f(red)erick and stephanie's Profile |
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| Age: | 47 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Maryland |
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| Height: | 5' 8" |
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| Last Login: | May 10, 2008 (111 days back) |
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About Me |
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"All You" Article from July 2004 -- Frederick couldn’t believe what he was seeing. On his computer screen was an e-mail from Stephanie, an old friend from high school in Greenbelt. “I thought she was dead”, explains Frederick, 42, who has known Stephanie since the fifth grade. The two had lost contact with each other after high school graduation, then, during college, he had heard a rumor that Stephanie had died from kidney problems. Stephanie, very much alive, had written Frederick about a class reunion he was organizing. “I had no idea about the rumor”, says Stephanie, now 43. “But it was great to get in touch with Frederick – he was my first kiss.” So much had happened since they had last seen each other. Stephanie had been in good health her first year of college when she began to suffer from fatigue, blurry vision and horribly painful menstrual periods. She thought it was stress, but her symptoms got worse, so she went to the infirmary and was told she had a bad case of the flu. Dissatisfied with the diagnosis, she went to the hospital and found out her blood pressure was a whopping 280/240. Tests revealed that her kidneys had shriveled to the size of acorns and were not functioning. Because of her critical condition, she was moved up the transplant list and received a cadaver kidney in June 1981. After Stephanie recovered she finished college, married and had a daughter, Megan, in 1993. But soon after Megan’s birth, both her marriage and her donor kidney started to fail. When she sent Frederick that e-mail in 1999, she was a single mom. And she was on the transplant list again. Frederick and Stephanie started dating, but she said nothing about her rapidly deteriorating condition until one particularly bad day. “When I confessed to Frederick, he immediately said, ‘Let me give you a kidney.’ “ She refused his offer, but Frederick wanted to help the woman he was falling in love with, so he got tested, secretly, for suitability. When Stephanie had another bad day, he revealed that, against the odds, he was a match. Stephanie was reluctant to have Frederick go through surgery, so she decided to wait for a kidney from the donor list. That summer, Frederick proposed. Stephanie said yes, then Frederick insisted she let him donate his kidney. “I begged her”, says Frederick. “Here I find out you’re still alive and realize you’ve been the love of my life from the start. Please don’t let me lose you now”. “As soon as I got Frederick’s kidney, I could feel the life flowing back into me”, Stephanie says. The couple married in July 2002 and live near Greenbelt with Stephanie’s daughter, now 11. “Megan calls Frederick her hero”, says Stephanie. “And he’s mine, too”. |
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My Interests |
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| In 2000 I became a Living Donor by donating a kidney to my wife Stephanie.
I am a member of Kiwanis International and a member of the Hixon Fellowship. I rode over 6,000 miles on a moutain bike in 4 years and was very into moutain climbing for years in college. I'm into: pool, darts, ice skating, softball, in-line skates, casinos, traveling ... I worked with computers for over 30 years from about every angle there is My latest hobby is NikePlus.com with my iPod Nano. I'm in the 100 mile distance club (and still going). |
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I'd like to meet:I would like to meet someone to co-author a book to raise Organ Donor Awareness and the National Kidney Foundation's Transplant Games.Also to raise awareness of the Kiwanis International Club. About how I found Stephanie after 20 years and how I came to give her a kidney. (November 7th, 2007 was 7 years) A portion of the profits will go to the National Kidney Foundation and the Kiwanis International Club. I have an outline and several chapters written, however I need someone to bring it all together into a novel. Sir Sean Connery Sting Sharon Osborne Gene Simmons Nikki Sixx Annie Duke Meredith Vieira G. Gordon Liddy Ann-Margret Sir Anthony Hopkins Sir Paul McCartney |
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Music:Just about everything, too many to list them all:Nelly Furtado Evanscence Ozzy Osbourne Lita Ford Pink Floyd Elvis Costello Melissa Etheridge Moby Patti LaBelle Aldo Nova Barenaked Ladies The Beach Boys Bee Gees Billy Idol Billy Joel Black Sabbath Bruce Springsteen Bush Candlebox Candy Dulfer The Cars Collective Soul Counting Crows David Bowie ELO Elvis Costello Eric Clapton Godsmack Heart Kenny Wayne Shepherd Kid Rock KISS Cher Raul Midon Halifax The Beatles Triumph Motley Crue Aerosmith Natalia Daft Punk Led Zepplin Van Halen Santana INXS Rolling Stones FOB Judas Priest, and Vivaldi |
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Movies:Again too many to list, however here are some of my top favorites:Blade Runner The Matrix The Godfather Pulp Fiction Good Will Hunting Star Wars The Replacement Killers RHPS Spy Game Meet Joe Black The Professional Gone in 60 Seconds Good Morning Vietnam A Beautiful Mind Dirty Dancing Flashdance |
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Television:History ChannelDiscovery Channel Who's Line is It Anyway? What's My Line? |
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Books:The Best of Fredric BrownFlatland by Edwin A. Abbott 1984 |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | No |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Education: | College graduate |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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I just had a birthday -- heres something for everyone else over 40 |
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| Life after 40
How to know you are growing older
Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt, doesn't work
The gleam in your eyes is the hitting your bifocals
Your little black book contains only names ... Posted by f(red)erick and stephanie on Wed, 07 May 2008 10:34:00 PST |
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To everyone that left me a gift for my birthday |
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| To the following that left me virtual gifts for my birthday, A very special big Thank You!
Aubrey
Leah
Suzy
Angelt4ya
Chris
Hi
Lisa Logan
Thanks,
Frederick
... Posted by f(red)erick and stephanie on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PST |
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College Quiz (a little humor, to make the week go by faster, enjoy) |
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| Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time limit: 4 hours. Begin immediately.
History: Describe the history of the papacy from it's origins to the pres... Posted by f(red)erick and stephanie on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:30:00 PST |
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John Hopkins Hospital Performs First Six-Way Kidney Swap Transplant |
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| On Saturday, April 6th of this year John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore Maryland preformed the first simultaneous six-way kidney swap. The operation took 10 hours and involved a total of 100 nurs... Posted by f(red)erick and stephanie on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:18:00 PST |
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Thanks for the Birthday wishes |
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| Hi everyone,
I want to thank everybody who sent me Birthday wishes. It meant a lot to me.
We had a small party with ice cream cake. The video of them singing is posted and there ar... Posted by f(red)erick and stephanie on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:33:00 PST |
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(Updated @ 7pm) 4 Dead, 3 Hurt In Howard County Crash |
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Stephanie stopped at the crash site on the way into our development and when a camera crew found out that she was just in an accident at the same location, they wanted to talk with her... Posted by f(red)erick and stephanie on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:56:00 PST |
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Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled |
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Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next ... Posted by f(red)erick and stephanie on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:55:00 PST |
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New 2008 Complaint Form |
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| COMPLAINT FORM
Please write your complaint in the box below
Write Legibly
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|___|... Posted by f(red)erick and stephanie on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:59:00 PST |
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You know youre living in the 2000s when: |
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| You know you're living in the 2000s when:
You try to enter your password on the microwave.
You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your fa... Posted by f(red)erick and stephanie on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:24:00 PST |
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This should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror ... |
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| This should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where one could read it everyday. You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for... Posted by f(red)erick and stephanie on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:15:00 PST |
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