This week, I tried something completely new.
21.09.2023 - 06:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A former professional rugby player who donated a kidney has revealed he's given the gift of life to three families - all strangers to him. But Joe Roe, 29, says that in his mind, he's saved the life of his older brother Sean, a father-of-two who desperately needed a new kidney.
The UK Living Kidney Sharing Scheme allows relatives or friends who wish to donate an organ to a loved one, but are unable to due to incompatibility, to donate into a national pool. Joe, from Stockport, put himself forward for the scheme in July,
Speaking during organ donation week, Joe said: "I couldn't bear seeing my brother suffer when I knew there was something I could do about it. The way I view it is, I was going to donate directly to Sean anyway, but through complications I wasn't an exact match, so it didn't matter to me that my kidney was going to a stranger.
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"In my head I've donated to my brother. The beautiful thing that I found out was that I actually helped three families from my one donation.
"I received an official card, after the operation and it explained how I'd helped. I'm not an emotional man, but I was in tears. I was in bits. I just thought three grown adults are living life because of my donation."
The brothers underwent their operations in rooms next door to each other at Manchester Royal Infirmary and are both now doing well. Sean, who has a 12-year-old daughter and a nine-year-old son, said: "What my brother has done for me is phenomenal. There was a sense that I didn't want to accept it, as you've
This week, I tried something completely new.
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