Life Normal After Heart Transplant
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Kerry Murphy, DVM, had a heart transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center five years ago. She is working full time and is grateful for her second chance in life.
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Im 69 years old. I just received a new heart in late August of this year. It was done in Indianapolis St. Vincent. It has only been 9 weeks since it was replaced. Already I am a new man. I am glad I watched this video,thanks for making it Your an inspiration! God is good!
My bad. My heart transplant happened on July 27th 2023.
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I’m glad she was able to get a transplant, she seems like a deserving kind soul
I’m a 8 month heart transplant recipient looking for people with health conditions in common. I stumbled across your story and can truly relate. Thanks for sharing your story ❤️❤️❤️
I got my heart transplant in 2015 at the same Hospital. I have received the overwhelming amount of support and knowledge from this hospital and people that are associated in the different networks that the hospital connect you with.
Oh great. How much did it cost ?
I am from india. I am 40 years old and i am in a waiting list for heart transplant. Its inspiring to see your video for people's like me.
Hey did you get your heart ?
This inspired me to have more faith , my dad needs a heart plz pray 🙏🏾 and anyone seeing this I pray everything goes as you plan , this is a tough situation
The will to live and to love, is the most powerful thing in the world.
Your a inspiration....my 3 year old daughter has had a heart transplant may 7 2019
Nice to hear that. Hope she is fine now.
Thanks for telling your story
I'm a teenager who has recently got a heart transplant, if anyone has any questions I can answer. Feel free to ask anything I don't get offended easily.
How are you adjusting? And what type of HF lead you to getting a new heart?
I ask. You still with us bro???
@@hotlatino7220 ahahahahah yes I am sorry for getting back at you late.
@@hotlatino7220 Well it's been about 6 months since my heart transplant. I'm currently doing well with adjusting to my new heart (it does not feel different at all). I did not have heart failure before I had the heart transplant. I'm a unique case and I had a jacked up heart rhythm (tachycardia) it was a rare case and I've had it since I was 2 years old. Before doctors could control it with meds until last summer where I had an emergency and had to be on life support, then I got better but came back this summer to get a heart transplant because the meds were getting ineffective and my quality of life would be bad worrying if I would have another emergency.
@@hunnifrommars there you are. I'm glad everything turn out ok. Tackacardia. I've heard of it. I just never knew it could lead to transplant. I figured medication or defibrillator would be the answer but I hear you. Meds weren't effective anymore. Well. You've been through alot and I wish you the best of health and I know your heart will give you many years to come. Take care of it brotha. That was the biggest gift you will ever receive. Life. Cherish every moment. Thanks for responding.
Has anyone here genuinely had a heart transplant, I’ve just been put on a list and I need to talk to someone who has experienced it
How long can a person live with a heart transplant
as long as THE GOD wills.
Over 30 years for some recipients.
Normally 10 years but now patients are living 20+ years
I recently got a heart transplant and they told me it varies. I am a teenager and I have nothing wrong with any of my other organs. They told me in the first year is the year that is high risk because the new heart is a "foreign" thing in your body and they gave me meds through to wipe out my immune system. In the future, my immune system will start to "wake up" and hopefully it doesn't attack the heart. I have to get heart biopsies (they take small tissues of the heart and study it) every 2 weeks for 12 weeks in order to test if the body is "attacking" the new heart. So the first year is the most dangerous though most cautious year. Then, after that they said it varies but the average is normally 10-15 years, but some people have had their new heart for like 20+ years and are doing fine. Luckily, you can get multiple heart transplants in your lifetime. If you have any questions I can answer, I don't get offended easily.
Oh man holy Kook glad you got the gift of life how are you feeling?
do you have to take medicine every day after a transplant?
For kidney transplants you would take immunosuppressants to stop the immune system attacking the organ as it has different chemicals to what the body knows, I assume the same is for heart transplants (and any kind of organ transplant)
I'm a teenager who recently got a heart transplant and I take two meds for anti-rejection (meds that prevent the body from attacking the heart ) I also take steroids to suppress the immune system, though after surgery they give you big medicines through IVs that shut down your immune system for a few months. This is because the immune system could attack the new heart, so they are taking me off the steroids slowly, so my immune system can wake up and not attack the new heart. Since my immune system is completely wiped I have to be very cautious (especially with covid) I can't go in public places besides hospital when I have too and I have to be on a few meds that protect me from things that an immune system normally protects you from though those meds are not going to be taken for life. I also take blood pressure medicine and some vitamin supplements and magnesium to keep healthy. The only meds I'll need to be on life is most likely the two anti-rejection meds. But for now, I am on a lot of meds due to my immune system being non existent right now. Feel free to ask me any questions, I don't get offended easily.
@@hunnifrommars just today my daughter and I were talking about heart transplants and we were discussing that exact topic as to how many meds and how long we'd would one be on so many pills? Thanks for answering and explaining. 🙂😁
@@hotlatino7220 Your welcome! Glad to explain. I am off the steroids and everything is going fine with my heart so far! This december is my 6 month after surgery. Other meds i did not mention are bp med, vitamins c and d, aspirin, meds that protect from bad bacteria and viruses (since the immune system is weak) and a temporary shot that boost my cell count (not needed for everyone). I will stop that shot soon. You do have to definitely be on those anti-rejection meds for the rest of your life.
@@hunnifrommars How are you doing? And Merry Christmas!