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At the back end of 2010 I was sat down and told by my consultant in no uncertain terms that without a double lung transplant I was going to die. I had approximately 12 months to live. Cystic Fibrosis had finally ravaged my lungs beyond repair.

I took two words away from that conversation and they were transplant and die. I knew that whatever this journey was going to look like and however hard it was going to be, I wasn't ready to just die. 

I was referred to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle and underwent a three day assessment and was subsequently listed on the UK's active transplant list. 

I remember being told that whilst been ill enough to need a transplant, I also had to be well enough to survive one. The trauma the body sustains during such an invasive procedure was compared to, by my surgeon, as being involved in a head on car crash at 70 MPH and surviving. 

From then on I knew I had to give 110% or nothing at all. That's when my physio team referred me to work with Matt McArdle. A physio/PT/generally nice chap (don't tell him I said the last bit though). He was given the arduous task of getting and keeping me fit enough to survive a transplant. He has agreed to do the GNR again with me this year.....

In August 2011 after two false calls I was lucky enough to receive my double lung transplant. It was full of complications, I was sedated and fully ventilated for 7 days after the surgery, my kidneys almost went into failure and my mum was told on numerous occasions that it could go either way. 

I left the Freeman hospital in the October 2011 - 12 weeks after my transplant. 

6 months after my transplant I completed the Manchester 10K

1 year after my transplant I completed the GNR. 

I have no words that could ever be enough, thank you will never be enough. 

The freeman hospital and my donor didn't just save my life, they gave me back my life. On that day in August I was handed an incomplete story and I have an obligation to finish it by being the very best version of me!

I intend to pass on this years medal to my donors family so that they know that 12 years on I'm still going strong, and I hope to raise as much money as possible so that the Freeman Hospital can continue to save the lives of everyday, average people just like me. I am literally "living the impossible dream"