To Shelley----Re: Hello Chris and others

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> Hi and others:

> Glad to see you posting - you and Fred were diagnosed around

> the

> same time and he, like you, is still seeing Dr. Gitlin. So far so

> good

> with him, especially since being diagnosed with UC a year ago and

> being put on Asacol.

Hi ,

Good to hear from you. So glad Fred is doing well. I had a bad

winter. 3 cholangitis attacks and a bout of pneumonia that put me in

the hospital as well. I think I spent more time at Kennestone than

at home. And in the midst of all of it, we were trying to sell our

house and move! We have built a home not far from our old place. It

is wonderful although I still have soo many boxes to unpack. I get

tired very easily now and can't do too much at one time.

I met with the Transplant team at Piedmont last Thursday for a

pre-screening appt. The next step is an eval where I will have to be

hospitalized for a day and 1/2 while they check me from head to toe.

My MELD is around an eight so they say it could be some time before I

would get transplanted. Things have moved so quickly for me. It is

pretty scary. We will have to meet up soon. Take care.

Chris