WFMY 2 News | Faith Abubey
Greensboro, NC -- When your life is on the line, how do you start the conversation for help... especially with people you don't know?
It's been a Triad man's dilemma for some time now but this week, he says, he got the boost he needed.
Bruce Beaman has been Type-1 diabetic since he was 18-months old.
Last year he had a heart attack, soon followed kidney failure.
His doctors say both health problems were caused by complications from his diabetes.
Since then, he's been on an organ transplant list, waiting for a perfect match.
"The waiting game is the worst part," Beaman said.
At one point, he says, even his doctor recommended using social media to solicit help.
Beaman says he couldn't do it.
Since Facebook launched its organ donor initiative last week, Beaman says it's now easier for him to craft a status update asking for a donor.
The new Facebook tool allows users to let "friends" know if they are registered organ donors.
Read more: http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/article/227836/57/Triad-Man-Finds-Hope-In-New-Facebook-Initiative
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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