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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 23, 2010 17:46:06 GMT
Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer – 48 mins agoMADRID – A hospital in Spain says it has carried out the world's first full-face transplant, giving a man a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features after he lost his face in an accident. rest of article: news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100423/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_spain_face_transplantClick here for more articles and images -->
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Post by spindrift on Apr 23, 2010 18:36:27 GMT
Yes, I saw that article in the Daily Mail this morning. It's amazing surgery. I hope the transplant will bond with the receiver's tissues although I know people have to take immuno-suppressant drugs for the rest of their lives.
I asked my consultant recently what he thought about lung transplants. Unfortunately he doesn't rate them highly. Limited success. Very limited.
I must make do with what I've got! (I can still go trekking)
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Post by lagatta on Apr 23, 2010 19:05:44 GMT
What is wrong with your lungs? COPD? You are MUCH better off with your own, even if their capacity is limited. Immuno-suppressant drugs are toxic themselves; it is a matter of a lesser evil. That makes me think of people I know who lived with AIDS, far longer than before tritherapy, though eventually that took its own toll.
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Post by spindrift on Apr 23, 2010 20:03:54 GMT
Asthma started when I was two years old. I inherited lung weakness from my father. Luckily my kids don't have it. Over the years I've progressed from bronchitis to pneumonia then finally something called BOOP...an auto-immune thing but I eventually recovered...and now it's just a weakness I must live with. I'm ok most of the time but every time I catch a cold it turns into bronchitis. It's amazing but I can cope with high altitudes - perhaps that has something to do with my strong mind.
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