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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 4 people.His gift of organ donation was the ultimate way of helping people.He was a normal teenager… Mitchell
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    Terry was a decent family man, a fine lawyer and a respected politician. In 2007 when he died of heart failure while cycling at Red Hill. He was an ACT Supreme Court Judge. He didn't expect to die and had much to live for. His daughters Lara and Maddy turned 15 and 14 years old two and five days… Terry
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    Muffy lived her whole life in pain until a life-changing bone marrow transplant when in her 60s. She was also the recipient of a sight-saving corneal transplant at 70.Diagnosed with scoliosis at age 11, Muffy said the constant pain became a part of her life.‘The curvature appeared when I was… Muffy – bone marrow and corneal recipient, NSW
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    As a baby, there would have been endless sleepless nights for you. As a toddler, I would have kept you on your feet. As a teenager, no doubt I gave you many headaches. I thought you were too strict and over protective, I wanted to run away. The day I got diagnosed with my illness, the only… Mum
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