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The
lung transplant support group
consists of an informal monthly meeting of people who have undergone lung
transplantation or are being considered for transplantation, and their
caregivers or other family members. Meetings are held on the second
Tuesday of each month from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM in the Plaza Cafe Conference
Rooms A/B (first floor through the cafeteria area) at the University of
Washington Medical Center. The discussions provide a good opportunity
for people who are contemplating lung transplantation to ask questions of
those who have gone through it and a good opportunity for the old-timers to
tell their war stories. Primarily this is a social event and a chance to
exchange information. This site was produced and is maintained by individual members of the group and is not a publication of the University of Washington or any other institution. |
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Next Meeting is on September 9th at 12:30pm
Support Group Roster
The lung transplant support
group roster is being updated and will be maintained by Karen Beeson. Copies of
the list are available at our monthly meetings and a form will be circulated
for additions and changes.
You can have a copy emailed to you by contacting Karen Beeson by clicking on her name.. If you are using a Mac or other operating system that can't handle MS files, contact UWLUNG for a PDF version. We have decided not to make the list downloadable online for security purposes. If you do not have email access, you can call Karen at 206-932-8584. She will tell you where to send a stamped, self-addressed envelope so she can mail your copy to you.
Any changes to the list
can be sent to Karen by either email or phone. If you know that a name on the
list should be removed, or if you want your info removed or changed, email
Karen by clicking on the above link.
If you have been putting off
writing to your donor family because you don't know what to say,
here are some good information and examples from Life Center Northwest. This
information was posted previously on this web site, but at some point I had
removed the link to it so it was inaccessible. I'll try to make sure it isn't
deleted again and list it on the links page.
University of Washington
Medical Center
LUNG TRANSPLANT
SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS
2008
www.uwlung.org
All meetings are scheduled on the SECOND Tuesday
of the month
In Plaza Cafe Conference Rooms B/C
(first floor through the cafeteria area)
From 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Jan 8th Feb 12th March
11th April 8th
May 13th June 10th July
8th August 12th
Sept 9th Oct 14th No Grp (Vet_s
Day) Dec 9th
These meetings are for
pre- and post-transplant UWMC patients and their family and friends. For more
information, please call the Lung Transplant Social
University of Washington
Medical Center
TRANSPLANT CAREGIVERS
SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS
2008
All meetings are scheduled for the fourth
Wednesday of each month
In Plaza Café Conference Room C
From 12:30 to 2:00 pm
January 23rd February 27th
March 26th
April 23rd May
28th June 25th
July
23rd August
27th September 24th
October 22nd Nov-No
Grp
Dec-No
Grp
(See you 1/28/2009!)
Open to ALL UWMC transplant families, friends, spouses
& partners; No patients please!
Questions? Contact Angela Wagner (lung transplant social
worker) at (206)598-2676
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Bracelets supporting organ donation are being sold by LifeCenter Northwest for $1 each. They sold very well at the meeting. June Richmond ordered a supply of the bracelets and is going to sell them at our meetings (and other places). She will also take mail orders if you supply the postage. All proceeds, of course, go to support LifeCenter Northwest The bracelets say "Donate Life" in English and Spanish. |
Facts and Figures*
24 Lung transplant this year.
459Lung transplants to date.
These
figures updated on July 3, 2008
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1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
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12 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
26 |
27 |
31 |
36 |
37 |
43 |
42 |
52 |
53 |
*These figures pertain to the University of
Washington tranplant center, only.
Send an
E-mail to theUWLUNG administrator here.