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    At birth, I was premature, breach, unable to pass urine and unable to breathe without assistance. I had a condition known as Posterior Urethral Valves. The doctors gave my parents two choices; one was to turn off the life support and let me die and the other was an operation that might prolong my…
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    My wife started dialysis in 2002 when she also found that she was born with one kidney. After being on dialysis for two years her dearest friend started the process of being tested and was accepted as a suitable live donor. The transplant was successful but the kidney was rejected after about…
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    At 37, I was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (liver disease). Some 13 years later, my liver was failing. I found I was spending more and more time in hospital. The doctors and nursing staff at the liver transplant clinic prepared me for a major operation - physically and mentally…
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    Throughout my medical career I have been privileged to regularly come in direct contact with the organ and tissue donation and transplantation process. It is an area filled with dedicated people doing fantastic work. Whether it is the families devastated by the loss of a loved one making the…
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    This is how people spoke of my husband, ‘young at heart’. He lived his life enjoying himself. Only a couple of months before his death, our daughter sat him down and asked the question that he had always procrastinated over. ‘Yes’ he stated.  If anything should happen to him, he would…
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