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This web page is the beginning of a new chapter in my life. I am on the road to starting over--and not exactly in the most conventional way. I've traded in my old lungs for a new pair and have gotten a second chance at breathing and truly living again.

This web site is my own personal documentation of a life before and after the transplant process. I was on the transplant list for almost 17 months before receiving "the call" at 2:30 in the morning on March 20, 2001. I had been waiting for that moment for a long time and when it finally came, I was calm as a cucumber. I was inpatient at the hospital at UNC for a CF exacerbation when it happened; for the next few hours I calmly listened to my Bob Marley CD while the nurses took tons of blood and I continued to drink my pre-operation GoLytely cocktail. What a joy that was! Six hours later I was wheeled into the surgery, confident that I would make it out in better shape than when I went in.

I'm here to say that miracles do happen. After nine hours of surgery, my life was changed forever. I went into my transplant surgery with an 18% lung capacity; after 5 months, I'm 93%. Before surgery, I was on oxygen 24/7. Afterwards, I didn't need oxygen at all. It's a whole new world.

This web page is a work in progress. If you want to know more about me, please feel free to click on the links to the left. I am working on some more pages about post transplant life, so keep checking in periodically to see what's new! Thanks.

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