My daughter just reminded me, 12 years today!

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SEEMEFIRST 10/11/2011 11:14pm
10/11/2011 11:14pm
What Cam said...
Here's to 12+ more.
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jasonv43 10/11/2011 11:14pm
10/11/2011 11:14pm
Congrats man. This one's for you.

https://youtu.be/NAqMFjziMZ8

-------------------------LYRICS------------------------
When you feel you're alone
cut off from this cruel world
your instincts telling you to run

listen to your heart
those angel voices
they'll sing to you
they'll be your guide
back home where life leaves us blind
love keeps us kind
it keeps us kind !

when you've suffered enough
and your spirit is breaking
you're growing desperate from the fight
Remember you're loved
and you always will be
this melody will bring
you right back home

When life leaves us blind
Love, keeps us kind!
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind!

Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhhh!
Ohhhhhhh Ohhhhhh!
Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhhh
RedRider28 10/11/2011 11:21pm
10/11/2011 11:21pm
Great stuff man hope for many more years to come for ya!
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ocscottie 10/12/2011 1:34am
10/12/2011 1:34am
stillwelding wrote:
I don't think they'll let me be an organ donor. I know I can't be a blood donor. Spent too much time in England during the...
I don't think they'll let me be an organ donor. I know I can't be a blood donor. Spent too much time in England during the 80's (and ate the beef), and therefore am forever a suspect as a carrier of "Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy".
I am not allowed to give blood either, after my accident i had 2 transfusions and it was just before they had full thorough screening for AIDS. As you can imagine that scared the hell out of my parents. I forget the details on how they went about it. Only way i found out was way back in highschool they had a blood drive and i was denied because of it, things may have changed by now, i have no clue.

I want to be a donor, to give Travis Pastrana my knees! they have low miles on them and i dont need em Cool

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jndmx 10/12/2011 3:00am
10/12/2011 3:00am
Glad to hear it FTE, here's to many more.
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SuperCerdo 10/12/2011 7:03am
10/12/2011 7:03am
FTE, I've known you for quite awhile now. If anyone deserved the gift you were given, it is you. You're a gentleman, a scholar, and all-around good guy. You inspired me to be a donor, no kidding -- specifically my heart, brain, rectum, and, of course, the meat stick -- and pretty much anything else they want to scavenger off my bones . . .

Did I ever tell you your my Hero??

https://youtu.be/0IA3ZvCkRkQ?rel=0
UpTiTe 10/12/2011 7:56am
10/12/2011 7:56am
DanDunes818 wrote:
Wow!!! Congratulations FTE... Michael, out of curiosity. What is the over and under for life expectation after the transplant you got?
FreshTopEnd wrote:
Thanks all! No definite time frame. Statistically, half the people with a heart transplant have died by the ten year mark, so I'm in gravy time...
Thanks all! No definite time frame. Statistically, half the people with a heart transplant have died by the ten year mark, so I'm in gravy time. It's about 5% a year after that. They start thinking about the possibility of retransplant at 20 years if you're still around if the usual long term issues have run their course. I don't really know that I'll go that course; the surgery and post op meds are pretty brutal and far more so the second time around with no guarantees it won't put the pedal to the floor on things going bad. I'll have had a pretty good lifetime by then and way more time than I would have had otherwise.

But I have had a remarkably uncomplicated experience compared to some folks, and who knows what they'll have in the drug arsenal then. Just try to balance doing what I can and what I want against what I any pay-your-way citizen has to do in the ordinary course of life. Things could go great or go sideways tomorrow, but that's true for all of us.
I admire your attitude for sure. I have been diagnosed with a kidney disease have an 80% chance of needing a transplant down the road so it refreshing to to see your outlook. You'd be surprised who many people just get depressed about, I don't have time for that, live life and let what happens happen.

After being diagnosed, I seen the importance of being a donor and went to the DMV and put it on my license. Nice story bro, hope to read your post in another 12 years.
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burn1986 10/12/2011 8:02am
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Congrats
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Factoryphoto 10/12/2011 8:04am
10/12/2011 8:04am
That is awesome Michael congrats ! Here is too another 20 buddy.
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tbanks 10/12/2011 8:22am
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Congrats that is awesome
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Highsider 10/12/2011 8:23am
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ocscottie wrote:
I am not allowed to give blood either, after my accident i had 2 transfusions and it was just before they had full thorough screening for...
I am not allowed to give blood either, after my accident i had 2 transfusions and it was just before they had full thorough screening for AIDS. As you can imagine that scared the hell out of my parents. I forget the details on how they went about it. Only way i found out was way back in highschool they had a blood drive and i was denied because of it, things may have changed by now, i have no clue.

I want to be a donor, to give Travis Pastrana my knees! they have low miles on them and i dont need em Cool
"I want to be a donor, to give Travis Pastrana my knees! they have low miles on them and i dont need em"

Lordy, scottie!
That is what I like about you!Grinning
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Holigan 10/12/2011 8:45am
10/12/2011 8:45am
That is awesome. Congratulations!
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BK 10/12/2011 8:46am
10/12/2011 8:46am
Wow, quite a success story. Here's to another 12 years.
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RRsis17 10/12/2011 8:49am
10/12/2011 8:49am
GuyB wrote:
Maybe we should do it as a separate topic...how many here are signed up as organ donors?
I am an organ donor!!! I figured I won't need any of it when I am dead!!


Congrats on such a joyous anniversary!!! Smile
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TerryB 10/12/2011 9:00am
10/12/2011 9:00am
A rare feel-good thread on Vital. Excellent! Congrats FTE!
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MXerDW 10/12/2011 9:10am
10/12/2011 9:10am
Congrats FTE!

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