My Heart Transplant Journey
By Phil Liaboe
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My Heart Transplant Journey: #12 – Medications Part 2
Managing Meds – Part 2 I realize this is not the most exciting topic. It deserves 2 separate posts because of it’s importance. At discharge the pharmacy in our medical… Read more ⇢
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My Heart Transplant Journey: #11 – Medications Part 1
Medication Concepts A good friend of mine who was also a heart transplant recipient once told me, “A heart transplant is not cure. It is more like a science project… Read more ⇢
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My Heart Transplant Journey: #10 – Getting Stronger
The metaphor I adopted and used from the start was borrowed from the Wizard of Oz. I was determined to Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Just like in the old… Read more ⇢
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My Heart Transplant Journey: #9 – Removing the Chest Tubes
Removing the Chest Tubes About 3 or 4 days after the transplant surgery a fit, sturdy man with short hair the color of steel wool wearing sky blue scrubs came… Read more ⇢
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My Heart Transplant Journey: #8 – Right Heart Catheterization & Heart Biopsy
12 Times over 18 months – After Transplant This is an invasive procedure that for the heart transplant patient serves several purposes. First it measures pressures, fluids and various heart… Read more ⇢
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My Heart Transplant Journey: #7 – Early Recovery
Early Recovery A major, historic nor’easter was forecasted to hit Boston on February 12th and 13th of 2024 but at the last minute it veered south and almost completely missed.… Read more ⇢
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My Heart Transplant Journey: #6 – Clambering Back
Part of the benefit of writing this for me is discovering in review and digging a little deeper into the experience to understand it better. I had some pretty wild… Read more ⇢
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My Heart Transplant Journey: #5 The Transplant Operation
THE CALL I got the call at 3 am February 8, 2024. I answered the ringing iphone, snatching it off the bedside charger. Phone calls at 3 am are almost… Read more ⇢
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My Heart Transplant Journey: #4 – My Heart Donor
THE DONOR From day one I have been very emotional anytime I think about the person’s heart I now have and their family. At first, I thought it was just… Read more ⇢
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My Heart Transplant Journey: #3 – Time on the Transplant List
The allocation of hearts for transplant is a bit mysterious for the patient. There are many variables and some subjective analysis by surgeons that goes into the process. My goal… Read more ⇢
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My Transplant Journey: #2 – Getting on the Transplant List
I DID IT TWICE I am fairly familiar with the process for getting on the transplant list. I did it twice. Once at Tufts Medical Center and then 3 years… Read more ⇢
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A Heart Transplant Journey: #1 – The Introduction
March 2026 On February 8th of 2024 I received a heart transplant. The goal of this site to describe and explain various aspects of having this operation from the patient’s… Read more ⇢
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