A British woman who donated her kidney to save her dying husband's life, says he cheated on her after he got better. Now, Samantha Lamb says she want's her organ back, the Daily Mirror reported last Sunday.
Andy Lamb, Samantha's husband, was dying of renal kidney failure in October 2009. Samantha offered to give Andy one of her kidneys, and even had to go on a diet and loose weight to be healthy enough for the operation.
The transplant was a success and Andy got better, but Samantha says he later cheated. Andy then walked out on their marriage in 2012, leaving Samantha alone with her 4-inch surgery scar.
"I hate him," said Samantha, 41, the Mirror reported, "If I could I'd take it back and give it to someone else."
Samantha's journey to loose weight for the surgery was captured in a documentary on the BBC. Samantha told the BBC that Andy, 45, was her soul mate and she would not let him die.
Right after the surgery, Andy became distant and bitter.
"I'm sure the anger was caused by guilt. He'd spend hours on his laptop and then pick a fight that would end with him leaving for hours," Samantha said, the Mirror reported.
Samantha suspected her husband was sleeping with another woman.
"I confronted him about having an affair with my friend Clare," Samantha said.
Clare admitted the relationship, but Andy denied it. Samantha kicked her husband out. She eventually took him back, only to discover that Andy was having sex chats with women online.
"He said all the things he should have been saying to me- from wanting to kiss her all over to things much more graphic," Samantha said, the Mirror reported.
Andy left Samantha without notice in August 2012. He said he never cheated and that he left because they constantly fought.
"I did walk out on Samantha after she'd donated her kidney, but I wasn't unfaithful," Andy said, according to the Mirror.
Samantha, who has a daughter, said all she wants is a divorce, the Mirror reported.
"At least he always has to remember where his kidney came from," Samantha said.
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