A Lisburn woman has opened up about her lifelong journey with chronic kidney disease, her transplant and how she's determined to help those coming behind her.
A Lisburn woman has opened up about her lifelong journey with chronic kidney disease, her transplant and how she's determined to help those coming behind her.
"She was shocked, she actually remembers standing in B&Q being on-call and hearing those results, it's just something that's always stuck with her even from all those years ago." Her family and extended family were all tested to see if they would be a match, but despite one match, her consultant advised waiting would be the best option to avoid further complications in later life."I actually got the call for my transplant on my 12th birthday," she revealed.
"Part of the way you can tell something is really wrong with children is they don't grow so I am quite short, I'm not even 4ft 10ins and I struggled with friendships because of it all because kids don't understand what's going on." Megan is in the middle of further education at Queen's University Belfast and says her passion is to try and use what she has experienced to help others like her.
"I think that's something people don't understand, a transplant is a form of treatment, it's not a cure," she added. "I came up with the idea of an event on World Kidney Day , called 'Are you kidney-ing me?', so a bit of a pun on it.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Question Time defended by BBC over backlash to hostile trans debateThe BBC has defended Question Time after transgender panelist India Willoughby faced open hostility from audience members while appearing on the show.
Read more »
Last posts show trans teen, 16, smiling before she was knifed to deathTHE tragic last social media posts of a teenager who was brutally stabbed to death show her smiling before she was killed in the “targeted attack”. Brianna Ghey, 16, was yesterday tragically found …
Read more »
Brianna Ghey 'was bullied for years for being trans' before she was killedJust days before she was killed Brianna posted a TikTok video revealing she had been 'excluded from school’ it has been claimed.
Read more »
Brianna Ghey: Trans teenager stabbed to death could have been targeted in 'hate crime', police sayDetectives investigating the fatal stabbing of Brianna Ghey have been given more time to question two teenage suspects arrested on suspicion of her murder and are exploring 'all lines of enquiry'
Read more »
Candlelit vigils held for trans teenager Brianna Ghey following fatal park stabbingCandlelit vigils are being held for stabbed teenager Brianna Ghey, with further events in tribute to the 16-year-old planned across the country.
Read more »