Silver medallist says World Transplant Games were 'emotional'
Mr Taylor, the son of athlete Don G Taylor,and was warned in 2012 that he would need a kidney transplant within two years.
In 2014 he had a double nephrectomy - where the kidneys are removed - with a plan to recover for three months on dialysis before receiving a kidney from his best friend.After a double nephrectomy in 2014, Andy said he had "no kidney function at all and no plan - literally overnight" But then his liver was also found to be polycystic, so after his kidneys were removed, he had to wait for both a liver and a kidney from the same person.Following success in the British Transplant Games in 2019 and the European event in Oxford in 2022, he was picked to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland in both badminton and table tennis at the World Games last month.
"In addition, I met Karen, an amazing British lady, a widow of a man who died in his 40s and who donated five of his organs which have transformed five people's lives."Most importantly, it was a privilege to honour the memory of my donor. Their gifts transformed my life."He said he is now training for the British Transplant Games in Coventry in July and the next World Transplant Games in Dresden, Germany in 2025.
Organ Donation UK says families are more likely to be supportive if they know what their loved one wants, and is encouraging people to
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