Cynthia

" I want to live to spend time with my 5 grandchildren who are still young. Teaching is my passion. I want to continue to teach."

cynthia— POtential liver Transplant Recipient

My name is Cynthia, and I am asking for your help to save my life.

I was diagnosed with PBC/Primary Biliary Cholangitis in 2000. I was symptom free until 2016. All my life I have been healthy, prescription free, no surgeries and no other illnesses. I attribute it all to my lifestyle of eating well, not eating out or having fast foods. I have been on the transplant list for just over 4 years.

I am a retired teacher. I taught high school Language Arts with the Dept. of Education in Hawaii on the Island of Oahu. After coming back to the contiguous US. I bought a home in Florida to be close to my two daughters and began the evaluation process again with Mayo in Jacksonville FL. I later moved up to Maine. In Maine I taught Global Studies at a small private college. That is when my symptoms started in 2016…after being symptom free for 16 years when I was diagnosed with PBC/Primary Biliary Cholangitis.

My doctors always said I need a living donor. I am very independent and do everything on my own. I do know I am declining. I want to live to spend time with my 5 grandchildren who are still young. Teaching is my passion. I want to continue to teach.

I know I could add other accomplishments and future goals and this could get quite lengthy…My goal is to live, I want to live!

I am seeking a living donor. I am asking this of both friends and strangers, because I have no immediate family available to donate. Living donor transplants generally have better outcomes and can be arranged at a time convenient for both parties. No waiting and wondering while my body continues to weaken.

Thank you for saving my life.

Cynthia

This program is completely free to those on the transplant waitlist. You can support this lifesaving initiative by making a financial donation in Cynthia's honor here.