For many people, getting a year older is not a reason for celebration, but in our house, it is another wonderful milestone passed. Today is my husband’s birthday…on this day three years ago, he was going downhill fast, and his doctors and I were getting very worried. Little did I know that just two weeks […]
Each year, DonateLife holds remembrance services across Australia, and yesterday was the Melbourne service. It is a special event that has become very important to us…this is the third one we have attended. The remembrance service is one of the few times that people from all steps of the organ donation process gather together in […]
We woke this morning to read that our Federal Government has ordered an independent review of Australia’s organ donation system. They say that the $250 million investment has not led to the intended rise in transplant numbers. This has all sprung to life because the recent monthly figures show that there has been a fall […]
Today, my husband and I spoke at a nurses education course at the hospital where he had his liver transplant. We are part of a group of liver transplant recipients, and their partners, who regularly speak at events such as this…it is an honour to know these fabulous people who we wouldn’t have met if […]
With so many bad and heartbreaking stories being reported in the news, it was with great interest that I came across an article about a fantastic new development in liver transplantation that is happening right here in Melbourne! My regular readers will know that my husband had a liver transplant almost 3 years ago at […]
There has been so much negativity about wellness regimes and “alternative” diets lately, and it has highlighted the importance of making informed decisions when it comes to looking after your health. After much research, my husband and I now follow what is basically a Paleo diet which also means we avoid sugar…and it works really […]
So after my post yesterday about my blocked ear saga, I was hoping to be feeling alive and well today…but no such luck. A restless night with a very sore ear and feeling unwell meant an appointment with a doctor this morning. She found I now have an outer ear infection, and another non-related infection […]
Oh my goodness…I never knew that having a blocked ear, complete with throbbing pain, could be so debilitating! But let me start from the beginning…I have the unfortunate affliction of getting very itchy ears, and early last week, I made the mistake of scratching in my right ear…which quickly caused the ear canal to swell […]