TRANSPLANT NEWS
January 2011 email: transplant@neo.rr.com
A k r o n - C a n t o n Tr a n s p l a n t R e c i p i e n t s
January 2011 Meeting
Our meeting will be January 18th at
North Canton Medical Foundation
Education Building A
6046 Whipple Ave. N.W.,North Canton
6:30p.m. - 8:30p.m.
Meeting will commence at 6:30
with a meal followed by any
announcements and/or
pertinent information.
7:00p.m. Film from TRIO
Transplant Presentation
Library
Topic: “How to Live to be 100”
Length: 1 hour 7 minutes
A recording of the presentation
given to the Multi Organ
Support Team, Philadephia,
PA on May 27, 2009 by:
Dr. Jnanesh Thacker, of
Temple University Hospital’s
Cardiology program, speaking
on the “secrets” of living to be
100 with insights from four
points including..
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1. creating the intense desire
to live to be 100
2. the Indian culture’s “secret”
to looking at a long and
fulfilling life.
3. the importance of love in
attaining that goal of 100
(with ref to Bernie Seigel’s
book: Love, Medicine and
Miracles)
4. the impact of life’s meaning
to enjoying a long and
fruitful life
Meeting will close with a round
table discussion.
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CELEBRATION OF LIFE PARTY
12/21/10
THANKS TO EACH ONE OF YOU
WHO ATTENDED AND HELPED
MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS.
JULIE ELKINS of NCMF HAS
AGREED TO ALLOW US THE SAME
SET-UP ON DECEMBER 20, 2011.
Please mark your calendar and
plan to join us the third Tuesday
of December from 6:30 - 8:30pm
for our annual Celebration of Life
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Second in a series of reports

the book CREATING YOUR This can be true for our group
BEST LIFE The Ultimate List too. What is it that we do that
Guide increases our happiness and
written by helps us to flourish? The
Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP & authors point to four qualities
Dr. Michael B. Frisch(Caroline commonly found in happy
was one of the excellent people and I have paraphrased
speakers at the Leadership the descriptions to apply to
Summit 2010 and Jim Gleason groups.
donated her book to all
attendees for which we are The “Big Four”
very grateful) submitted by
Jacqui Scolaro. 1. Optimism: Believing that we
will experience happy out-
Creating Our Best Group comes, we will resolve
problems quickly, we will pat
ourselves on the back for jobs
“Between 1887 and 2000,
well done, and setbacks will
the number of research
not be personalized.
papers and studies on
negative emotions such as
2. Self-confidence: Happy
anger and depression
groups like themselves and
outnumbered the study of
tend to see themselves as
positive emotions such as
kinder, more generous, helpful
gratitude and happiness by
and supportive.
fourteen to one.” Since then
the study of happiness and
3. Extroversion: There is
positive psychology has
energy in interacting with
changed how we approach
well-being. Instead of asking others, joining each other in
completing projects, and
what is wrong with us, Marty
Seligman challenged that we helping others to cope with
difficult news and situations.
need “the knowledge about
what makes human life most
worth living, most fulfilling,
most enjoyable and most
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4. Self-efficacy: Simply BAT stands for:

means that we not only set
goals but have a strong belief
Blessings, big and little
that we have what it takes to
things we are grateful for
get something done or we can
learn how to get it done.
Accomplishments, big and
One of the reasons the authors little things we got done
like these traits is because they today or accomplished in the
are not hardwired from birth; past
they can be cultivated. We can
feel self-efficacy.
Talents, strengths and traits,
big and little things we are
The following are 4 steps to
good at and that people like
building Self-Efficacy:
about us
1. Having role models ****************
TRIO PINS
2. Having a cheerleader

3. Managing stress We are most appreciative of the

appropriately new pins sent by TRIO
International for all members
4. Having mastery and we are proud to wear them.
Most members have received
The authors recommend their pins at a meeting or the
that we each complete the Celebration of Life Party.
I will mail the remainder
BAT exercise to build our
of them to members this month.
happiness and self-efficacy
muscles. I think it would be
good to do as a group also.
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AKRON-CANTON TRIO From Vice-President Bruce

Golf Shirts Hord:

Many thanks to Rosie Price for “Hi All,

following through and ordering Sorry we missed the December
the shirts for us. She ordered Festivities. Sounded like they
them, picked them up and is in were fun.
the process of delivering them! Briefly, my stroke affected my
left side arm/leg only. With 4
We have the following days in Aultman and 4 weeks
available: at Affinity (Massillon Hospitals)
2 XL white with green logo I came home on 23 Dec.
4 L green with white logo walking and with minimal use
Cost $12.25 each my arm and hand.
Please let Mary know if you Since then I have been
wish to purchase. receiving 6 rehab sessions per
week, can go up/down our 14
****************** step staircase. Twice yesterday!
I brag about all sorts of tiny,
News from members: tiny accomplishments.
Many thanks for your cards
and phone calls, but please
Our President, Dick Becherer:
focus your attention on Dick
Becherer. I’m not a religious
“Friends,
person, but I think of him and
I am at Hanover House.
Joan constantly. He truly needs
Getting physical therapy daily
your thoughts.
but not improving as fast as I’d
Would love to be back in March
like.
(10th anniversary of my
Sincerely appreciated all the
transplant) but if not in March,
prayers and cards from you.
soon thereafter.
Bruce Hord
Hopeful,
Sent from my iPad”
Dick”

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We were sorry to hear from
Connie Meehan-Armour that
the veins in her left leg could
not be cleaned out. It was
necessary to amputate the leg
just below the knee which was
done at Cleveland Clinic on
January 11th. The surgery went
well, but she was in great pain
after the anesthetic wore off
and her mother had to insist
that they do a better job of
taking care of her. (What would
we do if we had no loved one
to make sure we get proper
care?) She and her kidney are
doing ok.
Nes
She will probably be
released by the Clinic on
Monday for rehabilitation
nearer home.
Her mother says the good
news is that Connie is a
Great Aunt again. Karen’s
(Karen is Connie’s sister and
her kidney donor ) daughter
gave birth to a baby boy
named Isaac David.
You may mail cards to
Connie’s home:
1972 Wynstone Circle NE
North Canton OH 4420
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Remember the article submitted
by Randy Pelton in the December
Newsletter re: “Arizona Cuts
Financing for Transplant
Patients” ?
For TRIO’s response, please see
the Press Release 12/17/10.
at www.trioweb.org
If you do not have a computer
and would like a copy, please
let Mary know.
There is so much interesting and
helpful information on the TRIO
website.
I suggest you check it out and
use your talents to decide how
you may become more involved
locally and internationally.
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PERSPECTIVE:
When one door closes,
another opens, but we so
often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed
door, that we do not see the
ones which open for us.
Alexander Graham Bell
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“Life-Giving:
Transplant Stories”
From Chris Crepage,
Volunteer Services For 10 days, the topic at
Coordinator of Lifebanc Ideastream will be
organ, eye and tissue
Over the past several donation and
months, Lifebanc has been transplantation and
working closely with WVIZ Lifebanc will be featured
and WCPN Ideastream throughout the series.
in Cleveland on a The centerpiece of the
multiple media series television coverage is
including radio, the locally produced
television, high school special “Lifegiving
long distance learning Transplant Stories” that
and web-content will air Thursday,
focused on organ, eye January 20 at 8pm on
and tissue donation, WVIZ (PBS). This half-
transplantation and the hour documentary tells
stories of people who the story of organ
give life and those who donation through four
receive it. Beginning segments that illustrate
January 13, you can see the transplant “process”
the power of second full circle. Additional
chances, how one television coverage will
family’s miracle comes be on the January 13
from another one’s episode of Feagler &
loss and how surgery is Friends.
just the beginning with
“LifeGiving:Transplant Page 6
Stories”.

Additionally, on 90.3
WCPN, the topic will be
extensively discussed
during Morning Edition
on January 14 and 17-21
and the sound of Ideas on
January 18 and 19.
For a complete schedule and
to learn more please go to
www.lifebanc.org
Additionally, we hope that
you will share this
information with others and
post it on your Facebook
page if you have one.
P
Questions often asked
Akron-TRIO and answers
!. When and where do you
meet?
Answer: We always meet the
third Tuesday of every month at:
North Canton Medical Foundation
Education Building A
6047 Whipple Ave. NW
North Canton, OH 44720
2. What time?
Answer: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
3.What do you do each month?
Answer: Meeting commences at
6:30 with a free meal furnished by
the chapter and members.
7:00 Any announcements and/or
pertinent information is followed
by a guest speaker or a film.
Meeting is closed with a round
table discussion.
We must clean up and leave the
building by 8:30
We also have an annual
Celebration of Life Picnic the 2nd
Sunday in August at The John
Torok Center in Green, OH
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 About Transplant Recipients
International Organization
Website: www.trioweb.org
TRIO’s MISSION
TRIO is a non-profit
organization improving the
quality of lives touched by the
the miracle of transplantation
through support, advocacy,
education and awareness.
Support
We provide support to
transplant candidates,
recipients and their families,
donors and donor families to
help alleviate the stresses and
problems associated with the
process.
Advocacy
We make the concerns and
needs that affect the welfare of
transplant candidates,
recipients, and donor families
known to federal government
bodies. We also effectively
communicate the views of
transplant candidates,
recipients and their families,
donors and donor families to
the general public.
Education
We provide current information
(with respect to developments
in organ and tissue donation,
transplantation, medications,
social issues, and finances) to
transplant candidates, recipients
and their families, donors and
donor families about initiatives
and protocols in the field of
transplantation.
Awareness
We promote organ and tissue
donation as an important social
responsibility. We develop and
support mechanisms to improve
the availability of organs and
tissues on an equitable basis to
meet the need of transplant
candidates.
Editor: Mary Fread
Akron-Canton TRIO
1529 19th St NE
Canton, Oh 44714-2105
Phone: 330-453-8214
transplant@neo.rr.com
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