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    My name is Kate and I am a transplant recipient. Four years ago I received a double lung transplant which changed my life forever. That’s why I want to tell you a little bit about my story and how it affected my life and the people around me. Twenty-nine years ago I was born with a genetically… Kate
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    In the year 2000, at the age of thirty nine, I was diagnosed with end stage renal failure. Three months later I was on dialysis. It was an unexpected shock that changed my life completely and affected my whole family. I had to resign from my job. It was no longer easy to pack up and go on… Katrina
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    I was born with reflux so by the time I was 17 my kidneys had stopped working.  I spent two years on dialysis. I had a transplant 24 years ago and am still going. I have had two beautiful children and no problems with my pregnancies.  I have my family and my health because of the… Heart Image
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    Linda Thomas is a former ICU nurse and has been working in the organ and tissue donation sector for the past five years. Previously Linda was a Project Officer for the National Organ Donation Collaborative and worked as a Donor Coordinator with DonateLife. For the last twelve months she's been a… Linda
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    My baby boy was born on Valentine's Day. He fell sick after three days and was rushed to the Westmead Children's Hospital. He was diagnosed with Aortic Stenosis. He was unable to breathe on his own and they had to perform the Ross Procedure at five and a half weeks. This was to move his pulmonary… Linda's son
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    I was a recipient of a wonderful gift of a liver transplant. I will be forever grateful to the donor and their family for this amazing gift. I struggle to find adequate words to express my appreciation. It's very difficult to explain the incredible feeling when you wake and find you have a… Lindi
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    Growing up, Mum would always work into conversation here and there about how she was an organ donor. That “should anything ever happen to me” that’s what she wanted. I remember it on the school run in the morning occasionally, conversations about life and such. I’d heard it more than a dozen… Linny, a QLD donor with her granddaughter
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    Lisa is 47 and a mother of three, Lisa also has 2 brothers (one deceased) a mother and father. Lisa was just promoted to be a Training and Development Manager after a successful career as a Practice Manager with an amazing medical centre company which is privately owned and runs from Noosa… Lisa Jane
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    It was about 20 years ago when my mother in law first became sick. She had diabetes and had a diabetic ulcer sore on her whole left leg. My husband took her in and we cared for her. We contracted Hepatitis C. We didn't know what it was back then and not too many really knew the dangers of the… Heart Image
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    I was born with Cystic Fibrosis. Although my life was never defined by my disease, by the time I reached the age of 26, I could no longer escape its grip. During that year I consistently contracted pneumonia. I seemed to experience an acceleration in my disease and I was declining fast.… Heart Image
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