How did she not get a standing ovation!! Such a powerful story and a moving performance towards the end..

Rest in Peace Charity, you were an inspiration and a beautiful soul.

@armanb6065

5 жыл бұрын

why did she pass?

@janetslater129

5 жыл бұрын

She died from complications related to the immunosuppressant drugs she was taking for her transplant.

Her passing is such a tragic loss to this world.

I have PH. I have had it basically since birth except it worsened over the years. At this moment I now use oxygen. I am hoping to have a transplant. 21 yrs old.. So much to give but just don't have the tools.

This is by far one of my favorite TED talks. Beautiful voice!

"But life isn't really just about avoiding death, is it? It's about living" =)

Absolutely astounding. I had a single lung transplant 3.5 years ago. I couldn't carry a note in a bushel basket! HaHaHaHaHa God Bless you, Charity. Love it when you hit that high!

I can not stop recommending this to everyone I know. This is an example of someone who understands the gift of living we have been given.

God Bless you, you are my inspiration. I have PAH and am just going to the transplant evaluation starting on June 14th. It means the world to me to see your videos.

I know Charity and her family. To my knowledge, they're not wealthy, but they make up for it in work, passion and have done so much for the PH community. They've had a really tough go of it over the past few years, but I hope this is the beginning of a new chapter for Charity and the rest of them. I am so glad to hear she is alive and singing. It is such a gift to us all.

I sobbed nearly every moment. Thank your for sharing this with me. If ever there was a story of moving mountains and affirming that positivity, love and life will always prevail. xx

Ive never had tears and goose bumps at the same time before this was incredible! What a powerful message and what a amazingly wonderful young woman!

One of the most beautiful presentations I have ever seen in my life. What a story. What a voice. What encouragement for society.

I sobbed nearly every moment. Thank your for sharing this with me. If ever there was a story of moving mountains and affirming that positivity, love and life will always prevail. xx Cee Fee Dunn

What an inspiring story of hard work and determination. If I had been in her situation, I would have found it so easy to become depressed. What an inspiration!

Regardless of the conditions this girl lived in it proves that with the proper resources anyone can survive and do what they used to. So maybe instead of whining about your "miserable conditions" go out and do something about it. Make someones conditions less miserable than your own or go pursue your dreams. More often than not patients are told to give up when they have cancer etc. This is the story of a woman who never did. Not because she could, or had the means, but because she wanted to.

I was feeling sorry for others in my life, but you make all, including myself, feel we all need to just count our blessings. We are alive. You touched my heart.

what a powerful story- thank you so much for sharing this!

Wow. She's a trooper! And more dramatic than most dramas. I don't like this type of talk, but I couldn't stop watching it. Great description of her mother. And a great message too. LIVE and be happy. I cried at the end. BRAVO!

this is why im an organ donor

@michaelfitzgerald434

5 жыл бұрын

God Bless you! God Bless all organ donors. It is because of people like you that I am alive.

She has such an inspiring story! It is amazing what someone in her situation can do. This video is such a reminder that even if the odds are stacked against you you can do great things!

You have motivated me so much! Thank you for sharing your story. Your courageous is totally infectious!!

My favorite TED Talk!

WHOA! thats the most difficult talk i've ever watched, i kept expecting her to burst into tears at every single moment of it! but its amazing though, all she went through!

this made me cry

I just learned about her today. It was a miracle she survived as long as she did. What a beautiful gift she gave to the world and a well-done rendition of the famous aria from Gounod's Romeo et Juliette. Brava!

Je veux vivre... excellent choice for this story... OMG it hit me!

@blackngoldcuttlefish3390

6 жыл бұрын

oh deep I didn't even think about the words for this. I like this aria but yeah good point about the meaning!!

i love her determination so amazing

Thank you for sharing your powerful, & moving story. You are right, you have to keep to will to go on & see your dreams come true or nothing will work. I am on the list for a double lung transplant for COPD & look forward to continue living my life without O2! Bravo!

What an inspiration❤️

i really enjoyed the arch of this talk, even though i really hate opera signing (i mean... really) it was still inspirational.

Thank you.....

RIP Charity

Very inspiring

truly inspiring, WOW, thank God for you

She is adorable. Her spirit shines bright.

This really got to me - Singing / songwriting is my whole life - its what i do. I couldnt IMAGINE going through what she did. This really choked me up......~Dekorah

i don't know how many times i've watched this already.

Wow...that was beautiful. Truly.

you go girl

You rock. I hope more people will do the same thing,

i know qhat it is i had atranplant 2 month ago and my doctor told me i had to stop doing sports, but i wont let this afect me i'm gonna do like her i wanna make the diffrence like she did!! you are an inspiration to people like us thks!

She is so sweet and pretty, I'm so glad she's alive and hopefully doing well

AWESOME!

Beautiful beautiful beautiful!

Love this. So beautiful and inspiring. Talk about an idea worth spreading - if everyone had her optimism, tenacity and gratitude (not to mention her talent!), think what a world this could be! I hope her story inspires more people to be organ donors...

What an inspiring story. This is truly a modern medical miracle.

What a beautiful voice and what an incredible ride through what sound like a nightmarish set of experiences. It makes me want to be a better person.

WOW amazing!

incredible...

My God that just changed my life

@yonatanadoron Great. I didnt hear a word or more on it here. Just a girl, who suffered from a disease, and had a family able to pay all the bills, so all she has left is talking about her plight with singing. Serving as a spokeperson for the PHA is great. Im glad to see that. I would have liked to hear the outstanding costs of such a disease and how tragic THAT is, not the fact that she could have lost her voice.

Thank you God for creating few such people who serve as an inspiration to so many. God bless you lady.

wow life is a true gift =) im so happy for her!

I think this talk proves my point about Science. Give us enough time, and we can do anything. Research, that is all we need.

my dog was sleeping on my lap while i was watching this and once she started singing, he looked up and just watched her...........it was wierd.

Just found out she debuted at Lincoln Center this week. What a girl.

wow ... I'm speechless.

This chick rocks. Awesome voice. Awesome story. I totally dig this.

Bless her ; )

beautiful story for someone following his dreams on becoming a doctor. Truly aspirational. and I sing opera too. This is absolutely beautiful :]]]

@Neylonx Did you miss the huge TED Medicine sign on the wall? Maybe you need a hint about how this is related to medicine?

That's amazing :)

Here she is giving this heartwarming story and singing a beautiful aria and all I'm thinking is I want to see her shirtless.

yo go gurl!!!

I'm going to need a lung transplant and not being able to sing when I wake up is actually one of my worst when it comes to the surgery and recovery even more than rejection and failure honestly..

RIP

So strong and beautiful.

@kevendubin I mentored a kid with sickle cell anemia. His family was not elite. He had no expensive surgeries. What he had, was a doctor who spent time with his family explaining not what he couldn't do, but HOW he could do it. His whole life has been filled with experiences, because he wasn't limited by his disease, because his doctor didn't limit him, but empowered him. That's what this young lady was talking about. Don't let your outrage at financial imbalance harden your heart.

@ImBackAJ20101 From her bio: "Tilleman-Dick has served as the national spokesperson for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, working to raise awareness, increase federal research funding, expand stem cell research, and promote preventative and alternative medicine."

Awesome video. Nearly as good as Jill Bolte Taylor's Ted talk.

This presentation has left me with mixed feelings. On one hand you have the miracle of modern medicine doing wonderful and amazing things for people. On the other you have a human being that seemed to be so overly obsessed over something at the time should have become trivial next to pure survival its kind of mind blowing.

G-dBless you Darling ♥️

i thought she was going to burst into tears at any moment :| an amazing story however :) its not far fetched to say its a miracle things worked out the way they did

Sure most people don't have the money, but does that mean we should not be happy for her? Does it mean we should not appreciate her courage and her determination to sing again? I'm cynical, and I still found this inspiring.

@kevendubin wow, that's true. i didn't think of that. that's a good point

seriously people, how many of you rate the video simply to compare the bars of the likes and dislikes ? youtube statistics suck....

is it strange that i've known 5 different "monica lee"'s all of which played piano?

Not even a standing ovation, what is wrong with that audience!

...When people think you're dying, they really. really. listen to you... instead of just...

i think i'm dead inside

@Jos7h "she was told she only had a little to live and to just give up, accept death" Oh, really, and let me guess, did she become a mountain bear wrestler? Just what we needed, more useless anecdotes with nothing to back them up. I have anecdotes too, my mother had boob cancer and no one told her that shit. She's alright now. The guy who cuts my hairn prostate cancer, no one told him that, recovered. If they tell you something like that it's because your odds are bad. Hint: "ODDS" are involved

Most people in her situation would not have the resources (money) required in order to do what she's done. This message seems to be by and for the elite and not the general public.

The ideas about pursuing dreams in lieu of traumatic and devastating events is a good message.. I've had my fair share.. However. 'This' specifically, simply wasn't achieveable without money. And I find that unspoken portion of it, makes this message a bit harder to swallow comfortably. I'm happy for her. But so many people suffer loss, at a fraction of what it cost to save just her voice. And I can't bring myself to not see it tarnishing the moral here. For the 'rich' as someone noted

oh god... her voice... it's so strange. I can barely stand her speaking voice but she's got a pretty good vocal pitch and tone.

She is an emotional human

@kevendubin i agree!

HOO... MYYYY.. GOOOOOOOOOD!

@Mrmoc7 well said! :)

Cool story, bro.

The emerging technology of organ printing should be funded far more than it is. Fortunately, there is incentive to develop it, and it likely will become a very big industry. All sorts of ailments, from cancers to what this woman had, could finally be dealt with in a reliable manner. Except for the brain, of course.

@DrPhallus Hehe! Ah, I see. Yes, I see such people every day. Actually, on a more serious note of that, a different emerging technology called transcranial magnetic stimulation may aid people with that. Basically you send out timed pulses of magnetic fields aimed correctly at your head for certain effects, it's very interesting. I recommend looking it up. I love the amazing things being developed, but of course...not soon enough! :D

This chic rocks.

@dittotl really? usually they are accompanied with strong emotions for me

@kevendubin correction most people in the states would not be able to afford this, most other countries take care of their sick and provide a humane way of heatlhcare

How cute she is,

@jacobneill Wrong spelling is WRONG.

OMG ^.^

@meomeo668 That's why he gave her that conditions in the first place, right? Put credit where credit is due. That's with her family and the doctors who made it all possible.

@amberberglund I came from a big family and my dad didn't make loads of money so we qualified for a lot of student aid. I'm pretty sure that from a family of 10, they would too. And except for Arizona, Medicaid covers transplants.