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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Sharee McPhail does Great North Run 13 months after double lung transplant - UK

Bradford Telegraph and Argus | Claire Lomax
A dance teacher who received a double lung transplant 13 months ago completed 13 miles of the Great North Run at the weekend in tribute to the donor who saved her life.

Just over a year ago Sharee McPhail, of Moser Avenue, Swain House , Bradford, was desperately ill and even the simplest of tasks such as washing her hair or cooking a meal were impossible for her.

Sharee, 28, was born with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease which progressively damages the lungs. By the end of 2010 her lungs were so badly affected she was told that she would die without a double lung transplant.

In August 2011 she received a phone call that saved her life. She had a transplant at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, receiving the lungs of a 55-year-old woman in an eight-hour operation.

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