Over the past month, we have done quite a few speaking gigs…sharing my husband’s transplant story and talking about the importance of organ donation. One of my favourite parts is the question time…you just never know what questions the audience will come up with! So today, I thought I would share five questions/answers, just in […]
A few days ago, I got hit with a stomach bug…I will spare you the details but it was unpleasant…very unpleasant. I am on the mend although feel like I have been hit by a bus…figuratively speaking of course. Even though I was feeling so horrible, I knew I had to keep my fluid intake […]
I live in a body that talks too much…I mean it complains…a lot I should explain that I am not referring to voices in my head, or anything like that…it’s more like feelings…messages, if you will. I have nothing seriously wrong with me…least that I know of…but I do have a few conditions that can […]
One of the most surprising side effects of my husband having a liver transplant, is that we are have both discovered a passion for talking to others about our story and how important organ and tissue donation is. If you had told us four or so years ago that we would happily do speaking gigs, […]
It was with interest that we heard about the recent release of an independent review into the performance of the organ and tissue donation sector in Australia. We know only too well what it is like to be on the waiting list for a donor organ as my husband waited 14 long months before he […]
My life has changed so much health wise, even from just a couple of years ago…and it all seems mainly caused by a defective thyroid and it’s subsequent removal. One minute I was cruising along at high speed…so full of energy and ideas. Next minute, my body hit a brick wall and seemingly overnight turned […]
Just over a year ago, I bought a Fitbit Charge in the hope it would assist me in getting a little fitter… I wore it diligently every day…and night…and it became routine to check how much sleep I have had and how many steps/what distance I had done each day. Even my husband got into […]
Today, we got up extra early as it was clinic morning…my husband was booked in for his six monthly post liver transplant checkup. Although it was actually his seven month checkup as we both totally forgot about his appointment late last year…first time in about 8 or so years of attending clinic, pre and post, […]