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 For
patients who need a life-saving transplant the wait can seem particularly
discouraging. No
one, however, can better spread the message
about the importance of organ and tissue donation than those who
are waiting for that gift of life. Transplant patients are
encouraged to be strong advocates of donation. One person
they talk to may later save the lives of up to eight people and
spare other families the pain that they themselves are going through.
Anyone
who would like to
schedule presentations at a church, school, place
of employment, or community event should contact WRTC for free
materials and support.
Patient
Seminars are held twice a year to allow patients
a venue for asking questions or advice of transplant professionals,
organ recovery coordinators, patients who have already received
transplants and living donors. The donation process and
allocation procedures are among the items discussed.
Recipients
are athletes! Find
out about the U.S. Transplant Games scheduled for July
27-August 1, 2004 in Minneapolis.
For more information, contact us at 703/641-0100 or toll free
at 1-866-Be-A-Donor. You may also
e-mail us here.
Some
important web sites for transplant patients are:
Transplant
Centers in WRTC's Service Area (see also our
resource section)
Georgetown University Medical Center
Howard
University Hospital
Inova Fairfax
Hospital
National Institutes
of Health
Washington
Hospital Center
Walter Reed Army Medical Center (military
personnel)
Children's National
Medical Center (pediatric)
Information,
Financial and Community Support for Transplant Patients
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
Transplant Recipient's International Organization (TRIO)
Organ Procurement
Transplant Network
Transweb
National Kidney
Foundation
American Kidney
Fund
American
Liver Foundation
We've
Been There
Children's Organ
Transplant Association
American
Heart Association
Transplant Patient Data Source
Second Wind
Lung Transplant Association
National Foundation for Transplants
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