Doctors told me I probably wouldn’t make it to my 30th birthday, but I’ve got a very stubborn streak and wanted to live my best life while I could.
That surgery was the best thing I’ve ever done because it gave me back my life. Six months after the transplant, I was skiing on Mt Ruapehu and nine months after that, climbing Nelson’s mountains."
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Have you talked about organ donation with your loved ones?
“I never lose sight of the fact that behind every donation there’s a fellow human who ticked ‘organ donor’ on their driver’s licence and discussed their wishes with family.”
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