Living Transplant
60 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago -Living Transplant goes behind the scenes to bring you stories from the world of transplant that you've never heard before. Join living kidney transplant recipient and UHN Centre for Living Organ Donation Coordinator, Candice Coghlan, and her guests - transplant recipients, living donors, caregivers, frontline clinicians, researchers, innovators and transplant pioneers - every second Thursday.
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A Piece of Me in Heaven
April 04, 2024 09:40 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBWELCOME TO SEASON 5! In this episode, host Candice Coghlan was joined by Vanessa Tait, a Cree woman from O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation who put her heart and soul into supporting her father, Kenneth, through his kidney health journey. She uprooted their lives to move from her father's home community of O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, over 700km north of Winnipeg, to the city to access dialysis, as there were no hemodialysis machines and no capacity to do home dialysis, with the lack of access to...
Grateful for the Little Things
October 12, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MBIn this episode, host, Candice, is joined by Melissa Sidhu who works in healthcare, is a passionate volunteer and living liver donor to her brother over 10 years ago. We spoke about her journey as a donor, relationships with loved ones, how to find tiny moments of joy and gratitude throughout this episode. You will also hear clips from members of the transplant community sharing their gratitude. The views and opinions expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect the official poli...
I Choose Life
September 28, 2023 16:03 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBIn this episode, host Candice Coghlan sat down with Afsana Lallani, a cat lover and nursing graduate who made a public social appeal to find a living liver donor to save her life. They talk about being young and living with a chronic illness, facing death and how a supportive community can make all the difference. They are later joined by Dilshad Lallani, Afsana’s mother, caregiver and a pediatric nurse practitioner. She speaks about the family journey in supporting someone on the transplant...
Pressure for Change
September 14, 2023 09:00 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBIn this episode, we're celebrating Living Donation Week. Host, Candice was joined by Sylvie Charbonneau, past president of the Kidney Foundation of Canada, advocate, change maker, and living kidney donor to her son. We were also joined by Dr. Joseph Kim, Director of the Kidney Transplant Program at the Ajmera Transplant Center. We discussed barriers and changes that need to be made to increase access to organ donation as a whole across Canada and how we can support others to receive and give...
Ajmera Transplant Centre's 2nd Annual Education & Research Conference
August 31, 2023 17:07 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBIn this episode, host Candice, takes you behind the scenes of the Ajmera Transplant Centre's 2nd Annual Education and Research Conference, to hear about incredible science, clinical, and research aspects of transplantation. Hear from the following: Samrat Ray: Expanding the transplant pancreas donor, using an ex vivo perfusion model. Adriana Roberta: Determining the impact of certain mismatches, which are located in the DQ Loco and the development of chronic rejection. Javier Solera: T...
I've done this before, I can do it again.
August 17, 2023 13:04 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBIn this episode, host Candice Coghlan was joined by Justin Poy, a father, entrepreneur, and businessman who has lived with multiple types of renal replacement therapy since the age of 10, including three kidney transplants, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, as well as home dialysis. Justin spoke about mental health, resiliency, parenting with a chronic illness, and how to appreciate each day. Later we were joined by Dr. Samantha Anthony, the first person to hold the title of Health Clinicia...
Playing with New Lungs
August 03, 2023 14:35 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBIn this episode, host Candice Coghlan sat down with Tara Lisabeth, who received not one, but two double lung transplants at a young age. She spoke about life with cystic fibrosis, what it felt like to take deep breaths and how transplant gave her the opportunity to walk down the aisle and get married. Later we were joined by Dr. Marcelo Cypel, the Surgical Director for the Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN and UHN ECLS Program, among many other accolades, who also performed Tara's first double...
Completely Insulin Free
July 20, 2023 09:30 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBIn this episode host, Candice Coghlan sat down with Craig Lindsay, the Senior Manager of Programs and Public Policy for the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Ontario Branch. Craig not only works tirelessly supporting this community, but he's also part of it, having lived with diabetes, which eventually caused his kidneys to fail. Craig did home dialysis for many years before receiving a kidney/pancreas transplant, curing his diabetes. Later, we were joined by Dr. Trevor Reichman, Surgical Directo...
I've Learned to Walk 3x in My Life
July 07, 2023 20:19 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBIn this episode, host Candice Coghlan sat down with Shilpa Raju, an epidemiologist who finished her degree while battling cancer. She survived the cancer, however unfortunately the side effects from her treatment caused severe lung damage, resulting in her need for a double lung transplant. Shilpa spoke about being a young person battling illness and trying to keep a sense of normalcy and positivity through her day to day. Later, we were joined by Dr Mamatha Bhat, a staff hepatologist and cl...
Waiting for the Science to Catch Up
June 22, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by Darryl Wallis, who was diagnosed with Hollow Visceral Myopathy at age one. He grew up in and out of hospitals and unable to eat, but about 16 years ago, he received a multi-organ transplant including a liver, bowel, stomach and pancreas, which gave him his life back. He was able to have a family and become a pharmacist and a few years ago, Darryl's son was diagnosed with the same disease. He also received a multi-organ transplant by the same surgeon, Dr. Ana...
The Rest of Your Sight Life
June 08, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by Amber Needham and her living eye stem cell donor, Kathy O'Toole. They discuss how Amber lost her eyesight twice from unique situations. Amber, Kathy and Candice talk about their remarkable journey as Amber went from 2020 vision to blindness and how she was given a second chance with sight when Kathy donated stem cells from her eye. They are later joined by Amber's ophthalmologist, Dr. Clara Chan, who talks about fascinating innovation in science with stem ce...
I Got My Voice Back
May 25, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by Ivica, an opera singer who loves baking, teaching others, and above all else, his family. Ivica discusses his journey with kidney failure and how his brother stepped forward to be his donor, giving him back the strength to sing beautifully. Later we're joined by Margot Mitchell, a retired social worker who worked at UHN for over 20 years. She speaks of the importance of good mental health and how we can all move through grief to gratitude. To listen to mo...
The Queen of My Heart Function
May 11, 2023 09:30 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by Charles Cook, an incredibly brave and vibrant person who is a heart and kidney transplant recipient. After far too many close cases with death, Charles has implemented the life motto of ‘keep bangin’. Charles and Candice are later joined by the one of a kind cardiologist, Dr. Heather Ross who is highly decorated with awards like Canadian Geographic’s top 100 Explorers and the Order of Canada. She talks about football, her childhood, Testing Your Limits and w...
BONUS: Great Actions Leave a Mark - Paul
April 27, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBIn September, 2022, we launched Great Actions Leave a Mark, a national, multi-year public awareness campaign about living organ donation and transplantation. It has images and videos of living kidney and liver donors and recipients from across Canada. This week you will hear another story from a great actions model about their journey with living organ donation. In this episode, host Candice was joined by Paul. Paul’s partner was diagnosed with kidney failure and told him about the three p...
BONUS: Great Actions Leave a Mark - Ian
April 13, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBIn September 2022, we launched Great Actions Leave a Mark, a national, multi-year public awareness campaign about living organ donation and transplantation. It has images and videos of living kidney and liver donors and recipients across Canada. In this episode, Host Candice is joined by Ian Goodall-George, who self proclaimed himself as the poster child for boring, but is anything but that. Ian is an anonymous, non directed kidney donor, meaning he stepped forward to donate a kidney to a...
BONUS: Great Actions Leave a Mark - Ashley
March 30, 2023 09:30 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBIn September 2022, we launched Great Actions Leave a Mark, a national, multi-year public awareness campaign about living organ donation and transplantation. It has images and videos of living kidney and liver donors and recipients across Canada. In this episode, Host Candice is joined by Ashley, a world traveller and horseback rider who donated a kidney to a stranger through the Kidney Paired Donation program. The views and opinions expressed in this interview do not necessarily refle...
BONUS: Great Actions Leave a Mark - Craig
March 16, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBIn September, 2022, we launched Great Actions Leave A Mark, a national, multi-year public awareness campaign about living organ donation and transplantation. It has images and videos of living kidney and liver donors and recipients across Canada. In the coming weeks, you'll hear stories from great actions models about their journey with living organ donation. In this episode, Host Candice interviewed Craig Settee, a family man and marathon runner who donated a kidney to his brother just o...
BONUS: Great Actions Leave a Mark - Jaime
March 02, 2023 13:49 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBBonus Episode: Great Actions Leave a Mark - Jaime In September, 2022, we launched Great Actions Leave A Mark, a national, multi-year public awareness campaign about living organ donation and transplantation. It has images and videos of living kidney and liver donors and recipients across Canada. In the coming weeks, you'll hear stories from Great Actions models about their journey with living organ donation. In this episode, host Candice is joined by Jaime Watt, whose partner donated ...
BONUS EPISODE: Remember This Living Donation - Len
February 16, 2023 11:00 - 7 minutes - 7.28 MBBonus Episode: Remember This Living Donation - Len During Living Donation Week 2021, we partnered with the podcast, Remember This, with host Amanda Cupido to highlight first person living organ donation stories submitted through an online app. In this episode, Len shares his story as a double anonymous, non-directed living donor, which means he donated a portion of his liver to a stranger, then he donated a kidney to a stranger! The views and opinions expressed in this interview do not n...
BONUS EPISODE: Remember This Living Donation - Glenna
February 02, 2023 14:51 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBBonus Episode: Remember This- Glenna During Living Donation Week 2021, we partnered with the podcast, Remember This, with host Amanda Cupido to highlight first person living organ donation stories submitted through an online app. In this episode, Glenna shares her journey as a non-directed, living anonymous donor, meaning she donated 62% of her liver to a stranger! Enjoy! The views and opinions expressed in this interview do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Toro...
BONUS EPISODE: Remember This Living Donation - Katie
January 19, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBDuring Living Donation Week 2021, we partnered with the podcast, Remember This, hosted by Amanda Cupido to highlight first person living organ donation stories submitted through an online app. In this episode, Katie shares her journey as a living liver donor to her husband Simon and its impact on their family. Enjoy! To submit your story, please reach out to us at [email protected] For more information about Living Liver Donation visit https://www.uhn.ca/Transplant/Living_Donor_...
BONUS EPISODE: Remember This Living Donation - Palma
January 05, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBBonus Episode: Remember This- Palma During Living Donation Week 2021, we partnered with the podcast, Remember This, with host Amanda Cupido to highlight first person living organ donation stories submitted through an online app. In this episode, Palma shares her journey as a living liver donor to her cousin Jess. Enjoy! The views and opinions expressed in this interview do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Toronto General Hospital or the University Health Network....
Cancer Muggles & James Bond
December 22, 2022 21:42 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by Natalie Theron, a liver transplant recipient who was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer the day before she gave birth to her daughter. After an incredible journey with cancer trials, chemotherapy, a HAIP pump and hospital stays, Natalie’s husband became her liver donor, effectively curing her liver cancer. Candice and Natalie speak about rollercoasters, motherhood, bravery and cancer muggles. Candice and Natalie are joined by her liver transplant surgeon...
Team Delfina
December 09, 2022 00:24 - 1 hour - 96.7 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by Team Delfina: Betsy Amores, Peter Budziak and their two amazing children, liver transplant recipient Delfina, and big brother Matthew. Peter and Betsy talk about their family’s journey with Delfina, who was diagnosed with biliary atresia, and later needed a living liver transplant to save her life. After a large media campaign and a surgery on her liver, mom Betsy became Delfina’s living liver donor. They speak about the impact it has had on their family, ho...
Ordinary People Can Do Extraordinary Things
November 24, 2022 22:59 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Ioanna Roumeliotis, a kidney donor to her brother who lives with Polycystic Kidney Disease. They discuss the process of donating, the ups and downs and how ordinary people can do extraordinary things, like saving a life by donating a kidney or liver. Candice and Ioanna are joined by Dr. Sunita Singh, Medical Director of the Living Kidney Donation Program at UHN. She describes the importance of donor safety, the process of becoming a living donor ...
A Whole Family Journey
November 10, 2022 16:09 - 1 hour - 106 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Maria Acero. They discuss Maria’s journey as a caregiver to her husband Luis, who was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis at the age of 15, and at the age of 47, was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma. In 2019, Luis underwent two liver transplants within nine days, saving his life, but leaving him and his family with a difficult recovery journey, spending over 42 days at Toronto General. Candice and Maria are joined by Dr. Margaret Herridge,...
Behind the Scenes at the Banff CST Conference
October 27, 2022 14:12 - 1 hour - 79 MBThis is a special episode of Behind the Scenes at the Banff CST Conference. The conference connects members of the Canadian Society of Transplantation with cutting edge science and leading clinical practices that can be used to advance the practice and science of transplantation in Canada. Host Candice Coghlan is joined by members who presented at the conference. You will hear from Dr. Marcello Cypel about universal blood types, Ghazaleh Ahmadzadeh about the relationship between African, C...
There isn’t a heart sitting on a shelf waiting.
October 13, 2022 14:08 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Michelle Rambarran. They discuss Michelle’s journey as a new mom, learning she had spontaneous coronary artery dissection and what it was like to have a heart transplant, fearing that she may not see her son’s first birthday. Michelle had twelve amazing years with her heart, but needed a second heart transplant at the height of COVID. They discuss how to appreciate the little joys in life, moon face and how having a good support team can make the...
The best example of showing what to do, is to do it yourself.
September 29, 2022 13:56 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Chris Smith. Chris discusses how he became involved as an organ donation advocate through meeting his partner after she donated a portion of her liver to her father. Candice and Chris are joined by Dr. Markus Selzner, the Surgical Director of the Ajmera Liver Transplant Program at the University of Toronto and Co-Director of the Toronto Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellowship. Chris and Candice speak to him about the incredible process of donating ...
We need more advocates!
September 29, 2022 13:56 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Chris Smith. Chris discusses how he became involved as an organ donation advocate through meeting his partner after she donated a portion of her liver to her father. Candice and Chris are joined by Dr. Markus Selzner, the Surgical Director of the Ajmera Liver Transplant Program at the University of Toronto and Co-Director of the Toronto Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellowship. Chris and Candice speak to him about the incredible process of donating ...
Two Bellybuttons and the End of the Wait List
September 15, 2022 15:40 - 1 hour - 85.6 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest hosts Joanne Kearney and Brendan Cahill, co-founders of the Centre for Living Organ Donation to tell their story of how Brendan became a kidney donor to Joanne through the Paired Exchange Program and how they used math to support their decisions and later pivoted to channel their passion and experience to help others. Later they are joined by Dr. Atul Humar, Director of the Ajmera Transplant Centre as they discuss innovations in transplant, policy ch...
Listen More and Talk Less
September 01, 2022 16:30 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Mary Beaucage. As a follow up to the episode Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Mary discusses her kidney transplant from her cousin, barriers to transplant and her extensive advocacy work. Candice and Mary are joined by Dr. Istvan Mucsi, a clinical investigator and transplant nephrologist at the Multi Organ Transplant Program and Division of Nephrology at UHN. They talk about Dr. Mucsi’s work in research about inequities in transplant, how research fin...
If you’re going through hell, keep going
August 18, 2022 15:09 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Alley Adams who lived with type 1 diabetes for over 30 years, and after three calls, received a kidney pancreas transplant on her fourth. They speak about what it is like to be diagnosed with a chronic illness at a young age, how that impacts your outlook on life, and how to find a living donor. Alley and Candice are joined by Andrea Norgate, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Coordinator at University Health Network and non-directed, altruistic kidn...
I have parts from everybody
August 04, 2022 15:03 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by Guest Host, Sara Murray, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at just months old. She brings us through her brave journey of what life was like as a child and young adult with cystic fibrosis and what it was like to receive “the call” for her lung transplant. Sara also discusses her journey in wanting to become a mother, and how her sister stepped forward to be her surrogate. Several years later Sara’s kidneys began to fail, and the same sister stepped for...
One Step Closer to Freedom
July 21, 2022 13:21 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBToday’s episode contains material that might be difficult to hear. Discretion is advised. Host Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Tamara Hartley- Harris who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at a young age. Tamara’s journey is one that is filled with hardship, strength and love. She discusses living with diabetes, having a life-threatening health episode that sent her into a coma which turned her and her family’s life upside down, how she managed dialysis and eventually the call for...
Yes, You Can Have a Family
July 07, 2022 13:59 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Kate Chong, who received a kidney transplant from her husband. Kate and her husband have a two year old daughter, and she is pregnant, excitedly awaiting the birth of her son. Candice and Kate discuss their journeys in family planning, being pregnant, and the joys of motherhood while living with chronic kidney disease. They are joined by Candice’s obstetrical nephrologist, Dr. Anna Mathew, an Associate Professor of Medicine at McMaster University...
Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Kidney Transplant
September 07, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBHosts Courtney and Brittany sit down with Indigenous storyteller and kidney transplant recipient, Mary Beaucage for an authentic look at the kidney transplant experience. From her crash start into kidney failure to new experiences of community to advocating for patient oriented research, Mary holds nothing back. Read more about Mary’s transplant patient advocacy here.
Heal in Colour: Black and Brown Bandages
August 09, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBCourtney and Brittany sit down with Tianna McFarlane, the founder of Heal in Colour, for something a little different but absolutely necessary. Launched earlier this year, Heal in Colour is revolutionizing the way people shop for bandages by creating a world where black and brown bandages are part of the norm. Find out how Tianna broke into bandage world and how Heal in Colour has brought Canada closer to true representation at home and in the healthcare world. For more about Heal in Colour ...
My Strange Addiction: Transplant
July 26, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBPost-liver transplant coordinator, Shauna Watson and post-lung transplant coordinator, Pauline Harney join Courtney and Brittany to discuss their roads into the world of transplant, the day-to-day life of a coordinator, and how they stay organized with literally hundreds of patients. Shauna and Pauline talk about the joy of seeing patients thrive and the wins that keep them addicted to the world of transplant. Also in this episode: what coordinators miss (and don’t miss) about working on the...
Pain Management and Transplant
July 12, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 57.9 MBCourtney and Brittany are joined by Dr. Hance Clarke, Director of Pain Services and Medical Director of the Pain Research Unit at Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Clarke walks our hosts through his journey to pain medicine, the difference between acute pain services and transitional pain services, and the interaction between CBD, THC, and anti-rejection medications. Also in this episode: how to pick out the anesthesiologist in the room, misconceptions about opioids, and Dr. Clarke’s favourite n...
A Heart Away From Home (part 2)
June 28, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBIn the second and final part of A Heart Away From Home, guest Heather Lannon explains how she landed on her PhD research question: how is home connected to the transplant journey? After promising Jamie she would do her PhD, Heather talks about what it was like to jump into her research just two months after his passing (she blames “widow brain”), the pros and cons of combining the personal and the academic, and how she became a participant in her own research study. Part two of this intervie...
Heart Away From Home (part 1)
June 14, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBWe’re back to hearts this week with Heather Lannon, Outreach Coordinator for the Centre for Living Organ Donation, PhD candidate and caregiver. Heather recounts her transplant experience which began when her and her husband Jamie relocated from St. John’s Newfoundland to Toronto in the hopes of receiving a new heart for Jamie. With an unbeatable sense of humour, Heather offers an in depth look at the caregiver experience. From honeymooning in Toronto General to welcoming an LVAD into the fam...
In Conversation with Transplant Leaders (LIVE)
May 31, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 72.8 MBIn this special episode of Living Transplant, Courtney and Brittany host Explore a Career in Transplantation, part two of the Ajmera Transplant Centre’s Virtual Open House (May 19, 2021). Dr. Kathryn Tinckam, UHN’s Physician-in-Chief, Dr. Blayne Sayed, Liver Transplant Surgeon, Dr. Cynthia Tsien, Transplant Hepatologist and Education Director, and Joanne Zee, Senior Clinical Director of the Ajmera Transplant Centre, answer audience questions including what led them to the field of transplant...
Heart to heart with Mali Worme and Vino Ramachandran
May 10, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBIn Living Transplant’s first heart-focused episode, Courtney and Brittany sit down with heart function (not “failure”!) fellow, Mali Worme, and heart transplant recipient, Vino Ramachandran. Diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy 10 years ago, Vino walks us through what it was like to go from a “fairly normal life” to watching his health “fall off a cliff.” As Vino recalls some of the more challenging moments of his journey, including his wife being 8 months pregnant with their first child at...
The Fight to End PKD
April 26, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 44.9 MBJeff Robertson, founder of the PKD Foundation of Canada, joins Courtney and Brittany to talk all things polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Raised by a mother with PKD and a father juggling the roles of husband, caregiver and parent, Jeff learned firsthand what it means to live with chronic disease, as well as the life-altering power of transplant. With frank authenticity, Jeff talks about the ebbs and flows of fear that come with a hereditary disease in the family, why he started the PKD Found...
Sex, Drugs, and Anti-Rejection: the Complex World of Transplant Pharmacy
April 12, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBTransplant pharmacist, Dipika Munyal guides Courtney and Brittany through the complex world of anti-rejection and immunosuppression (are these….the same thing? It’s like I learned nothing). From libido to infection to the effects grapefruit has on medications, Dipika explains the reasoning behind medications for transplant recipients, common side effects, and why it’s not all bad. Also in this episode: the golden rule of anti-rejection meds, taxes and drug coverage, and the future of transpl...
Let the Sunshine In: The Legacy of Logan Boulet
March 22, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBIn this episode, Courtney and Brittany are joined by Toby and Bernadine “Bernie” Boulet, the parents of Logan Boulet. In 2018 Logan became an organ donor after he was injured in the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Logan inspired hundreds of thousands of Canadians to register as organ donors, resulting in an unprecedented increase in donor registration, a movement that came to be known as the Logan Boulet Effect. Toby and Bernie share their story with our hosts, discussing how Logan arrive...
"This is it... I actually need a transplant"
March 08, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBDiagnosed with lupus in her early twenties, Jennen Johnson’s road to transplant was a windy one. With humour and authenticity, Jennen dives into the details of her story exploring her denial and eventual acceptance of kidney failure. From explaining transplant to her 12-year-old daughter, to searching for a living kidney donor, to intimacy pre- and post-transplant, Jennen's story is an excellent reminder that everything happens for a reason. Also in this episode: the joy of peeing with your ...
The Glass is Half Full
February 22, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBCourtney and Brittany are joined by kidney transplant recipient and philanthropist, Salah Bachir, his husband, Jacob Yerex, and UHN’s Physician in Chief, Dr. Ed Cole. They discuss Salah's seven years on dialysis prior to transplant, the inspiration for the Bachir Yerex Family Dialysis Centre, and what Dr. Cole sees for the future of kidney transplantation and dialysis. Also in this episode, a brainstorming session about the concept of an anonymous donor line, Courtney and Brittany love ast...
Good Nerdy Fun
February 08, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBCourtney and Brittany sit down with living liver donor, Melissa Sidhu to talk research ethics, biliary atresia, and the privilege of good health. With honesty and humour, Melissa talks about her brother’s reluctance to accept her as a donor, her fear of post-donation depression, and the challenges of having a mother who knows too much about surgery. Warning: This episode contains excessive laughter. This episode is dedicated to Dr. Gary Levy, whose tireless efforts have saved countless ...