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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Doing the rounds this week is a very interesting article, and one which I want to bring to your attention…and it is all about fatty liver disease. Many Australians are now overweight, and a lesser known complication of obesity is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It is affecting about one in three Australians….one in three! The […]
Today, we headed back to the hospital where my husband had his transplant for a social reason…to attend the Liver Transplant Unit’s Christmas Breakup. This is one Christmas event that I really enjoy and I can’t believe that this is actually our fourth one…it seems only a short time ago we were attending our first […]
Funny how an experience can lead to new opportunities…and doing something you never thought you would…or could…do. I was never keen on speaking in front of people…I grew up watching close family members excel at public speaking. It seemed effortless and I felt there was no way I could do it too. But after my […]
Today is the inaugural DonateLife Thank You Day…a national day to acknowledge organ and tissue donors and families that agreed to donation. We know first hand just how amazing and life changing organ donation is…my husband received a donor liver approx 1240 days ago…that’s 1240 extra days that he would not have had if he […]