Category: Transplantation

Adjusting to Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This morning, as I woke up to a grey sky with rain hanging in the air, just waiting to fall, I felt down. I am often affected by weather, the long winters in Sweden were definitely not good for me, darkness scares me and makes me feel cold and vulnerable.

My 10 Year Pancreas Transplant Anniversary: A Thank You Letter to the Family who Decided to Offer Their Daughter’s Pancreas

Jan 2, 2010 was the day of my pancreas transplant. This means I have been insulin independent …

Jan 2, 2016: My 6 Year Pancreas Transplant Anniversary

Exactly 6 years ago, in the early morning of January 2, 2010, I was on the operating …

Live Kidney Donation and Life Insurance

In June 2015, my Home and Auto insurance provider, AMICA of Rhode Island, sent me a letter …

The Donor’s Perspective

On March 12, 2009, at the Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, Dr. Rodrigo Sandoval extracted a kidney …

In honor of my friend, Denise Higgins: “Being cured by a pancreas transplant isn’t as simple as one would think”

In January of 2009, I was diagnosed with end stage kidney failure, after almost exactly 20 years …

World Kidney Day 2015, March 12th

Today is the 6th year anniversary of my kidney transplant, and I am still going strong! It …

Pancreas 2.0

I am fortunate to have been SICK enough to be eligible for a pancreas transplant, BUT the …