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justine h
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Postby justine h » Tue 15 Aug 2006 9:11 pm

hello and good evening to every body,
i had KC some years ago now had my 1st transplant way back in 1989, have had another 2 since then last one being in 2000,
any way so nice to see lots of joining in and supporting the KC self help group
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Postby Matthew_ » Tue 15 Aug 2006 9:58 pm

Welcome! :D
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Postby Prue B » Tue 15 Aug 2006 10:30 pm

Hello Justine

Welcome.

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Postby Andrew MacLean » Wed 16 Aug 2006 7:44 am

Welcome.

Is your condition now stable?

Andrew
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Postby GarethB » Wed 16 Aug 2006 11:34 am

Welcome Justine,

I hope your 1989 graft is fine.

Only room for one 1989 graft freak here :twisted:

Then again what happend to me, according to my statistician friend you are more likely to be struck by lightning or bitten by a shark!
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Alison Fisher
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Postby Alison Fisher » Wed 16 Aug 2006 3:59 pm

Hi Justine :D

Three grafts? Ouch. :(

Did you find much had changed in how they were done between 1989 and 2000?

Gareth - I take it you didn't see the report of a Great White in the Grand Union Canal at Loughborough then. :wink: :P
grafts in 1992 and 1996
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Postby GarethB » Wed 16 Aug 2006 5:31 pm

Alison,

Fortunatly I do not work at the Admin Site where the canteen backs on to the two path so completely unworried by prospect of a shark attack.

Infact looking forward to it, there a few senior people I would like to feed to the sharks :twisted:
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Postby Matthew_ » Wed 16 Aug 2006 8:40 pm

Gareth,
Have you developed a shark fetish? :lol:
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Postby justine h » Wed 16 Aug 2006 9:20 pm

thanks to you all for the kind welcome, my grafts are a very long story, will tell anyone who is interested, there was a big difference between my 1989 graft and my 2000 one, my first one 1989 i was in moorfields for just over a week, my 2002 graft i was in and and out within a day, but had to be readmitted 2 days after as the cornea and sank onto my iris and pupil, another long story, sight is actually ok i get by with glasses, i have a very funny perscription mind you, another long story
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shark fetish

Postby justine h » Wed 16 Aug 2006 9:21 pm

what is this about sharks??????
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