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Monthly Archives: July 2006

Jim’s Last Sushi – Part II

Monday, July 31, 2006

Jim had another checkup with Dr. Lynch up at UCLA today. They check on you every three months while you are on the waiting list, but most folks don’t have more than one of these checkups as they usually have new lungs before the second checkup and frequently before the first. Jim has been on [...]

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Blue Shield to Stop Sending Patients to UCLA

Sunday, July 23, 2006

The state’s third-largest health plan, Blue Shield of California, will no longer send patients to UCLA Medical Center, one of the nation’s top-ranked facilities, because the hospital wants too much money for its services, the insurer said. Read the LA Times for More. Blue Shield called Jim to discuss the possibility of moving him to [...]

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Six Months on the Waiting List

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Six long months have passed since Jim was added to the transplant list at UCLA. Other than a gradual deterioration in his breathing not much has happened on the medical front since then. Jim spends most of his time at his desk working and taking fewer trips outside the condo. It just takes too much [...]

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