of breath began to worsen, to the point I couldn't get dressed without gasping for air. The doctor put me back in the hospital for a lung biopsy. He told me something got in my lungs and literally ate my lungs, I now have about 45% left.
It has been a horrible year and a half for my family, we lost my uncle at the age of 44 suddenly to a brain aneurysm, them my great grandma, then my grandma who just turned 70 on december 4 2010 from lung cancer (we think it started there anyway). Also a few days later my gram passed my dad went in for back surgery (which was his last resort) and they overdosed him badly and he went into a coma (but they never really said) his kidneys started shutting down etc.
If your father’s cancer center doesn’t have a liver transplant center, than the best option would be to go to one of the top NYC liver transplant centers and get care for his liver disease there. While it may be a little more difficult to make sure both teams (Oncology and Hepatology) are on the same page it can be done as many of people can attest to.
Hepatologist's work with patients who have potentially fatal diseases on a daily basis.
I once read that if the lungs are functioning at 30%, you can try to get a lung transplant. In any case, 40% does not sound good.
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