This whole blogging process is new to me so I am going to jump in and attempt to make something of this site. I have a feeling that Debbi will be adding her comments soon.
Deb and I met online in January of 2008. I was having medication problems and was looking for some kind of confirmation that my experience was "normal". She answered my post in a UK liver transplant forum and shortly afterwards, we began swapping e-mails.
We found that we shared much more than having received our "gifts of life" (livers) on Thanksgiving Day and became fast friends. Now, I can't imagine not having her for support and as a mentor in my life.
One thing we both discovered is we had a lot of shared experiences prior to our transplants and then afterwards. Much of our journey together has been one of learning, on an individual and shared basis. We learned that our lives before transplant were very similiar in that our cognitive (mental) ability was challenged. We learned that the experience of receiving a donor liver impacted us much more than we could have ever imagined. Last we discovered that we have a lot to learn.
Our hopes are to use this site as a method to increase knowledge in the need for organ donor awareness and as a place that both donor families and transplantees can share their own feelings, concerns and post questions or perhaps give answers.
Keep your spirits high...robin
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