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Mar 1, 1998 · This is the story of Claire Sylvia, a woman who had one of the first heart and lung transplants. After receiving the heart and lungs of an 18 year old man who died in a motorcycle crash, she began noticing (as did others around her) that her preferences, likes, dislikes and desires had changed.
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- Claire Sylvia, William Novak
May 1, 1997 · A Change of Heart is the story of Claire Sylvia who received a heart-lung transplant. She talks about her experiences leading up to the transplant and after the transplant. The most interesting concept which she discusses is that of cellular memory.
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- The Change of Heart Memoir
- Where The Heart Lives
Some researchers, however, have taken the idea of what organs can store — and perhaps pass on — even further. In a 2019 journal article published in Medical Hypotheses, Dr. Mitchell Liester presented an idea that "memories from the donor's life are stored in the cells of the donated heart and are then 'remembered' by the recipient following transpl...
One of the most famous stories of the transplant-recipient experience comes from the late Claire Sylvia. Her 1997 memoir, A Change of Heart, was adapted into a 2002 film called Heart of a Stranger. After her heart-lung transplant, she wrote that she felt as if "a second soul were sharing my body." She experienced new desires, including an appetite ...
Since her transplant, Switzer has noticed other changes. For example, she went from not caring for the taste of pickles, to wanting them on all her hamburgers. Switzer never met her donor. She was allowed to write a letter of gratitude to their family via the heart transplant clinic. Still she strongly believes the changes she feels have something ...
May 1, 1997 · A Change of Heart: A Memoir. After a heart and lung transplant operation, dancer Claire Sylvia discovered that new organs were not the only thing she inherited. Never having liked such foods as...
Oct 20, 2009 · A change of heart : a memoir. by. Sylvia, Claire; Novak, William. Publication date. 1997. Topics. Sylvia, Claire, Heart, Lungs. Publisher. Boston : Little, Brown.
May 1, 1997 · This is the story of Claire Sylvia, a woman who had one of the first heart and lung transplants. After receiving the heart and lungs of an 18 year old man who died in a motorcycle crash, she began noticing (as did others around her) that her preferences, likes, dislikes and desires had changed.
- Claire Sylvia, William Novak
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After a heart and lung transplant operation, dancer Claire Sylvia discovered that new organs were not the only thing she inherited. Never having liked such foods as beer and chicken nuggets, she suddenly started craving them.
