How do you tell people something you've kept hidden?

[Hilary B]

I'll be thinking of you, at least a few times during the day!

[Newbie]

Best wishes to you & your brother for tomorrow. xx

[JanieB]

I've only just caught up with this thread . I can relate to this as my uncle (by marriage) died of kidney failure. If you google "Roland Cox" he comes up first.

In those days he was refused dialysis as he was regarded as being too old. His colleagues built a dialysis machine specifically for him but he was still refused treatment. He died waiting for a suitable donor, leaving a wife and two children under 5.

I was a close match but as I was pregnant and I was only 20, I was not allowed to donate. Had he lived a few more weeks I would have gladly given him one of my kidneys.

I'm so glad that things have moved on in the last 40 years and wish Ollie and his brother speedy recoveries.