Patient SupportNetwork    

pre transplant                                                  post transplant

Support is something we all need during certain stages of our lives, to cope with
difficult situations. Heart or Lung Disease can be a stressful life event. Apart from the physical symptoms, you may feel anxious, worried, irritable, isolated, confused or depressed.

Patient support is all about helping you to manage and control your symptoms, overcome these feelings and feel confident and happy again. Patient support can help you and your carer find enjoyment in a renewed quality of life through information, friendship, encouragement and shared experiences

Your Support Network will come from many different areas.

• The Alfred Transplant Family  read

• The Hospital Pre Transplant   go there

• The Hospital Post Transplant    go there

• Online Discussion Groups    go there

• Community Support Groups

• Visiting you in Hospital

• A Transplant Buddy

• There are parts of your support network that you should set up yourself, or with the help of your partner or family.

  • Your immediate family members

  • Your Friends

  • Your General Practitioner

  • Any Religious affiliation that you may have

The Hospital of course has a huge range of support facilities for you, both before and after your transplant.

In this section of the website we have tried to cover most of these and to show  it from the patients, or recipients, point of view and to answer the type of questions that we most want answered.

• You need good, informative and reliable Information

Make use of the information you can get from this website and more especially the following:-

1 - Attend the ongoing education and information sessions conducted by the Transplant Clinic. learn more

2 - Learn all about the Transplant from start to finish, go through our section entitled The Transplant Journey. go there

3 - Read through all the topics in this section of the website  - 'Your Support Network'.

4 - Join 'The Heart Lung Transplant Australia' Yahoo discussion group.  It's free and we supervise the group. The group is a wonderful way to stay in touch with others on the waiting lists and also to contact and ask questions of  post transplant recipients. more information

The Alfred Transplant Family - Your Association

As The Alfred Transplant Family we are always here as a source of support irrespective of whether you are a member or not.  Please consider joining as it makes our job easier,and remember there is always another new group of people on the waiting list who need the help and guidance from us, the people who have gone through it all before them.

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