Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Dec 5, 2009, 8:25 pm
We are away from the home domicile for a week, baby-sitting the grand-kids. I’m still checking in when I’m able and will pst when allowed according to the laws of a 4-year-old & a 2-year...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Dec 3, 2009, 7:50 pm
The first year after my heart transplant was a somewhat difficult journey. At times it was a lonely journey. Prior to my transplant, I didn’t know anyone that a new heart, now I know hundreds. ...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Dec 2, 2009, 8:07 pm
I volunteer each week at my transplant center. I have written about volunteering in the past, but I have never mentioned a little ritual I go through as I am leaving each time. This little ritual sta...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 30, 2009, 9:01 am
Life changes quickly at times. It also changes gradually as we live our lives. So gradually that we might not even realize this as fact. For a while I’ve been thinking of writing a blog entry ...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 28, 2009, 10:29 pm

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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 28, 2009, 9:15 am
For years my life was like I was driving in the fast lane. The high-speed lane. I had so many thing going on in my life, that I was always zooming from one point to another. Work, family, friends, fun...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 26, 2009, 7:40 am
Today is an ultra-special day. Each year I have 365 days of Thanksgiving, but today is that one special day where we all get to pray a little longer, speak with our God, our Messiah, our spiritual en...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 23, 2009, 9:41 am
Yesterday I had a birthday. I have reached the last year of my fifties. It was a day with some reflection as I thought back. I always reflect back to the day JFK was killed on my b’day in 1963. ...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 22, 2009, 8:21 am
Prior to my heart attack and heart transplant I didn’t have the time, nor maybe the patience for a lot of television watching. While I was recovering in the hospital from my transplant surgery t...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 20, 2009, 1:47 pm
Many, many years ago I bought my first Volkswagen. It was very similar to the one pictured below. I saw the car below on a car lot this past weekend and made an immediate U-turn and went back and look...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 18, 2009, 7:44 pm
It was about 7 weeks ago that I lasted visited my transplant center for my routine heart biopsy, EKG, blood and urine labs. At that time I was give some instructions ……. various tests I ne...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 15, 2009, 8:05 am
Immediately after my heart transplant, for some unexplained reason, I got hung up on INFOMERCIALS. I was also hung up on HGTV, but that will be another post. You’ve seen them on TV. Those almo...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 14, 2009, 8:14 am
What is tomorrow? For many, it might mean a day of football, or shopping. For me, tomorrow is the “Donor Sabbath”. What is the “Donor Sabbath”? Instead of me trying to explain...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 12, 2009, 9:37 am
I’ve written previously about volunteering at my transplant center. I speak with both pre & post transplant patients, as well as a few on LVAD and a couple on the full artificial heart (Cardiowe...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 9, 2009, 8:14 am
For all of you couch potatoes out there, please listen up!! If you can walk, take some extra steps every day. If you can run, run a bit further today, and even further tomorrow. If you can afford to ...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 7, 2009, 9:10 am
It was a beautiful fall day here yesterday. I got outside to do a few things. In complete uniform that includes mask and gloves. Whatever it takes. A few pic’s ………
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 6, 2009, 8:02 pm
I had my last clinic visit at the end of September. At that time, my Dr told me I had to get a seasonal flu AND the H1N1 vaccine. No problem. Or so I thought. I received my seasonal flu vaccine at my...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 5, 2009, 7:38 pm
I blog, I volunteer, I speak about the benefits of organ transplants almost daily, since I had my heart transplant. I ran a series of posts in April (DonateLife Month) on an old blog, Twitter, Facebo...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Nov 1, 2009, 6:05 pm
Virtually every person that has had a solid organ transplant practices safe health practices by washing our hands frequently and avoiding hazardous places as much as possible. Some organ recipients ar...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Oct 31, 2009, 7:40 am
Every place that I have lived in my entire life has had a lawn and usually multiple gardens. Even when we lived in apartment buildings years ago, we had lawns. It’s part of the midwest mentality...
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Don P posted an article on My2ndHeartBeat - Oct 29, 2009, 8:18 am
It is good to be home. After visiting with the grand-kids for 8 days, I was in need of some rest. Adding a 4 year old and a 2 year old together makes for some VERY interesting times, and some sleep ...
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