after the games

So i am back from the 2009 games and i saw my doctors and they have said i am doing great, now i am looking for a job. i miss all my transplant friends but have added most of them on facebook or talk to them over email or msn. can;t wait for sweden 2011. i am going to do squash and ten pin bowling at the 2011 games for something different and my other sports clashed with each other. so start training again.

the day of my flight

Today i had a gym appiontment and i am happy to say i have lost heaps around my waste i'm so happy, then i went to work for my last day, after work i packed my suit case i went on a 3ish week holiday to usa and didn't take as many clothes .. the bloody uniform takes up the most space. I have heard there is great shopping at the dfo in brissy so gonna hit that beofre we come back to wa...

2days to the wtg

Today was my last swimming training. last night was the last volley ball training before the games as well, after the game the team went out for dinner/drinks so i could say thank you for being on my team and helping me get ready for the games. i would like to thank ash, bec, kayley, sean and rosdi for making it light hearted and fun.. i think we were the only team that laughed at each other. we had fun and can't wait to do it again when i'm back from the games... so i'm just about to go to my arvo job which i am loving the people are really friendly and after 3 yrs of not working i'm not as tired as i would think i would be after training in the morning then working in the arvo. so when i'm back from the games i will be looking for a job. My canadian friend bree got her double lung tx on the 9th of this month after waiting 15mths i think it was, i got her phone number and all the other number to call canada from australia and alice th double lung friend from south afirca and i are going to call bree when we catch up at the games in a few days time. talked to the manager of the wa team and he said there is 2000 people coming to the games and the australian team has hit 300 woo hoo go aussie. i am staying at the la grande hotle in broad beach the appartments look really nice... so tommorow i have off as i have appointments and need to get all my stuff together like pack n try a dress on for the gala ball. friday night i am having my sister over and if i ask really nicely i will get her to paint my nails green n gold. yes i am going all out with the aussieness... hehehe i love my country and am willing to show it loud n proud so i will be the one in green n gold n wearing the aussie flag all the time hehehe.

right after my tx

Okay so hi i am new to this. so a bit about me then. I was born with a congenital heart defect, hole in my heart, transpasition of the main arteries and paten ductes. I had a mustard op when i was 9 mths old. growing up i lived my life as "normal" kids did, i just got puffed faster than normal kids. In the end of september 2005 i was diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension, and was told i needed to have a heart and lungs transplant they put me on oxygen 24/7 and some medication. i was on the list for 6 mths then was taken off as i had improved. in September 07 i got pneumonia as i didn;t recover and was worse than when i was first diagnosed, they made me have all the test again to be put back on the list. was listed early feb 08 and then july 08 i received a heart and double lungs transplant in perth western australia. i am the 3rd person to have it done in wa as they only started doing heart&lung tx in 05. I had a tiny bit of regection 3 mths out and then my white blood cell thought they would play funny buggers and do a very low count i had a few needles of something that made my bones ache so bad i could not even lay down. one night i was standing awake at 4am apart from that i have been well. one year out of my tx and i have a casual job and i am training for the 17th World Transplant Games which are in the Gold Coast from the 22nd of august to the 30th. i am competing in ten pin bowling, beach volley ball, 50m breaststroke (which i have never been able to do in my life untill a few mnths ago) and ball throwing. So as all my family, friends and fellow lungies out there will know exercise was not something i could not do. so being able to particapate in the world transplant games for the australian team means everything to me. well being able to walk with out getting a head spin or breathless means everything. and i can never thank my doner enough for what they did. so this is the story of the begining of my second chance life.

This is me trying on my uniform for the world transplant games being held in the gold coast this from 22nd - 30th august 2009. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI.