A YOUNG woman has made medical history after a double world-first operation to cure her lung condition.
Becky Jones, 20, who is now out of intensive care following surgery, said: “I can’t, for the life of me, remember feeling so well! The world is officially my oyster!”
She was airlifted from her home in Dublin, Ireland, for the ground-breaking treatment by world leading experts at the University Hospital of South Manchester, in Wythenshawe.
Becky made history twice by being the first patient to have a lung transplant while suffering from multi-resistant Aspergillus, a common airborne fungus, and multiple fungal balls in her old lungs.
Lung transplant patients have never before been able to have the operation while suffering from these conditions.
Aspergillus is a large number of diseases involving both infection and growth of fungus as well as allergic responses.
It is estimated to affect around 150,000 people in the UK.
The condition had left Becky virtually housebound, unable to walk properly, climb stairs or go out with friends.
“Words simply cannot begin to describe the pure relief I feel,” she said. “The chains have been lifted; I can breathe! I can’t remember feeling so well!”
