A liver transplant 10 years on

some people might wonder why I always add a mention of donor cards in my videos. Here is the reason why.
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[clemtorres]

I injoyd your vedo, i also had a liver transplant a little over a year ago at the age of 40 i always injoyd life but and now i evan injoy it more espesly with my four children.

[yellowlabrador]

yes it's great to have a second chance, go ahead and make the most of it. Chris

[zizizzi]

Great video!!! Nice to see Chris living life to the fullest... We can all learn from his example.

I have a question... You said sadly all the rabbits had ???? What did they have?

Does it mean that you can't eat them?

How did they get it?

[yellowlabrador]

Myxomatosis, is a deadly disease that kills rabbits. It destroys their organs and they become blind and finally die. Often farmers deliberately spread this illness to exterminate rabbits and cause an epidemic. We shoot for the pot and are nature lovers. Rabbits are an important part of the foodchain, with foxes, stouts etc depending on them. THere are more humane ways of controlling them, we for instance never kill a lactating doe.

[yellowlabrador]

I'm not sure if they would do a human harm to eat, they look so pitifull though, with their swollen eyes and their organs are badly affected, their livers are very swollen. Spreading myxomatosis is a practice started in Australia at the time of a rabbit plague, that is why they built the rabbit proof fence across the country.

[dougm1971]

i really enjoyed that...

great to see the man in good health years later...and, isn't he a good shot...

mollys a lovely looking dog too..

has he got his own youtube account??

you see, this is one side of youtube that makes it really great..

[yellowlabrador]

He goes under the name of roadrocket, type in dunmanway and some of his vids will come up. He's out shooting this afternoon with Molly, getting xmas dinner I hope...we small tubers must stick together, he also watches all your videos. How's your dog?

[eyesonamee]

omg that horse is trained soooo well! was that your ridin instructor? she is a dish.

How many lessons did you have to ride so well? you have a great life doin all those things. you are so lucky to be making the most of things - you are an inspiration.

[TruthSurge]

interesting vid. I always wonder if we'll ever have our own dup organs on hold if we need 'em. It you could replicate the process that differentiates the organs during the fetal stage... maybe even do it as needed. Prob would take a few months or a year tho.

[christiancat83]

Nice thoughtful video, thank you !

[AncientAtheist]

That's a great story about Chris! Glad he is 10 years on and enjoying life so fully.

Tell him to be careful though. He's riding his bike on the wrong side of the road! Very dangerous! :D

[mrarches]

Dont know about god making this happen but a nice story.

[auruax777]

Inspiring video. Wishing you many many more years of health!! Denis.

[horsepower40]

To my friend Roadrocket. I hope to share many more years living life to the full with you mate. You are a inspiration to everyone. Good luck.

[roadrocket]

Let's let everyone know so that anyone who has to make that sad choice of donating relatives' organs, will know how successful and rewarding their sacrifice has been. Chris

[roadrocket]

Here in Ireland the contact person for donor families and donor recipients is the transplant coordination team. I personally,, have for the past 11 years sent a thank you card to my donor family via the coordinator. Are you on much medication? I hope one day to be able to give up the prograf and imuran. So man new discoveries are made all the time.

[CaeRae]

Congratulations To You I Myself Have Had Mine For 22 Years, So Far So Good As Far As My Liver Goes! I Hope For You May Blessed Years Ahead.