Well, when you get a lung transplantation it IS helping you. It helps you because lungs=you breathing. So when you get a lung transplantation it is REALLY helping you breath.

The purpose of lung transplantation is to replace a lung that no longer functions with a healthy lung. To perform a lung transplantation, there should be potential for rehabilitated breathing function

Lung and cardiac function are drastically improved after transplantation. Strenuous exercise may still be limited, but quality of life is greatly improved. Of all heart-lung transplant recipients, 90% are satisfied

lung cancer, chest trauma, esophageal cancer, emphysema, and lung transplantation.

Patients who are limited in daily activity, as defined by their doctors, and have a limited life expectancy, are candidates for heart-lung transplantation. These patients suffer from untreatable end-stage pulmonary, organ, and/or vascular disease.