We are thrilled to announce that Syndicate Comics has partnered with us to help raise funds for lung transplant patients by selling Lung Girl comics! Syndicate Comics, also known as the barbershop comic book store, is one of the largest comic book stores in the metro Atlanta area. They have always been a community centered comic book store that supports local artists and writers. They are now partnering with us to raise funds to help lung transplant patients pay medical bills and fund lung transplant research. They are currently carrying all three issues of Lung Girl comics in their store. If you live in the metro Atlanta area, go get your copy now! Support your local comic book store and your local nonprofit all at once. But if you can’t go there in person, don’t worry you can still get your copy of Lung Girl online here. We are truly excited about this partnership. We feel loved and supported by our community. Thank you for helping lung transplant patients breathe easier.
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November is Lung Cancer Awareness month!
This month we are sharing information all about Lung Cancer. Lung cancer causes more deaths than any other type of cancer in the world. Over 130,000 Americans die of lung cancer each year. There are 2 types of lung cancer:
The Good News Luckily, due to lung cancer research, deaths from lung cancer have been decreasing in recent years. This is why we have Lung Cancer Awareness Month to help raise funds for lung cancer research. In some cases, having lung cancer can be fatal, but there is hope. Often lung cancer patients need a lung transplant to live. To help lung transplant patients, please donate to The Sid Foundation today. November 29, 2022 is Giving Tuesday! What is Giving Tuesday? It's a national day dedicated to supporting those in need in your community. This Giving Tuesday, help us support lung transplant patients around the country by donating to The Sid Foundation. How can you participate? You can participate in several ways: 1. Donate to our organization 2. Spread the word about our organization by
How will your donation help? You donation will help:
Why Do Lung Transplant Patients Need Your Help? Lung transplants have the lowest survival rate of all organ transplants and only about 50% of lung transplant patients live 5 years past their transplant. But, lung transplants provide people with a second chance at life. That is priceless! So, please help us change the statistics of lung transplants and help lung transplant patients breathe easier by donating today. Want a more convenient way to donate?
You can Donate by Text! Text: HelpSid To: (470) 444-2029 Help lung transplant patients like Sid have a fighting chance at living a long healthy life. Donate Now! Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) is a terminal illness. There is no cure for it because there is no way to reverse scarring in the lungs and no way to stop the progression of the disease. However, once diagnosed, doctors can help patients manage the symptoms with therapy and medications to slow down the progression of the disease and improve quality of life.
In order to be diagnosed with PF, patients will be asked to do
Since the symptoms of PF are similar to other lung diseases, it can take a long time for doctors to correctly diagnose this disease. Once diagnosed, doctors can prescribe medication. In addition to medication, patients can receive oxygen therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation which includes diet and exercise regimens that help lung function. If none of these treatments improve the patient’s quality of life, the patient may need a lung transplant. To help PF patients who needed a lung transplant live a longer, healthier life, donate now: It is very difficult to pin-point the causes of Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF). Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is PF with an unknown cause. This is the most common type of PF so often doctors are unable to determine the cause of the disease.
However, there are some factors that can increase the chances for PF such as:
Because there are so many different potential causes for PF and the symptoms of PF are similar to other lung diseases, it can very difficult for doctors to diagnose it. To help PF patients who needed a lung transplant live a longer, healthier life, donate now: September is Pulmonary Fibrosis month. Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) means scarring of the lungs. Patients with PF have lungs that have been scarred for various reasons including lung disease. This scarring makes it difficult for oxygen to flow so patients with PF often feel short of breath. It also has other symptoms such as severe dry cough, joint and muscle pain, and fatigue. PF is a type of Interstitial Lung Disease and there are over 200 types of PF. Over 250,000 Americans are living with PF and about 40,000 die of PF every year. This disease is close to our hearts. Sid Vahal was diagnosed with Interstitial Lung Disease and Idiopathic (cause unknown) Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) before his lungs collapsed and he needed a double lung transplant. Although Sid was only 26 when he was diagnosed, most patients diagnosed with PF are over 70. PF is very difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are similar to many other diseases. There is no cure for PF, however, it can be managed with medication and other treatments. Like Sid, patients with severe PF often need a lung transplant. To help Pulmonary Fibrosis patients who needed a lung transplant live a longer, healthier life, donate now: I’m sure you’ve heard that we received a grant from S&S Activewear in July. We promised an unboxing video to show you all the cool items we received from them, so here it is! Enjoy :) Again, thank you S&S Activewear for helping us and sponsoring our Lung Transplant Patient Care Package program with these amazing high quality products. Our lung transplant patients will love them! If you would like to support our Lung Transplant Patient Support program, donate here. We have exciting news! We are thrilled to announce that we received a grant from S&S Activewear! They awarded items for up to a $2,000 retail value to help our organization. How does this grant help us? 1.) S&S Activewear is providing high quality athleticwear for our employees and volunteers to make us more comfortable in our uniforms during community events and laughter yoga classes. 2.) They are also sponsoring our Lung Transplant Patient Care Package Program by providing us with 25 drawstring bags and 25 pairs of socks! This will help us save hundreds of dollar on our next 25 care packages so we can make more care packages. We are very excited to receive this grant. This grant will make our work smoother and allow us to help even more lung transplant patients. To watch us unbox this grant, follow us on social media! If you would like to donate to our care package program, click the Donate Now button:
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Are you a lung transplant patient?
Are you waiting for a lung transplant? Let us share your story! We are looking for more lung transplant patients who want to share their story with the world and bring awareness to their situation. By sharing your story with us, you will... 1. inspire many 2. help other (potential) lung transplant patients by sharing your journey 3. help us raise money for you to help with medical costs Email us at info@thesidfoundation.org to share your story. Check out all these lung transplant patients we’ve helped!
We have great news!
We relaunched out “care package” program for lung transplant patients in April 2022! Unfortunately, we had to pause this program in 2021 due to lack of funding, but it's back! This means if you emailed us requesting a care package, we are sending one out to you. We are ordering supplies and putting together new care packages as we speak. But... We can't do this without your help. There are about 2,000 lung transplants done in the U.S. every year. This number has increased due to COVID-19. Our ultimate goal is to make sure every lung transplant patient receives a care package with all the essentials they need to live a healthy life after their transplant. Please donate to our Lung Transplant Patient Support Program so we can get these care packages to as many lung transplant patients as possible. Please help us change the statistics and increase the survival rate of lung transplant recipients by donating to our Lung Transplant Patient Support Program today.
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