Jess Avenell - The Transplant Coach

Double lung transplant recipient helping transplantees and their support crew navigate the journey with strength, health and hope.

Not long after graduating university I was diagnosed with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare lung disease. I spent the next thirteen years travelling, working overseas and getting on with life while my lungs slowly failed. In early 2020 I received a double lung transplant.

Most people see a transplant as the end of a long journey. For me it was the beginning. The medical care was world class, but nobody hands you a manual for the rest of it: the medication side effects, the changes to your body, the question of what you do with a life you nearly didn't get. And it isn't only the patient living it. The people around them are on the same journey, usually with even less support.

This channel is where I share what I've learned. Food, movement, metabolic health, mindset and the real day to day of life after transplant.

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