Carly-Jay Metcalfe: On dying, living, and learning to breathe | ABC Conversations Podcast
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Published 2024-05-10
As she grew up, many friends on her hospital wards would die from the disease. But then she was offered a chance at a different life.
At the age of 21, she was given a new set of lungs, in a transplant which came at the very last moment.
Her doctors told her it could grant her up to 5 more years. But instead, 27 years have passed.
In Carly's memoir, she writes about how in a life underscored with illness and grief, humour and optimism have fuelled her survival.
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Breath is published by UQP
CREDITS:
Carmel Rooney, Executive Producer
Nicola Harrison, Researcher
Sarah Kanowski, Presenter