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Radio Leicester,6 mins

'It's absolutely brilliant - I can breathe again'

Available for over a year

A Leicester man who had a double lung transplant is making the most of life and is even back on the dance floor. John Canning was diagnosed with COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease - in 2008. The condition got so bad for John that it severely affected his ability to breathe. John was offered a double lung transplant and spent 10 hours in the operating theatre - the life-saving operation has given him a new zest for life. John and his wife Catherine have been talking to BBC Leicester's Ady Dayman.

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