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My new set of lungs arrived just as doctors took my old ones out GOOD HEALTH / ME AND MY OPERATION LUNG TRANSPLANT
From:
Daily Mail
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August 10, 2004| Author:
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ME AND MY OPERATION LUNG TRANSPLANT
THE NHS carries out 150 lung transplants a year. Here, Catherine
Aitchison, 53, who lives with her teenage daughter in Edinburgh,
tells ANGELA BROOKS about her double lung transplant, and her surgeon
explains the operation.
THE PATIENT
WHEN I was in my 30s, doctors found I had an inherited disorder
known as Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. I was suffering from
constant chest infections, even though I smoked only a couple of
cigarettes a day.
Antitrypsin is a protein made and released into the bloodstream by
the liver.
Its job is to protect the lungs - ...
