Having an operation - Real stories about organ transplants
- Overview
- Meeting with a specialist
- Preparing for surgery
- The day of the operation
- What happens after surgery
- Getting back to normal after an operation
- Aortic valve replacement - Mike's story
- Heart bypass - Alec's story
- Hip operation - Norman's story
- Knee operation - Janet's story
- Real stories about organ transplants
- Carotid artery - Joseph's story
Watch a video of Sarah talk about her experience of having a bone marrow transplant or view other real stories of organ transplants below.
- Liver transplant - Lorna's story. Lorna had a liver transplant in 2009. In this video, she shares her experience of having to wait for the right donor.
- Double lung transplant - Jon's story. Jon was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a baby and put on a lung transplant list aged 11. Find out about life before, during and after his transplant.
- Kidney transplant - Tony's story. Tony talks about his recovery from a kidney transplant and his goal of climbing Mount Everest.
- Double transplant - Ivy's story. Find out how a double kidney and pancreas transplant has transformed former diabetic Ivy's life.
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