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First Katrina, then Mardi Gras get between man and transplant

...Before he moved to Louisiana, he had worked for a year in Europe, "so I have been getting e-mails from Poland, Slovakia, England - all around the world."Reaching out from reclinerAs he taps away on his laptop from the comfort of his recliner, Martel said that he has been getting about a dozen e-mails daily, and he thinks that has helped his recovery.Dr.

George Loss, Martel's surgeon and the director of abdominal transplant at the Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center, agreed that maintaining a close, supportive network eases many of the adjustments faced by transplant patients.

The Web site, Loss noted, is also a way to keep family close while limiting the patient's exposure to germs.Right now, Martel is confined to his home.

This is a way to reduce the risk of colds or flu that can pose problems to transplant recipients who take drugs that suppress their immune systems to lower the risk of rejection of the donor organ."The e-mails let me know that I'm not alone while I'm going through this," he said...

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