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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
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COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) |
What are my chances that I will be accepted?08/06/2009 |
I am being reccomended to Cleveland Clinic for lung transplant. I had a left upper lobectomy 7 years ago for cancer. I had double bypass last year , after the surgery my remaining lings refused to work ,and they kept me on a vent for 5 days. I never did get back up to my pre surgery level of breathing , and now have a cardiac perfusion that they are not going to repair because they feel my heart won`t get up to the level of exertion that affects it. I think they are wrong, because making a bed takes 2 1/2 hrs. and the angina or lack of oxygen is terrible..my hands will curl into a fist and I cannot open them until my oxygen level comes back up. It`s about 68 by then. I`m on 5 litres, except when I try to vacuum or dust I go to 6-7. Also, I live with a smoker, I try to spend most of my time in my bedroom, he just refuses to understand the meaning of 2nd hand smoke , even though he`s in remission. I also have type 2 diabetes ,osteoporosis . Is there any hope ? I am 65 years old.
It is difficult to tell whether you will qualify for lung transplant based on the information you provide. However, it seems reasonable to investigate and it does seem that option could offer some hope.
Cleveland Clinic has a great deal of experience and is an excellent transplant center. They will be able to tell you whether or not you could benefit from lung transplant.
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Mahasti Rittinger, RRT Clinical Program Manager Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine The Ohio State University |
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Phillip T. Diaz, MD Associate Professor Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine The Ohio State University |
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