Awuni in favor for organ donation together with the Recycle Me project!

Awuni Asandor is a Ghananian soccer player. He started playing at the age of 8. He plays in the midfield position.

Recycle Me aims to collaborate with persons, organizations and companies all over the world.

Together we can and will make a difference! Organ donation includes us all! Make your wishes known.

Recycle me is a non-profit design proposal to benefit human organ donation. The idea of the proposal is t-shirts prints and jewellery in the shape of human organs. By wearing a t-shirt or jewellery people will make a pro-donation statement.

The lack of human organs today is costing the lives of many people in need of new organs. It is also taking many people’s lives through the illegal market based on organ robbery. The situation is unacceptable and must be changed. Recycle me is a step in the right direction to create a better world. Recycle me also encourages you to make your wishes known by registering with the organ donations register in your country.

The profits from the Recycle me project will go to Professor Lars-Erik Gelin Memorial Foundation for Transplant Research.

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We got this nice photo along with an amazing story from Simon Randerson! You simply have to read Simon's story!

Photo taken with Recycle Me T-Shirt at the British Transplant Games in Newcastle this year, the medal is Gold for the team swimming relay.

“I received my Liver transplant in January 2002. I had contracted Hep B in 1984 and was in the 5% of people who do not clear the infection. I suspected that I may need a transplant some time in the future but got on with my life and everything seemed fine for many years. At the end of 2000 I started to feel unwell and in May 2001 I was rushed to hospital with an infected Gall Bladder. Many tests later they decided to take my Gall Bladder out and while doing it they did a Liver Biopsy. This showed that the years of having active Hep B virus had taken its toll on the liver and it was in end stage cirrhosis. From that point on my health deteriorated. I needed to have fluid removed from my abdomen every 3 days due to ascites cause by the liver failure.
I was at this time living in Brighton and was sent to King’s College Hospital in London to the Liver unit. There they decided a liver transplant would be the only option to save my life. I was put on the transplant list in December 2001 and was told I had about 8 months to live and in that time they would find me a liver. My partner was told I would probably not see the end of the year if a liver was not found. Christmas came and then the New Year and by now I was confined to the sofa or bed barely able to drink or eat then at the end of January I received the telephone call to say a liver was available and they would send an ambulance. I was taken the hour long journey to London and the next day had the operation.
Waking up after surgery was extraordinary, I felt well and able to think normally for the first time in months, the new liver was working and getting rid of the toxins which had been flooding my body while I had been ill. The colour of my skin had returned to normal and although I had tubes attached to me I felt better than I had done for over a year. When illness is progressive you don’t realise how ill you have become until you are better again.

I was transferred back to Brighton hospital 2 weeks later and back home a week later. I would walk to the beach and back, then a little further along the beach each day, soon I was able to walk the whole length of Brighton promenade. I got tired of walking so got on my bike and began to cycle everywhere.

I had seen a poster for the British Transplant Games before my transplant and thought, if I ever had a transplant I would compete at the games.

My first games were in Norwich in 2004. I had not competed in sport since school and was unsure what to enter. At the games you can enter up to 5 events so I entered cycling, swimming and a track race, I can’t remember the distance but know I came last and the same was true in the cycling. However, I came first in the 50m Backstroke. I had never received a gold medal in my life before. I was selected to join the British Transplant Games team going the World Games in London, Ontario, Canada the next year. I trained hard all winter and although old in my age group (40-49) I managed to get a Bronze Medal in Canada for the 100m Backstroke.

Since then I have competed at World Games in Bangkok, Durban, Gothenburg and Gold Coast, Australia. I have won gold medals at all of these games and now compete in swimming outside transplant sport but all the time proudly wearing my Transplant Sport kit to promote the effectiveness of organs donation and the need for more people to sign up to the Organ Donor Register. Competing in Transplant Sport is my way of saying thank you for my transplant, without it I would not be alive and would not be able to compete.” - Simon

We got this nice photo from Barrie Laverick in UK! Barries transplanted kidney is in its 23rd year now and still functioning fine! So nice to hear! Also looking good in Recycle Me t-shirt! Thank you so much!

Organ donation concerns us all, make your wishes known!

What is a kidney transplant, and will it cure kidney failure?

“A kidney transplant is someone else’s kidney put inside the body by a surgeon. A successful kidney transplant means that dialysis is no longer needed. However, it is not a complete cure for all the problems of kidney failure. This is because it is necessary to take drugs to keep the transplant working, and these have side effect.” 

Text from http://www.kidney.org.uk/
Read more here: http://www.kidney.org.uk/organ-donation
http://www.kidney.org.uk/or…/medical-info-transplant-txwhat/

Recycle Me organ donation awareness in collaboration with artists! Together we can and will make a difference! Organ donation concerns us all! Make your wishes known.

With love from Ghana! Let us introduce music artist QWECi! Thank you so much QWECi for participating!

With a love for music shines a bright and gifted male vocal soloist, producer and writer QWECi. Born in Ghana but bred between New York and Ghana, QWECi aka DED BUDDY is the first artist to release R&B / SOUL album in Ghana / West Africa. Spending his childhood in Accra, exposed QWECi to a vastly diverse culture and sound, that is apparent from the first note. 

“QWECi has always had an enormous love for music. While accompanying his mother to church, He discovered the confidence and courage and began performing at the age of 6. After years singing behind the microphone, he won an inter-collegiate contest by belting a strong performance of Boyz II Men's hit single, Ill Make Love to You, in a Ghanaian translation. Soon after, QWECi was Ghana’s biggest singing sensation. From performing at the Miss Ghana 1998 Pageant to touring around Africa with the rap group, "Native Funk Lords," QWECi has had the honor of performing and creating thousands of fans.”

“Currently, QWECi is back in Ghana after taking a break from the spotlight, and is working on his second album for Ghana and the world "All My Life", and also a debut cross over EP to share with the world "COLORS", a Masterpiece. "This is my first cross over project. I have sold records in Ghana and throughout Africa, but this is the album made for all."

QWECi (d.bee) goal is to reach the entire world by creating that "feel good music" that everyone can relate to, sing, and dance to. His work continues.
More about QWECi https://www.presskit.to/qweci#home

We got this from Lisbeth Roos, heart recipient! Well done at the 5 km race Lisbeth!

"The start was at 11:30 in the burning sun, at the finish I had a shrimp sandwich and coca cola. Luckily it´s now one year to the next race 😇 😰 My poor legs ache, but the heart pump is doing great!" - Lisbeth

We received this cool photo and story from John Batty, UK! Thank you so much John for sharing! Read Johns story here;

“I had my first kidney transplant 18 years ago from my Dad, Colin. Dad was 64 years old at the time and it was highly unusual for someone of his age to be allowed to donate. It was a testament to his fitness and persistence!

Prior to my transplant I had been on dialysis for 11 months: three sessions per week, three and a half hours each time. I used to leave work at 16-45 and get home at 22-30.

I was born with mega-ureters. The ureter is the tube leading from the kidney to the bladder. It allows urine to flow from the bladder to the kidney and also acts as a non-return valve to stop urine from going back into the kidney when going to the toilet. As my ureters were distended (too large) urine would flow back into the kidneys causing infections. I was 34 when my kidneys finally failed.
After 16 years my Dad’s kidney gave up the ghost, and my sister, Jane, offered to donate a kidney: a truly amazing, courageous and selfless thing to do. The second transplant took place on March 18th 2013.

Kidney transplantation is one of those incredible operations where the patient nearly always has a significant and immediate improvement in quality of life.
I have twice represented the United Kingdom at the World Transplant Games: Nancy (France) in 2003 and London (Canada) in 2005.” -John

This is artist Rabéa Ballin, she´s supporting the Recycle Me project by wearing our organ donation awareness t-shirt! Thank you so much Rabéa!

By sharing our thoughts and feelings about organ donation we can all make a difference. We are all depending upon each other!

Rabéa is a visual artist who lives and works in Houston, Texas. You will find her work on this link www.rabea-ballin.com

We got this lovely studio photo from Swedish music artist Lina Stina Wedin/Owlmother!

Lina is one of the members of the Swedish indie pop duo Owlmother. The other member is Fredrick Stewart Holm, previously also shown on this page promoting organ donation awareness! They are currently working on their new album, “In The Limelight”!

In photo Lina is wearing Brave Heart special neon Fluorescent plexi glas edition, we think this heart will look great along with Lina’s stage persona! 

Remember to make your wishes known; tell your friends, loved ones and family about your decision. Organ donation concerns us all! Thank you so much for sharing!
www.recycleme.life 

More about Lina on these pages;
https://www.facebook.com/owlmothermusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RovEsZomf8
Photo by Robin Hirvonen Palmqvist

We got this nice photo from Ceri Roberts from UK! Thank you so much Ceri for sharing your and your husband’s story with us!

Organ Donation Concerns us All. Please make your wishes known! Thank you.

“Hello,

My husband received a kidney transplant in November 2013.
Life before the transplant was very difficult for us. Everyday was a struggle for my husband both mentally and physically. Due to his end stage kidney failure, he was constantly tired and unwell, unable to work and carry out a normal family life. He had to attend hospital for dialysis three times a week for the previous three years to keep him alive. He was a regular inpatient at the renal ward, and his only hope was a kidney transplant.
The day the phone call came, informing us of a possible kidney match changed our lives..
Since the transplant he has been able to live and enjoy an active and normal life again. His health is stable and he is full of energy. He has since started working again, and plays an active role in raising our three daughters.
Hoping our story will help spread awareness on organ donation.....the decision to be a donor really does change lives.”

Thank You
Regards
Ceri Roberts

We got this great photo from Matt Cave from UK! Thank you so much Matt for sharing your story with us!

And remember “-organ donation concerns us all” please make your wishes known! Thank you.

"Hi, I'm Matt - I had a kidney transplant when I was 30 thanks to the incredible kindness of my donor and her family.

I had been on dialysis for a while, and although dialysis is very good it doesn't compare with how amazing it is to have been given the opportunity to live life without the regime of multiple times a day treatment.
It's been over two and a half years since the transplant and things have been brilliant. It's so important that we continue to raise awareness of the need for people to sign up to be organ donors though, still so many people aren't able to enjoy this same privilege.
Simply by signing up, you could change the lives of many potential recipients as well as their family and friends who are affected by their illness."
Thanks
-Matt