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Speaker 1: Now we've got another Peter on the line right now,

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Speaker 1: and he's actually called through because we're talking about Melia Dosa.

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Speaker 1: It's a little while ago. I believe that this Peter

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Speaker 1: has actually had Melia Doss. Good morning to you, Peter.

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Speaker 2: Here, Good moning, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Mate, what happened with Melia Doss? How did you end

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Speaker 1: up getting it?

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Speaker 2: Just generally doing some housework and working around the yards

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Speaker 2: and working in the chick shed digging some plants. Didn't

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Speaker 2: realize I had it? Yeah, and it got me while

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Speaker 2: I was traveling. I was in Grude Island at the time.

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 2: Thanks thanks to the management team over there for getting

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Speaker 2: me to the medical clinic and then when I was

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Speaker 2: at the road in hospital, I went straight into intensive

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Speaker 2: care for five weeks.

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Speaker 1: Holy moly, Peter, how long ago was this?

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Speaker 2: I was diagnosed on the thirtieth of April. I was

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Speaker 2: off work for four months, which was a massive financial

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Speaker 2: burden on the family.

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Speaker 1: All night. How are you going at the moment?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I'm okay. Now I'm on antibiotics for the

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Speaker 2: rest of my life because I did actually lose my

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Speaker 2: spleen and a nice chunk of my liver, so that

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Speaker 2: had to go because the meliadasis had actually gone in

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Speaker 2: through the bloodstream and gone into straight into the spain,

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Speaker 2: and that the liver is connected to the spain and

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Speaker 2: it was just continuing to go where it wanted to go,

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Speaker 2: so they had to come out.

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Speaker 1: Wow, Peter, this is unreal for all the wrong reasons.

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Speaker 1: You poor bugger hat luck. You know, so you basically

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Speaker 1: you've ended up a bit crook while you're away, or

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Speaker 1: you felt crook like, like, what were the signs for you?

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Speaker 2: Basically just dizziness, lethargic, couldn't get out a bit in

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Speaker 2: the morning, I couldn't walk more than sort of ten

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Speaker 2: fifteen meters without feeling dizzy and falling over. And that

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Speaker 2: was the basics of the signs of it. I will

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Speaker 2: point out though, that meliads will act on somebody that

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Speaker 2: has a underlying health issue.

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Speaker 1: I have wanted that.

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Speaker 2: I have two diabetes and type two diabetes. That just

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Speaker 2: aggravated the situation.

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Speaker 1: And so mate, you were sort of you know, you're out,

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Speaker 1: you're doing stuff in the chalk shared, you're out in

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Speaker 1: your yard doing your normal things.

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Speaker 2: Yep. Yeah, I've been in Dale for forty five years,

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Speaker 2: never had an issue never thought about it, and yeah,

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Speaker 2: it just it's hit me, yeah, really hard.

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Speaker 1: Is there any you know, is there any sort of

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Speaker 1: rhyme or reason. I know that you said you've got

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Speaker 1: your underlying health condition, but is there any rhyme or

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Speaker 1: reason as to why on this occasion, you know, like

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Speaker 1: you said, you've lived here forty five years, but why

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Speaker 1: on this occasion you've ended up with it in your system.

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Speaker 2: I just had some open cuts, and I didn't know

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Speaker 2: about the open cuts, but I just I didn't think

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Speaker 2: about it when I was doing what I was doing.

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Speaker 2: And if you have a scratch or an itch or

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Speaker 2: something like that with the open cut, it's going to

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Speaker 2: get into system. And my advice to all territories and

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Speaker 2: my doctors are actually the ones that said this to me,

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Speaker 2: sanitize your hands before you go and do any gardening. Now,

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Speaker 2: it doesn't make much sense, but if you think about it,

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Speaker 2: the sanitizer will let you know if you have a

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Speaker 2: cut on your finger that you do not know about.

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Speaker 1: Jeez, that is the point that I would not have

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I neither would have. I look, Katio work

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Speaker 2: in the chemical industry, yep, And I've been banging on

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Speaker 2: for years about PPE to my customers about chemical safety

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Speaker 2: and handling, and yet now I'm letting them know that PPE,

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Speaker 2: when you go out and do the gardening, it might

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Speaker 2: be hot, but hey do it.

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Speaker 1: You don't need this, mate. I'm so grateful you've called through,

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Speaker 1: because do you know what we speak You know, like

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Speaker 1: we speak to different people, different healthcare professionals all the time,

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Speaker 1: as we should, but sometimes it's not until you actually

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Speaker 1: hear from somebody who has gone through the journey that

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, Look, Katie, when I was in intensive care

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Speaker 2: for five weeks, I passed away three times.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god.

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Speaker 2: You know this is this is a really really nasty

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Speaker 2: bug and he gets into you and it's it'll just

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Speaker 1: Peter, how is your family throughout all of that time?

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Speaker 1: They must have been absolutely beside themselves.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, my boys had open up surgery as well,

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Speaker 2: so we went through quite a lot with our family.

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Speaker 2: But this, yeah, this shook the world and everyone thought

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Speaker 2: I wasn't coming day.

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Speaker 1: Oh Peter, mate, I am so glad that you've lived

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Speaker 1: to tell the tale and that you you know, that

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Speaker 1: you're actually able to tell us this story on air,

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Speaker 1: Like I can't believe what I'm hearing, Like I said,

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Speaker 1: you know, we all I think no people or you know,

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Speaker 1: I have a friend of a friend who's maybe been

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Speaker 1: gone through this earlier this year, you know you've lost

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Speaker 1: just explain and the impact that it's had on your

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Speaker 1: life is unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: Ah, look, the impact has been absolutely huge. I'm thankful

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Speaker 2: to my employer for holding my position and everything like that.

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Speaker 2: My family, you know, say, one hundred percent though. The

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Speaker 2: best people I could ever be are in my family.

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Speaker 2: So the medical staff, the doctors, the nurses at the

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Speaker 2: Royal Arned Hospital is all done through the public system.

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Speaker 2: And the only thing I had to complain about was

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Speaker 2: I didn't like the fruit.

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Speaker 1: That's great, Oh that's pretty fair.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I just really wanted to urge the territories

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Speaker 2: out there. You know, even if you're doing anything with

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Speaker 2: the recycled garden waste from the tips is merelyadasis is

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Speaker 2: in it. Don't take the risk. Put some gloves on

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Speaker 2: and make sure you wash your hands so early afterwards.

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Speaker 1: Peter your legend. Mate. Thank you so very much for

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Speaker 1: calling through and telling us about your journey. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: I think very often we sort of hear bits and

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Speaker 1: up and take notice. So thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: It was a life changing experience. And I just want

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Speaker 2: to add, mate, you doing a fantastic job.

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Speaker 1: Oh thank you.

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Speaker 2: Sure Pete is watching Dan with a big smile.

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Speaker 1: Oh thanks mate, that's a lovely thing to say. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much. I was already nearly crying after your

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Speaker 1: telling me what you've gone through, and then you will

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Speaker 1: make me cry. Peter, thank you. I appreciate it. Thanks,

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Speaker 1: thank you,