I recieved the gift of life on June 12, 2004, and havn't looked back. I feel that God blessed me with a nearly perfect DNA match to my own body, and I am blessed to be on a very low dosage of immunosurpressed meds. I will always encourage everyone I meet to "go for it" in regards to having a lung ransplant. The options of faluire are so slim now days, that a long successful life is very doable. One thing to remember DO NOT listen to stories of doom & gloom, from well meaning...