Waiting for a new life
Elaine Cutts lost a chance to receive a kidney/pancreas transplant two months ago and has had diabetes for more than 32 years which caused her 
kidney failure.
The 53-year-old woman was told by a co-ordinator in Edinburgh Royal Hospital that the organ they received was not good enough for the transplantation.
“It gave me a taste of what actually happens on the lead-up to the actual transplant, and it’s a bit scary when you are close to getting it.” Elaine said.
Elaine has been on the waiting list for four months.
She said: “It’s never good to realise that something is very wrong with you and you need to have treatment or a transplant.
“But at least I have a chance to live with it, where as some people don't have that option," she said.
In June 2008, there were 7,752 people on the waiting list in the UK , who all suffer from a disease, but only 3,087 people had a chance to receive the transplantation.
Amanda Bolton from Dorset Renal Service said: “It’s hard to say how long a patient needs to wait for a transplant. For someone who couldn’t find matched organs, it may take a few years to wait and many of them have to be put on dialysis to maintain their life.”
“Now I just have to wait for my chance once more and understand that it wasn't meant to be this time,” Elaine said.