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    I had been ill since birth and treated for asthma when, at the age of 17, I suffered a stroke and was admitted to hospital for tests. The stroke turned out to be a blessing in disguise as doctors found that I was not asthmatic but had been born with a hole in the heart which had led to… Roxanne
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    When she was around 46, my mother was told that she was very ill and required a lung transplant. Over the next three years, she deteriorated substantially. Very early one morning, the hospital called advising us that a transplant was possible and she had to get to the hospital. We were elated… Felicity
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    'We are going to the beach tomorrow, I can't wait - I'm dying for a swim ...' She died the next day whilst swimming in the sea at Glenelg, South Australia. It has been the most tragic and desperate time of my life, but through her death she gave me three gifts. My last conversation with Mum… Three gifts
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    I write this on the 12th anniversary of my kidney transplant. A day of thanks, a day when my thoughts return to my donor and donor's family and a day when I reflect on how my life has changed since I first heard the words 'you have renal failure'. I was 37, fit, well and happily married with… Heart Image
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    While Tim was tinkering in his shed one night in 2006, he was unaware that a life-changing event lay ahead.   In a freak accident, heat from a potbelly stove caused a tin of paint thinners to explode in front of him, engulfing Tim in flames.   As he yelled to his wife,… Tim in a suit and tie sitting in a sport stadium chair looking at the camera
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    Tim's diagnosis with terminal cancer three years ago did not alter his decision to be an organ donor. He used this decision as a way of dealing with his cancer, by way of focusing on others, rather than himself. Unfortunately a year before Tim passed away from cancer he learnt that his… Tim
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    My wife and I have witnessed both sides of the donation and transplantation equation. We became a donor family when our youngest son David died at the age of 20 and became an organ donor, and then later I was to become a recipient following my own lung transplant. Many years ago we were… To Give
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    Tony was a born leader who had forged deep connections with all his family and friends. To give in death is exactly what almost anyone who knew him would expect. ‘Tony had a giving nature, so it was his last act of giving,’ wife Brenda said. Brenda lost her childhood sweetheart and… Man in a stripped shirt and jeans, standing with a little boy sitting on his shoulders.
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    One night I found myself sitting up in bed unable to breathe. I went to work the next day feeling unwell and arranged with my boss to leave at lunch to go and see the doctor. The doctor recognised that something was seriously wrong and at the hospital I was shocked to be told I had cardiomyopathy… Tony
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    We have known for 20 odd years that Tony, my husband, has Polycystic Kidney Disease. Three years ago, our lives were turned upside down. Acute kidney failure knocked Tony into hospital and so began our journey. He endured several surgeries to prepare for dialysis, which started nine months… Heart Image
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