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    At the age of 20 I was in the prime of my life. I had my health, I had freedom and I was invincible. I came down with a bad cold and I was sent home from work with the sweats and a barking cough. On the way home I dropped by a local doctor, who assured me it was a chest infection and I began a…
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    As a health professional working in organ and tissue donation for the past 21 years, I feel very privileged to have witnessed first hand the generosity of donors and their families who have considered and agreed to organ and tissue donation at an incredibly traumatic time in their lives.…
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    Hi my name is Aleisha and I am 33 years old. I was diagnosed at a young age with Alports Nephritis, a genetic kidney disease. This type of disease also effects my hearing and eye sight and I consequently starting wearing hearing aids by the time I was at pre-school. I have always had a…
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    When I was just a young girl, I was diagnosed with a rare type of diabetes that made me severely obese. Last year a tragic accident occurred and I was called into the hospital. I was immediately taken into surgery where I received a pancreas. The surgery went well and I am just thankful that I…
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    After being at end stage heart failure the time had eventually come for me to be implanted with a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) to keep me alive until a donor heart became available. Arriving at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne to talk about the LVAD, we were informed a donor heart had…
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    Angels walk the earth. My angel saved my life and gave me the chance to see my daughter grow up. For 20 years I was a type 1 Diabetic. After constant hospital stays and dangerous complications my world came to a crashing halt six months after my daughters birth. Kidney failure was…
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    With your heart I can survive With your eyes My sight revived With your lungs I breathe new life With your liver Blood pumps through me Your kidneys Help me live Without dialysis Your skin heals My horrific scars Burns now slowly fade So to my pain Your gift of organs Given…
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    Late on a Sunday night my family and I returned home to a missed call from a Sydney number. Curiously, my mother phoned it back. On the other end of the line was the liver transplant co-ordinator advising us to make our way to hospital immediately. By miracle an amazing family had agreed to…
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    My name is Angus. I am now 21 but my story begins when I was nine years old. I was camping with my family and friends when I became sick. Nothing too concerning at the time, just typical flu like symptoms. But after a week I hadn't improved so my parents decided I should see our GP. The blood…
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    At the age of 15 my health started to deteriorate and by the age of 20 I had my left kidney removed. I managed to live a fulfilled life for 30 years except the doctors said I could never have a family because of my renal condition. At this time in my life I adopted two children aged five and…
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