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    1995 will forever remain as the most important year of my life. Whilst it was also the last time my beloved Carlton held the AFL Premiership Cup, it was that year,  I was able to afford my wife the greatest gift of all – a new kidney. From an unfairly tender age, my wife Sue suffered… Sue
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    T' is for thank you, time, treatment, transplant and trams ... trams? Forget Freud, I'm thinking Stevie Wonder, rhythm and lyrics to Higher Ground. I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then ... gonna keep on tryin' ... 'til I reach my highest ground. Skirting along Hobart's silvery… T is for
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    I was 28 years old and lived a spontaneous outgoing lifestyle. I worked hard and enjoyed socialising. I was soon diagnosed with kidney failure due to an unfortunate case of extreme food poisoning. After feeling unwell over a few days, I visited my GP and was prescribed blood pressure… Heart Image
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    Parliamentarians were out in numbers as the Federal Minister responsible for the Organ and Tissue Authority, Mark Coulton, launched the 15th annual Gift of Life’s DonateLife Walk, a community activity to promote organ and tissue donation and… Parliamentarians were out in numbers as the Federal…
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    At age 7 our little girl Tessa has dealt with a lot. She has a mummy with Leukaemia, has undergone spinal procedures, had a broken leg and received a kidney transplant. Tessa’s health deteriorated sometime around Easter. She had become tired, weak and had a lack of appetite. We put it down to… Tessa
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    When I was 23 years old I went to get a new pair of glasses. I was planning on a trip to see family and wanted to check my glasses were OK because it was a long drive. I fully expected to go in, have my test, pick out a pretty new pair of glasses and a week later go back and collect them… Tara
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    I am about to celebrate six months since my kidney transplant. I have Type 1 diabetes and found out a week before my birthday in 1963. Back then they didn't have the technologies they have today. I hated doing three urine tests a day. My mum weighing all my food and for a treat I was… Heart Image
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    Blissfully in love with my husband, we were planning to start a family 12 months after we were married. I was born with several disabilities and so we decided to have genetic counselling to find out if the baby would inherit my disabilities. After several appointments with the doctors I was given… Louise
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    My dad was diagnosed with hereditary kidney disease when I was two years old. He was very sick my whole life. He was on dialysis and often rushed to hospital in the middle of the night. He eventually had to resign from work and we were struggling financially. My pop (Dad's dad) who was in his 70'… Heart Image
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