Smt. A. Sarvamangala
(Oldest Living Organ Donor in India)
V. G. Chandrasekharan
(One of India’s Longest Surviving Renal Transplant Recipient)
(Oldest Living Organ Donor in India)
(One of India’s Longest Surviving Renal Transplant Recipient)
(Care Taker)
(One of India’s Longest Surviving Renal Transplant Recipient)
The human mind is like a garden, and if we plant fragrant flowering plants and sweet fruit trees there, over time the garden will be filled with fragrant flowers and sweet fruits.
When the seeds of good thoughts are sown in the mind, the mind is filled with good thoughts that make life happy.
The greatest wealth and greatest happiness in life are the best family relationships and the best friends.
I went through a period of severe crisis, my renal tx.surgery at the Apollo Hospital, Chennai in 1988 and related medical expenses.
That day my family, my parents, my doctors and nurses took me by the hand and brought me back to a resuscitation. They have always been fixed in my heart as my visible Gods. Iam still grateful to all the doctors, nurses, family and friends who treated me, My ‘Mother’ is my God who shared her one kidney, and Dr. Joseph V. Thachil, a Malayalee Tx.Surgeon at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai, India, who performed my organ transplant surgery safely.
I had a kidney problem when I was living with my parents after my marriage. My father handled everything from the day of treatment to the time of the kidney transplant. My father was a retired teacher. The dependence on all the financial, mental and physical ailments, including the need for my treatment and expenses to have a kidney transplant and become a motherβs kidney, was dispelled by my father. Without my father, I would not have been able to be resurrected. Of my beloved father
Eternal peace be upon the soul at this time.
The heavy medical expenses incurred by my father at a hospital like Apollo, which required a very complicated operation, put a lot of financial burden on him. Yet my father looked at me without telling me anything and without making any mistakes.
This bothered me a lot……..
When that happened, I reduced my six-month rest period to one and a half months and went to work, hiding everything from my illness. My father objected well, but my mind would not allow me to become indebted to my father again. The fact that my father, who had to retire from service and lead a quiet life, could be restless for me was greater than my physical discomfort. That’s how I am and continuing to work at the institution where I previously worked and from the head of the institution that allowed me to do that (Mr.Jacob Kurian kottayam) until my retirement, the intermittent service in many institutions has been every cornerstone of my life.
I fondly remember all the heads of institutions especially to Mr.Jacob Kurian Sir….. If life had not been so elevated I would not be anywhere today. Even after retirement, I have worked as a consultant in some organizations. Continuous service areas have helped me a lot in helping me and my family reach financial security.
In the meantime, the Kidney Foundation, a charitable organization, was formed in 2010. It later became a government registered organization. For the past 10 years, many services has been providing such as dialysis, post-kidney transplant free medical camps and awareness programs to needy kidney patients with the help of well wishers and other charity organizations.
In this situation I formed a circle of friends and Special administrative law is written in the administration of the foundation and each post is handled by each of them from time to time. They are all my best friends. Everyone has worked sincerely with me for the smooth running of the foundation. They are each like my left hand and my right hand. Everyone joins this journey at different times. There are many who have left the foundation due to differences of opinion.
The service journey progresses amicably, sprouting, blossoming, fruiting, withering and re-sprouting.
Those who joined, those who left, those who came with me, those who hurt and those who grieved are all dear to me. I have the inward help and dedication of each and every one of them in my every ascent. I remember every moment of everything with gratitude.
Please forgive me if I have ever offended any of my friends.π
As the activities of the Kidney Foundation expanded, so did my area of ββwork.
Many friends came and joined my friendly empire with their vision of national vision and personal relationships.
During this time I have been able to learn from each other and move forward according to their instructions ……
Beyond official surroundings, I also cherish personal friendships like gold.
I have a lot of friends as friend members through my facebook profile. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and love to all my facebook friends.
I have held or been appointed to many positions internationally. Every single friend out there is what I need. All my achievements, the Olympic medal, the India Book of Records, the American Book of Records, were all achieved with the support of my friendly friends.
I will never forget the paths Ihave traversed in life to where Iam today. I cherishes those who stood with me, helped me, loved me and blessed me. I’m going to meet a lot of people mentioned and not mentioned here on this trip, and I’m going to go through a lot of things to remember, life seems to be possible.
Perfect willpower has lifted my hand to life. Looking back, I feel proud. My last 33 years of life have been a resurrection from trials and I have never allowed it to be in vain. It is enough to see my mother ‘s face in my mind to go through each day faithfully doing something good for the community. I decided to do justice to my mother who sacrificed herself to give me rebirth. I took energy from it. My every success is from that energy and the blessings of my mother, the blessings of my late father who stood by me and supported me in my crisis. The patience and cooperation of my family, the love, help and cooperation of each of my good friends who stood by me at every stage…..
Those who prayed for me every day that passed, and above all the blessings of the Almighty … all became the stepping stones of my existence made me brought me here today.
I wish all the blessings of the Almighty along with my prayers.
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It was my beloved mother who revived me through organ donation. She gave me one of her kidneys and saved my life. As well as being loved and cared for so far without any worries in a timely manner, with all my activities coming together behind the curtain with inspiration is my life partner.
It was my dear wife who cared for me as she looked after my four-year-old daughter for a year until my disease confirmed that my kidney function was stopping.
Then during my three month hospital stay at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai, I went through 63 dialysis and a kidney transplant. Life after a kidney transplant, my wife had given me relief by living within the confines of a financial crisis without any complaints…
Overcoming 3 major surgeries, three needle biopsies and seven minor surgeries in 33 years, and officially moving to different places, my wife has always given me the courage to go through the most critical crises I can ever experience as a woman in life.
I see her as the best life partner I can have in every sense of the word, not only as an exemplary life partner to help me follow my lifestyle and diet, exercise, yoga and prayer without any worries, but also as a good life partner for my two children and lovingly accept and co-operate with my family relationships.
For dedicating a whole life to me and witnessing all the achievements in my life
path, I dedicate my love and gratitude to her.
I share here the fact that we need to share mutual trust, love, respect and care.
I would like to underline that for a transplant patient, the intimacy of love and care he/she receives from home is the greatest strength he/she can have for survival… Thank you.