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Elizabeth Reumont
Sep 25, 20234 min read
A Decade of Transplantation: Being Well and Ill
I have a 77 year old liver; the rest of my body is 51. This mismatch of age between a vital organ and the rest of my body does not rest...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Nov 17, 20224 min read
movement of the psyche: i
Since I was three years old, I’ve been poked and prodded by strangers more times than I can count, or even remember. Hundreds of blood...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Oct 11, 20225 min read
The imprint of Stigma
Monday, October 10th was World Mental Health Day. The stigma around mental health, its causes and treatments, and how the stigma itself...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Oct 8, 20212 min read
The Eye of Me
This is…. My new best friend. It’s my second visit to A+E in less than a week. Based on this, and a handful of other recent visits to...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Nov 24, 20202 min read
Morning view from Kitchen
Morning view from kitchen. As The leaves have fallen off this statuesque beech tree, so too I’ve been going through my own state of...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Oct 3, 20131 min read
A quick update, a week after liver transplant surgery
Life on 10N is Very touch and go right now. Each day there are new emergencies and something physical, emotional and/or mental to...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Sep 26, 20133 min read
Show time.
When I got the call from the transplant team four months ago, going through the motions of getting prepared for the hospital and prepped...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Sep 15, 20132 min read
Time.
Time, beyond being a measuring tool to make appointments which deem us too early or too late, confounds my cortical mind. It has been...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Aug 24, 20133 min read
Anticipation
Yoga chitta vritti nirodhah (Patanjali 1.2) The state of yoga ceases the fluctuations of the mind (when you are in a state of yoga, all...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Jul 18, 20134 min read
Are you busy doing, or busy being?
There is more to life than increasing its speed. –Mahatma Gandhi It never ceases to amaze me how people spend their time. Whether its...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Jul 4, 20131 min read
Dare to Care.
A beautiful being, friend, yoga student created this presentation for the NHS to increase awareness and numbers of registered organ...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Jul 3, 20134 min read
State of Play
In the past six months, my life has turned into a game not unlike Russian Roulette as I await a necessary but high risk surgery entailing...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Jun 10, 20133 min read
There is no out there, out there
Whether we realize it or not, our lives are but a series of relationships. Egg to sperm, fetus to uterus, mother to baby, baby to mother....
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Elizabeth Reumont
May 18, 20131 min read
Twelve hours later…
After a long day as a ‘lady in waiting‘, I was eventually sent home from the hospital; no new liver, not even a souvenir t-shirt! Not...
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Elizabeth Reumont
May 18, 20132 min read
Getting the call
At 5:30 this morning our landline rang. Having been up already for several hours engaged in my normal itching and scratching rituals, I...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Apr 18, 20133 min read
Life’s Continuum
After a blissful, blessed evening with beautiful beings offering up pure love in every direction, it is hard for me to believe that this...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Apr 12, 20133 min read
Satisfaction in Small Measure
By all accounts, this week was an important week. This evening I returned home to my beautiful family without pain, and have remained...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Apr 9, 20134 min read
Assessment Week: The Real Deal
Monday marked the beginning of Transplant Assessment Week, the week that consists of many tests and procedures to establish whether or...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Apr 3, 20133 min read
Knowing What to Say and When to Say It
Often in life, our ability to connect or estrange people lies in the language we use. Body language plays a part, as do tone of voice and...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Mar 28, 20133 min read
Be Positive
As I lie here in bed with the first sun in twelve days piercing through my window, I feel nothing but gratitude. I have been humbled,...
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