Life Stories

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Be inspired by the personal accounts of the donor community

Across Australia, tens of thousands of lives have been touched by organ and tissue donation. This includes the lives of people who receive transplants and their families, as well as the families of those who donate.

Find out how you can share your donation story, too.

Nicole will be doing a Gift of Life Walk in Adelaide and has shared her heart transplant story

As a teenager I would faint sporadically and felt lightheaded, but doctors dismissed my symptoms due to being an active and anaemic...

Mar 20, 20232 min read

Ash Morgan

Three years ago, Ash was diagnosed with interstitial lung disease. A degenerative disease of the lungs with no cure. By the end of 2019...

Feb 1, 20211 min read

David's story - One day to live

Almost thirty years ago, I faced a sudden and unexpected crisis. I had enjoyed a very interesting and varied life during a career with...

Dec 18, 20202 min read

Susannah’s Transplant Story

Susannah has an auto-immune disease called Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis, which is a condition in which your immune system attacks your...

Dec 14, 20202 min read

Cath's story - The gift of sight

Catherine has keratoconus in both corneas and started losing her sight at 9 years of age. By 14 her only option for sight was a corneal...

Nov 23, 20201 min read

Justice Terry Connolly - a husband, father, son and, following his death, a tissue donor

Justice Terry Connolly died suddenly in the early morning of 25 September 2007 on Red Hill, having cycled to the top as part of his...

Sep 1, 20201 min read

John's story - A fight for survival

John Scott was first diagnosed with kidney failure when he was 27 years old. At the time, Doctors were unsure of the cause and prescribed...

Feb 26, 20202 min read

Mallie's story

These are the last photos Canberran Mallie Taylor has with her husband Matthew before he died. Matthew was denied a lung transplant on...

Feb 20, 20201 min read