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    Born with a heart condition, Michael knows all about the amazing gift that is tissue donation. Michael has now received three life-saving heart-valve transplants, one at birth, one at age 11 and then again at age 39.  Because of the generosity of tissue donors, Michael is now well and… Michael Norman case study photo
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    Michael Wines and Sharon Moss. Photo Credit Newscorp & Sam Ruttyn Through the Australia and New Zealand Paired Kidney Exchange Program (ANZKX) during the COVID period, Michael offered to donate his kidney to help his neighbour, mother of two Sharon, who had life-threatening polycystic…
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    When my husband Michael was diagnosed with lung cancer (he was a non-smoker) we were devastated to find out it had spread to his bones. Here was a very fit man who had never been sick in his life.He enjoyed telling jokes, was always busy, loved collecting motor bikes and was into Formula One car… Michael
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    Michael died when he was 32 and his organs helped six people with life saving transplants.Michael was very healthy and active in the Surf Lifesaving movement and a member of the Palm Beach Surf Club since he left school. He loved to surf.He enjoyed country music writing… Michael
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    When I was first diagnosed with cardiomyopathy I received conventional treatment for my left ventricular failure until my condition worsened, requiring the implantation of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD). At the same time I was assessed for suitability for a heart transplant. I was… Michael
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    Sue remembers her Dad Michael as someone who was ‘always there for us’. ‘He was keen for us kids to toe the line and was even a bit authoritarian, but if we needed anything he was the first to offer assistance,’ she says. Michael had been a hospital orderly and had been married for 55 years to… Michael
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    Hi, my name is Michelle. Unlike most transplant recipients I enjoyed a life full of health and fitness right up until I ruptured my liver from a hard fall during a game of sport. A freak accident. A week after initial surgery, my liver suddenly failed and I was in real trouble. My only chance… Michelle
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    My kidney disease came out of the blue. One day at work I began to feel unwell and I decided to go home. Not long after I started to lose all sense of direction and balance, then collapsed. My body was shutting down. My brain and heart blew-up and my left side became paralysed. A few days later a… Heart Image
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    If you ever have a doubt about organ donation, then please read my story.I was sick for a year before eventually being diagnosed with chronic renal failure.My first thoughts were, No way, I'm only 25 and stay fit by playing sports, they must have it wrong – but they were right.We went through all… Mike
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    Mitchell's wish was to be a paramedic. When his life was cut tragically short late last year, he lost the opportunity to have his dream job, but he still saved the lives of four people. His gift of organ donation was the ultimate way of helping people. He was a… Mitchell
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