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In The West Briton - 12 January 2012

The West Briton Newspaper called me a week before the first anniversary of my transplant asking if they could do a follow up of the story from the previous year.  Mum and I agreed as we are keen to spread the word about kidney disease.

Here is this article:


If you can not read the above, click HERE to read the article online!!

Frugi Organic Clothes where I work three days a week kindly bought me some gorgeous flowers for my anniversary and also blogged about the occasion, you can read their blog HERE!!

Comments

  1. Lisinopril9 October 2012 at 08:16

    My Aunty is in hospital and suffering Kidney and liver failure due to long term alcoholism. I know it's a disease initself but this is her last chance to get off the booze and save her life.

    She loves reading, so if ANYONE has a book recommendation (not about alcoholism) about someones journey through bad health, or "power of hope" or defeating even the hardest things in life....you know what I mean. I want to kind of SHOCK her or turn on a light bulb and make her believe that she can STILL turn this around.

    Thanks


    By:Lisinopril

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  2. Tracy Carroll30 October 2012 at 14:09

    Hi Lisinopril,

    So sorry to hear about your aunty. When I was going through difficult times I looked on the internet for blogs and found them to be inspiring which in turn made me look at the positives rather than the negatives.

    This is what encouraged me to write one too which helped me equally when I was feeling down.

    I hope your Aunty had the will power to overcome her struggles and come out stronger the other side.

    Thinking of you all.

    Tracy

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  3. Unknown15 June 2016 at 07:05

    Polycystic kidney disease
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