Tag Archives: Kidney transplantation

Take the smile vitamin every day, or twice a day

Posted on May 13, 2013 by dfolstad58

Long long time ago, a lesson was learned by me. That lesson was to laugh, to smile, even when on the inside I felt the opposite. The year was 1986, and it was the third year in a row, that … Continue reading →

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July 7, 1987 – A New Life, a new freedom

Posted on July 7, 2012 by dfolstad58

Today is July 7, 2012.  Today I celebrate 25 years since my  successful kidney transplant at Vancouver General Hospital. I had always enjoyed good health growing up, so it was shock to me at 18 years old to have myself … Continue reading →

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24 Years is a long, long time.

Posted on July 6, 2011 by dfolstad58

TODAY I was happy to celebrate my 24th birthday; okay you caught me. My birthday is in October, this was really an anniversary. It is the anniversary of my kidney transplant back in 1987.  I had a transplant in 1986 … Continue reading →

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