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Too Old To Get H1N1 Vaccine by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine If you are over age 64 and you want the H1N1 flu vaccine (swine flu) forget it! Even if you meet the criteria set forth by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) you will not ... Read on »

Walk Backwards — Forge AheadDecember 3, 2007 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I grew up in the 40’s and 50’s in Chisholm, Minnesota, a small town about 90 miles south of the Canadian border. Winters were cold, windy and snowy. Cars did not ... Read on »

M.A.G.I.C. Tips on Recovering from an Organ TransplantNovember 7, 2007 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Editor’s note. If you have read my other blogs then you know I had a heart transplant on August 21, 2007 at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. The following tips ... Read on »

“I may have a new heart for you”November 4, 2007 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Dr.Hosenpud’s call to my cell phone from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida was totally unexpected. I had only been on the waiting list for thirteen days. I kne ... Read on »

Someone else’s heart is beating in my chestNovember 3, 2007 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine What a realization! I can hear it, I can feel it, I can feel it’s effects but it doesn’t belong to me. My old, damaged, terribly inefficient heart is gone and a ... Read on »

Presumed Consent’s Time Has ComeFebruary 28, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Presumed consent simply means that everyone is presumed to be an organ donor unless they opt out. Under our current system no one is presumed to be an organ donor unless the ... Read on »

Can You Really Stand By and Let Someone Die?February 26, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine By not making the decision to donate, you have chosen to let people die. Picture yourself standing by a stranger’s bedside knowing you could save that life and choosin ... Read on »

UNOS Responds — I ThinkFebruary 22, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I have written two blogs on UNOS. 1) addressing their failure to increase the number of organ donors so that it matches the need for organs and 2) their failure to properly c ... Read on »

UNOS — Communication, Still another FailureFebruary 19, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) keeps records of available organs and those who need them. Then they coordinate the transplantation of the organs. A very valuable ... Read on »

UNOS — A Failure At Increasing Organ DonationFebruary 17, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine UNOS Mission http://www.unos.org/whoWeAre/ “Our mission is to advance organ availability and transplantation by uniting and supporting our communities for the benefit of ... Read on »

“When I’m Dead I Don’t Need My Organs Any More”February 11, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Sometimes I’m amazed at just how eloquent people can be in a time of tragedy. The following language was written by the wife of an organ donor and sent as a comment on ... Read on »

Convicts Are Entitled To Your Organs, Shouldn’t You Be Entitled To Theirs?February 11,... by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine As I surfed the web looking for Blog ideas I ran across an old story with as many tentacles as a giant squid. Each tentacle more controversial and thought provoking than the ... Read on »

Controversy: Should We Take Organs Without Consent?January 22, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In my on-going effort to promote organ donation I’ve found that the altruistic approach, (doing one’s civic duty) while admirable, has not done enought to increase ... Read on »

More On Compensation for Organ DonorsJanuary 21, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Just yesterday I wrote a blog on compensating organ donors. The response has been excrellent. Obviously there are many people with very strong opinions on the subject most o ... Read on »

Controversy: Compensating Organ Donors — Should We?January 20, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The issue of compensating organ donors is important. A decade ago it was rarely discussed, today the discussion is increasing in frequency and getting some very serious consi ... Read on »

The “Smoking” GunDecember 19, 2007 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Airbus A380-800, is the biggest airplane in the sky. It can carry 555 people, maybe more depending on how the seats are configured. What would you think — how wo ... Read on »

Why I BlogDecember 7, 2007 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I’m new at this but I blog (I guess blog is also a verb) because I am a heart transplant patient and want to increase the number of organ donors. I always supported o ... Read on »

My First YouTube VideoDecember 7, 2007 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This video was done for Facebook’s “Organ Transplant Patients, Friends and You” group. By way of this video we invite you to join the group and our efforts ... Read on »

Zero to 60 in Eight Months, What a Ride!April 23, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today I got the results of my latest heart biopsy from Lorraine my Mayo Clinic transplant coordinator. It is eight months since my heart transplant and the news was great. ... Read on »

GIVING AND LIVING, A NATIONAL CELEBRATIONApril 21, 2008 by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Normal organ donation efforts are failing. However admirable they are, or however hard we all work, the gap between registered donors and the people who need transplants i ... Read on »

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