Lung Transplant after Pulmonary Fibrosis | David’s Story
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- Опубліковано 1 лис 2017
- David and Susan have a long, happy marriage, and were thrilled to attend their son’s wedding. However, after returning home David noticed something wasn’t right. He was short of breath and had flu-like symptoms that he couldn’t shake- something was radically wrong and his health kept getting worse.
David was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that leads to the accumulation of scar tissue in the lungs. When the scar tissue develops between the air spaces and bloodstream, it makes it very hard for the body to absorb oxygen and create energy.
As David’s disease worsened he was no longer able to get out of bed and his pulmonologist in Williamsport, Pennsylvania said there was nothing else they could do. David’s last chance at survival was a lung transplant. Susan researched every transplant program between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, looking for an experienced lung transplant program that would be able to follow and support them every step of the way. That’s how they found Dr. Hadjiliadis and came to Penn Medicine.
Surgeons at Penn have significantly improved the lives of hundreds of patients, having performed more than double the number of lung transplants than any other transplant program in the region. Since the inception of the program, over 1000 successful lung transplants have been performed. The benefit of our experience is that every aspect of lung transplant care is well organized and centered on the patient.
David and Susan met with the Penn lung transplant team and he was placed on the transplant list. Within three days he received his transplant. The surgery went perfectly and David awoke to his son and wife sitting anxiously by his bedside.
Within three weeks David was walking again, and today he is feeling better than ever. He and Susan work around the house and enjoy their garden, their life together made all the sweeter for the struggle and illness they have overcome.
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I had a single lung transplant in April of 2012 over pulmonary fibrosis from agent orange. Doing well
People that give a single lung. They live after the surgery unlike a double lung transplant right?
He is lucky to get transplant, unlike us , who are suffering from this devastating disease
I fought IPF for over 8 years. When i was down to 30% capacity i started testing to see if i was well enough to be sick. I made the list the 2nd week in September 2022. September 29th i got the call they had a lung for me if in wanted
it. 5am on the 30th they wheeled me into the OR. The plan was to do a heart bypass and left lung transplant. The surgery went well and after 5 weeks i was sent home. Getting the meds figured out was the biggest problem. I was making great progress and getting stronger. I lost 30+ lbs and a lot of that was muscle.
The end of January i started not feeling so good. By Feb 2nd i was in the hospital with a 104 fever and Covid. Iv been sick many times in my 71 years but never anything like this. It was like getting hit in the face with a baseball bat and knocked in front of a moving bus. Spent 9 days in the hospital until they got the fever under control. Im home now and it's March 20th and i still have symptoms. They come and go but something is always going on. Like i said i was doing really well with walking, driving etc. Covid knocked me back to where i was in November. Be careful this covid is no joke especially when we don't have much of an immune system. More to it but this is long enough.
Please tell me further your transplant how is painfully and what is the survivel rate and after transplant U r fine
Wonderful. Hope you're doing well!
I love this man he's amazing in mind body and soul his wife is also amazing to stand by him support him through his journey. May God continue to give him many more years of life. The doctors the surgeon the nurses God bless them all ❤️🙏🏿
My dear friend, my wife is got COP Di just wanna remind you my friend. There isn't no death death does not exist. We are spirit, not the body. Never be scared. I am saying this because I am your friend
I'm a empazina stack air hard trying to get value but won't know til next appointment in march they found a nodule 6mm if not I need some thing that could help walking is hard pant all the time I see reduction surgery if u qualify guess I ll see if I fit have already 1 stratx test in phone said borderline so I pray
How are you doing now? All vids i see never do updates of progress is it becouse it ends in tragic?
Do some research find out his name. It's faith in God that see's us through all sickness and disease. Jesus loves you ❤️