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Looking in the calendar this past week I really just noticed how quickly this year is flying by. I think that’s a grown-up thing, right? As a kid it feels like you wait sooo looong for everything but as an adult *poof* and another year is over.
And then I realised something else. A couple of days away marks the one year anniversary since I had my cornea transplant. And that is even more unbelievable than how quickly the flowers have been blooming this spring!. A whole year since I received the ultimate gift: a cornea from an anonymous donor. ONE YEAR!
I talked about the subject of organ and tissue donation a while back here. I wondered whether any of you out there who might be needing a transplant of some sort just needed to hear that someone else has gone through such surgery and come out stronger on the other side.
Given that my own anniversary of being a recipient is coming up, I thought it might be interesting to share with you a bit more about my personal experience (skipping the more graphic details, I promise 😉).
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