Kidney Patient Starts His Own Business From Dialysis Bed
When Livingston man Terry Miaoulis (26) discovered he needed a life-saving kidney transplant, he did something he’d wanted to do all his life; he started his own business.
(PRWEB) December 9, 2004 -- When Livingston man Terry Miaoulis (25)
discovered he needed a life-saving kidney transplant, he did something he’d
wanted to do all his life; he started his own business.
“It’s probably
not the first thing most kidney patients think of doing,” admits Terry, who
found out that he was in the final stages of kidney failure on Christmas day
2003. “But it made sense to me. Within a few hours I went from being a normal
guy with a 9-5 job and a mortgage to pay, to someone who needed 12 hours of
dialysis every week just to stay alive. Continuing with my job was impossible -
most days I feel too ill to even stand up for long – so I decided to try
something different.”
Starting your own business can be difficult at the
best of times. When you’re coping with a serious illness at the same time, it
can seem almost impossible. For Terry, however, it’s been a much-needed
lifeline. His internet-based web-design firm, Hot Igloo Productions Ltd, has
been in business for only a few weeks, but already it has won a number of local
clients, including Bathgate Based Volunteer Centre West Lothian and Whitburn
solicitors and estate agents Sneddon Morrison SSC.
“I take my laptop with
me to my dialysis sessions and design websites while I’m being treated,”
explains Terry. “It helps pass the time, and it also gives me something other
than my illness to focus on. I’ve created some amazing websites from my dialysis
bed!”
Terry’s mother, Soula, is now going through the final tests to see
if she’ll be able to donate a kidney to her son. All of their fingers are firmly
crossed. In the meantime, though, Terry’s business is going from strength to
strength – and he’s hoping it’ll continue to do so when dialysis is finally
behind him.
“I think it’s important for people to realise that having a
serious illness like kidney failure doesn’t mean that your life has to grind to
a halt,” says Terry. “Even now that I spent so much of my time in hospital, on
dialysis, I still believe I can do anything I want to, and if that’s true for
me, it’s true for anyone who finds themselves in this position. In a way, being
ill has allowed me to start a business which will hopefully continue to grow,
and that’s something I might never have done I this hadn’t happened to
me.”
You can visit the Hot Igloo website at www.hotigloo.co.uk or email
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your specifications.
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