Help HOPE Live for Scott Linscott
Family and friends of Scott Linscott are raising money to pay for uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.
Scott chose to fundraise with Help Hope Live (formerly HelpHOPELive – The Leader in Fundraising Assistance and Support for Transplant and Catastrophic Injury) in part because Help Hope Live provides both tax-deductibility and fiscal accountability to contributors. Contributors can be sure that funds contributed will be used only to pay or reimburse medically-related expenses. Dear Friends of Scott Linscott Some of you may know Scott from his years as the Founder and Director of Teens Alive or some of you may know him as the Youth Pastor of your Church during at some point since 1985 or maybe some of you know him as the Blog writer of “Drinking from the Same Dipper” (www.scottlinscott.com). Others may know him as Donald Linscott, III, friend and the funniest guy you want to sit next to at a Portland Seadogs baseball game. He is an amazing husband, father, friend and brother. He married his college sweetheart, Robin in 1984 and they have raised three awesome kids – Josh, Shara and Jake.
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June 3, 2026
Lahey Hospital is Back in My Life 14 years later, more than the normal 10-minute check-up, and I have to admit, I'm nervous! For more than two years, I've been dealing with episodes of severe pain that showed up without warning and, for a long time, without explanation. Since November 2025, those episodes started coming more frequently, which is what finally pushed things toward a real answer.
Since October I've also lost fifteen pounds, which sounds like it might be a silver lining until you factor in that most people gain weight over the winter, not lose it. So. There's that. Last fall, an MRI caught something. My GI doctor referred me to my transplant team at Lahey Hospital, and a CT scan gave them a clear picture of what they were actually dealing with. What they found is very uncommon, though at this point in my medical journey, "very uncommon" is basically my middle name.
Here's the short version: after a liver transplant, surgeons sometimes use small stents, clips, or other support materials to reconnect the bile ducts to the small intestine. In rare cases, years after the original surgery, one of those materials can migrate, erode into the bowel wall, or partially protrude through the intestine. When that happens, it can cause pain, inflammation, bleeding, or obstruction. That appears to be what has been happening with me. Two-plus years of pain, fifteen pounds, and finally, an answer. The plan comes in three stages.
On June 18th, Robin and I will travel to Lahey where the team will first attempt a specialized endoscopic procedure using balloon-assisted technology to navigate all the way into the small intestine and retrieve whatever is causing the problem. It is a long reach, literally, and the chances of success are slim. But it is the least invasive option, so it is absolutely worth the attempt. If that doesn't work, laparoscopic surgery is the next step. More involved, but manageable. The third possibility is the one that sits heavier with me. When Josh donated part of his liver to me in 2012, there was a unique complexity: he had two bile ducts rather than one, and my transplant surgeon worked with both to reconstruct my biliary system. If the migrating material is close to those connections, laparoscopic surgery won't be precise enough. They would need to open me up for a more complex procedure, one that carries greater risk to my liver. I'll be honest: that possibility worries me. This liver is a gift that came at great cost to someone I love, and protecting it matters more than I can put into words. Also, I'm quite fond of my life. But here is what I keep coming back to: our God is not impressed by slim chances, and He is not rattled by complicated ones. He has never once consulted the odds before showing up. He has walked with me through every step of this journey, and I have no reason to believe He will stop now.
June 18th. Lahey. An incredibly skilled transplant team, a God who specializes in the unlikely, and a whole lot of people praying on my behalf.
Your support through HelpHopeLive has helped carry us through more than one chapter of this story, covering the expenses and copays that insurance doesn't reach.
We are grateful, more than we can say, for every single one of you. #everydayisabonusday
January 7, 2020
1/7/20
How thankful we are that things are continuing well. Though we have had a few common, small scares with fluctuating liver numbers and lab reports, life is good. We, transplant recipients, get nervous whenever our numbers fluctuate. But, altogether, life is incredible and we are very blessed.
Scott
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