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What is organ donation? :
What is organ donation?
Experiences of donor families :
Before going to hospital
At the hospital
Consenting to organ donation
Saying goodbye before organ donation surgery
Interacting with doctors and nurses in intensive care
The organ donation specialist nurse
The funeral
Coping with bereavement
Contact with the recipients
Support and where to find help
The inquest
Experiences of living donors :
Deciding to become a living donor
Assessment and tests
Having surgery
Recovery at home and follow up
Feelings after donating a kidney
Telling family, friends and other people
Work and finances
The recipient
Experiences of recipients :
Life before the transplant
Waiting on the list and the call for transplant
Having transplant surgery
Everyday life after the transplant
Health issues after the transplant
Contacting the donor family
Effects on family and friends
Views on organ donation :
Views on organ donation: donor families
Views on organ donation: living donors
Views on organ donation: recipients
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Recipients
Diana - Interview 03
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Diana had a heart and lung transplant in 2002, aged 46. She had a lot of sickness for about four months and felt depressed. She ...
Janice - Interview 05
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Janice received a kidney from her older brother in 1999, when she was 31. Both she and her brother are well. Since her transplant she ...
Holly - Interview 08
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Holly was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2005, aged 17. After 3½ years of waiting, she had a transplant in 2008 when she was 21. ...
Justine - Interview 11
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After ten years of illness, including chest pain and collapsed lungs, Justine was diagnosed with a rare lung condition, called LAM, aged 31. She had ...
Deepak - Interview 12
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Deepak had kidney disease from his early 30s and, later, had dialysis for two weeks. In 1995 he had a kidney transplant, aged 35. His ...
Sue - Interview 20
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Sue had her first liver transplant in 1995, aged 29. This rejected about ten years later. In 2006, she had a second liver transplant, aged ...
Malcolm - Interview 22
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Malcolm had two kidney transplants, in 1981 and 1988. The first donor was his mother; the second was a deceased donor. He had dialysis for ...
Helen - Interview 23
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Helen had cystic fibrosis since childhood, which got worse as she got older. She had a lung and liver transplant in 2006, aged 34, and ...
Cheryl - Interview 24
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Cheryl was born with transposition of the great vessels. In 1995, she had a heart and lung transplant, aged 36. She had severe depression a ...
Liz - Interview 27
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Liz had a kidney transplant in 1990, aged 19. The donor was her mother. Both she and Liz recovered well. Liz went on to have ...
Chris - Interview 29
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In 2008, Chris had a kidney transplant, aged 49. Complications meant that this kidney had to be removed. In 2009, he had a second transplant, ...
Linda - Interview 33
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Linda had diabetes since the age of 22 and had a kidney and pancreas transplant in 2004, aged 44. In 2009, she had blood cancer. ...
Hardev - Interview 39
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Hardev was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and faced the prospect of life on dialysis. He had a kidney transplant in 2008, aged 68. The ...
Jill - Interview 06
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Jill had a heart transplant in 1990, aged 49. She has been well for around twenty years. She exercises regularly and has taken part in ...
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