Today, we headed out to the Sandown Racetrack for the Australian Transplant Games cycling events…thankfully the rain that was forecast didn’t eventuate, and the strong winds from yesterday subsided a little! In fact, Melbourne turned on a beautiful sunny day! As this was our first transplant games, we had no idea what to expect…..and discovered […]
The Australian Transplant Games have begun on a windy, hot Melbourne Sunday! We headed over to Albert Park bright and early this morning, ready for the Fun Run which was held around the lake. It was great to see some familiar faces today, with some fellow Austin liver transplant recipients and their families…plus one of […]
As part of the open celebrations for the Australian Transplant Games being held here in Melbourne, there was a public activation held today at Federation Square. We were all given orange t-shirts to wear, and it was like a third team had somehow become involved in the AFL Grand Final….there were Hawks supporters in brown […]
Melbourne is currently abuzz with excitement for the AFL Grand Final taking place this Saturday (27th Sept), but there is another important event which begins in this very city this weekend….the Australian Transplant Games! I wrote about the Games a few weeks ago…click here to read…and now the action is about to begin! The Australian […]
The countdown has begun…the Australian Transplant Games are being held right here in Melbourne from 26th September – 4th October! At the time of writing this, there are 442 registered participants who will compete in 21 sporting events….and my husband will be one of them! I still find it hard to believe that the man […]
It has been one of those weeks….we had some not brilliant news..my husband needs minor surgery to fix a hernia..normally not a big issue but there are a few potential higher risks due to him having had a liver transplant…plus we were told that our eldest furkid has a liver issue which could be life […]
Having a transplant does not mean everything is fixed, and you just get on with life….it is a never ending commitment, with regular checkups, maintenance and medication. Today was my husband’s regular three month check up at the Liver Transplant Unit…I have written about this before, but thought I would give an updated insight as […]
I have to make an admission….I don’t do the cooking in our household! But luckily, my husband does enjoy cooking….plus he also likes being in control of what we eat. Because since he had a liver transplant, and I had my own thyroid issues, he has been doing lots of research into what foods we […]