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    I had liver trouble for 16 years and my specialist said there was nothing that could be done. I had a condition called Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and there was no cure for it. I had regular blood tests to monitor my liver function and I had to take Questran powder before each meal to stop my…
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    My name is Judanne and I'm now 57. In 1971 my parents emigrated from the US to Australia and my medical examination results showed I had kidney failure. I was just 17 and the diagnosis of glomerulonephritis meant very little to me. By the age of 27, I started haemodialysis while living in…
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    My husband Ian and I have shared many challenges in our 58 years together, but our double-sided experience of organ donation has sparked a new passion - to promote organ donation as a wonderful gift of life. When we lost our son Dave in a tragic accident, we didn't hesitate when we were asked…
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    Julie thanks God and her donor every day for the breath in her lungs, her ability to sing again and to see her son grow up. Julie was a busy mum and played an active part in her church when she suddenly developed pneumonia and a persistent cough. But Julie didn’t recover, she was given three…
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    I was so touched by a news story where a woman donated a kidney to her friend, that I made the call to put myself on the living donor list. My donation was to be altruistic so everything was strictly confidential and I would not know the identity of the recipient. I told my very close family…
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    I was born with reflux of both kidneys. I was always sick as a child, with infections, anaemia and high blood pressure. When I was five years old I had corrective surgery in an attempt to fix this. Unfortunately the surgery was unsuccessful, and at the age of eleven, I became unwell. One…
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    When we got the call that Kai had been admitted to ICU, I hoped that he would be alive until we could consent to organ donation. As a nurse I understood the reality but prayed for a miracle. We had 700 kilometres to travel to be by his side. 35 years earlier, I had nursed an 18 year old male…
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    The one word that described my late partner Ken is 'helpful'. Always pitching in - setting up marquees, fixing broken items around our home or at friends, or just lending a hand to ensure things worked. If he found problems he solved them in a quirky way. So it’s fitting that even in…
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    Kidney disease is a silent disease. Being under the care of a GP that treated me for high blood pressure and suffering headaches, I sought the second opinion of another GP due to overwhelming fatigue and the need for more sleep. With blood, urine and blood…
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    I have been lucky enough to receive 2 kidney transplants from wonderful donors over the past 30 years. My first, when I was 18 years old, my 2nd at 40yrs. My 2nd was very hard to come by due to me matching with a very limited amount of the population. I spent nearly 8 years on…
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