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I had to have a complete liver transplant. I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift.

This is a year and a few months after the transplant. Before I had it my doctors told me that it would be the biggest thing that I ever had to face and believe me, when they take your liver out of ya and put another one in it's like replacing a football in your stomach.

So, I didn't get moved up because of celebrity status or anything like that. I got in line, and I passed the test. And they realized that I was sick enough, and as soon as the liver became available, I got one.

It was in 2003 that I realised there was no choice but to have dialysis treatment - by the time of the World Cup that year, I could barely walk. A year later, I finally had a kidney transplant.

I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.

I've already had two stem cell transplants. Very rarely does somebody have a third, so I have to maintain my strength so I can go through this.

I had a breast reduction.

I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I'm getting used to the medication.

My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still.