Julie Anthony – My Kidney Journey
After finding out I was in kidney failure 6 years ago I embarked on a quest to find out as much as possible about the kidneys, as I didn’t feel ill nor did I have any symptoms accompanied with kidney failure. I sought the opinion of many doctors all telling me...
Organ & Tissue Donation : A Fathers Perspective
Not many parents talk to their children about death. It’s even more tough having the conversation about your child’s potential death. Matthew and I have talked about the reality that he may not survive the transplant operation; given a second...
Brogan’s Story
My name is Brogan and I am 18. As a young child I was often sick. Whatever was going around I would catch it – endless ear infections and one dose of ’flu after the next. When I was five, I went through episodes of unexplained unconsciousness. I would be...
Carol’s Story
I am Carol Summerfield I was 21 years of age and in the prime years of my life when my kidney journey began in about May 1989. I noticed that my ankles started retaining water and I decided to go to my GP. He suspected Nephrotic Syndrome. I was sent for...
