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    The phone rang at 9.35 am to notify my wife Marilyn that a kidney had become available and that it had been allocated to her. It gave her the gift of life. Marilyn had been waiting for over five years for an organ to become available, along with other Australians who watch as the list… Heart Image
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    Words cannot describe how I felt when I regained consciousness after my double lung transplant surgery in 2009. As I looked at the nurse I realised: I had been saved with the 'gift of life.'I had deteriorated very quickly from the affects of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis… Marion
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    My dad was, and still is, my biggest inspiration. He was a single parent who raised his only daughter to be strong, adventurous, honest and hardworking - just like him.He travelled the world and never held back on adventure. When I was 15 we began our backpacking trips together, leaving the… Mark
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    Mark served his country, both here in Australia and on the battlefields of Iraq. It was only after seeing combat he received a diagnosis that could have been his death sentence: stage five kidney failure. Mark spent months on dialysis, but in 2022 received a second chance at life by way of a… Man wearing the Australian army uniform
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    It was the day of the surgery: a laparoscopic nephrectomy for me, Patti (then aged 55), and a kidney to be transplanted into my brother Mark, then aged 45. Mark had been on dialysis for 10 months as a result of high blood pressure. He had minimal energy, was in and out of hospital and was… Mark
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    My journey towards islet transplantation began over 35 years ago, after being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. After years of 5 insulin injections a day, my condition deteriorated and I began to experience hypoglycaemia unawareness.I lived and worked as a classroom teacher… Mary
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    Mathew was the oldest of Rusty and Helen’s three children – a beloved son, uncle, and huge sports fan. As a child, he was constantly engaged in whatever sport was in season. As Mathew grew up, health issues stopped him from playing. But he was a dedicated armchair observer of every game on… Man in a light blue button up shirt and jeans, sitting on a green box.
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    A rare diagnosis of Reis-Bücklers dystrophy saw Matilda grapple with her sight until she was declared legally blind as a young adult.     After three corneal transplants over the last 30 years, the gift of sight, and what it has brought to her life, is not lost on her.     … corneal recipient Matilda smiling at camera
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    Young Matilda knows what it’s like to itch so much that you make your own skin bleed. At around the age of 3, bile began building up under Matilda’s skin and make her incredibly itchy, she ended up with scabs from head to toe from all the scratching. It was all part of a rapid decline in… Matilda – liver recipient, NSW
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    It was in March that I went to see my GP regarding constant headaches over a 2-week period. Preliminary observations showed a very high blood pressure which had been left unchecked for a lengthy period of time. Blood and urine tests were also taken. Less than a few hours later my GP called to… Stephen
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