transplant recipients newsletter april d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d dinternational newsletter april this will be the first of monthly postings of the newsletter of the long island chapter of the transplant recipients international organization trio unfortunately i was unable to post it before the date of this month s meeting i m posting it anyway and posting it world wide instead of regional in the hopes that some of the information may be useful or illustrative also i hope it can be used as an example and inspiration for the posting of other newsletters and data related to organ transplantation and donation mike transplant recipients international organization long island chapter p o box huntington ny newsletter april volume iv no next meeting the next meeting is wednesday april at pm at the knights of columbus emerald manor uniondale avenue in uniondale our guest speaker will be dr lewis teperman dr teperman trained in pittsburgh under dr starzl and is now the assistant director of the liver transplant program at new york university medical center dr teperman will discuss current trends in transplantation and treatment and will answer questions he is a long time friend of trio surgeon to many of our members and always a gracious and delightful guest it is sure to be a very informative interesting and engaging evening our hospitality committee bette and vito suglia and jim spence will be well prepared and at last the weather should be cooperative we hope to see a very large gathering to welcome dr teperman wednesday april k of c uniondale last meeting it has been noted here before that the long island chapter of trio has extraordinary power in predicting bad weather being able to forecast rain sleet and snow fully a month in advance no tv weatherman can match us this time we not only scored again but we were also able to disable the long island railroad making travel really difficult none the less many braved the snow and we had an interesting meeting and good conversation our scheduled speaker mrs elizabeth linnehan a professional nutritionist had a family emergency and was not able to attend she hope she will be with us in the fall to discuss diet and medications however ms jennifer friedman an image consultant and sister of a liver transplant recipient was kind enough to step in on very short notice ms friedman gave us a lot of good advice about choosing clothes and makeup even a bit for men to help us look well and healthy and to minimize some of the cosmetic effects of some of the medicine and drugs we take we are most grateful to jennifer and thank her for an entertaining evening annual meeting in addition to welcoming dr teperman the april meeting is also the annual meeting of the chapter this is the official notice of the meeting as required by our by laws the main purpose of the meeting is to review the past year solicit member views and ideas for better ways to meet their needs and to elect members of the board of directors for the coming two year term the nominating committee has prepared the following slate for the board anne liver recipient and don treffeisen robert heart recipient and eulene smith vito kidney recipient and bette suglia kay grenzig liver recipient jan schichtel kidney recipient larry juliano kidney recipient david bekofsky director public education litp those remaining on the board for another year are robert carroll liver kidney pancreas recipient jerry kidney recipient and jeanne eichhorn ron kidney donor and marie healy peter smith bone marrow recipient patricia ann yankus kidney and pancreas recipient walter ruzak kidney recipient this may seem to be a big board but many hands make light work and with our various medical uncertainties it is good to have backups for all the jobs on the board therefore in addition to the slate being presented for voting nominations will also be accepted from the floor there is no set number of board members and there is plenty of work in addition brief treasurer s and membership reports will be given and the floor will be open for any new business suggestions or comments anyone would like to bring up we will keep the formal meeting short so that we can spend the majority of the time with dr teperman future meetings remember the scheduled guests for the rest of the year may dr peter shaprio chief of psychiatry columbia presbyterian medical center june dr felix rappaport director of the stony brook kidney transplant program plan on being with us the second wednesday of each month notdaw the week of april is national organ and tissue donor awareness week notdaw while we are planning news releases speaking engagements and meetings with supervisors gullata and gaffney we have decided not to have our softball game because of two year s experience with miserable weather we all can help spread the word on donor awareness however we have found it effective to ask your pastor or rabbi to publish a letter or announcement in the parish bulletin allow you to address the congregation or include mention of the gift of life in his sermon attached to this newsletter is a sample letter and fact sheet you can use thank you dr starzl to be honored the long island chapter of the american liver foundation will hold its annual auction and dinner dance on may th at the fountainbleu on jericho turnpike in jericho dr thomas starzl will be the honored guest tickets are person and are going fast if you d like to meet dr starzl call anne treffeisen at for details membership news congratulations to al reese al received his heart transplant in pittsburgh after waiting years he is home and doing well after only days in hospital arthur michaels liver recipient is planning to run the boston marathon in april what fantastic proof that transplantation works we hope the national press notices bob mccormack after a persistent bout with infection had his transplanted kidney removed he is home now back on dialysis and feeling better nicole healy kidney recipient and daughter of ron and marie spent the past several weeks in hospital in miami with problems encountered on vacation marie has been with her in florida they are back in new york where nicole s treatment will continue we wish nicole a speedy recovery kay grenzig liver recipient is mending now after a bad fall that resulted in a broken arm and a broken leg kay is a candidate for the board so we need her well soon and best wishes to all coming out of the flu it was a tough winter for many but the tulips are just under the snow see you wednesday april pm k of c uniondale dr lewis teperman
