Yesterday I received an email notifying me that my blog has won an award! The Medical Billing and Coding organisation has been surfing the web on the lookout for diaries written by people who have received a transplant from a donor, as I did around 2 years ago. They chose 15 in total and mine [...]
Transplant Diary
I got to know Dr Bending during my time as a patient at St Helier hospital as a renal patient. He was one of the doctors who took care of me during the post-op period and we got to know each other a little bit. I soon learnt that he was a sharp witted individual [...]
It’s high time I introduced you all to Renality. “What’s that?”, I hear you ask. Renality is a newsletter stroke magazine for the renal patients of St Helier Hospital. I am one of those people and have been receiving my copy of the publication since I started treatment for kidney disease. I am now fine, [...]
I always love to reflect on life’s trials and tribulations. Today is no exception, as 6 months ago to this day my life (and Dad’s) was going through one of those trials in the most literal sense imaginable. Therefore today is time for tribulation, as the time has passed and I am still alive and [...]
If you have been following the “transplant diary” – I am now writing this from the comfort (hmmmmm) of the waiting room, not at St Helier in Carshalton but Frimley Park. Last time I was here must have been around the 12th September when I was sent off to London in readiness for my transplant.
Last visit to St Helier hospital today! So it’s time to wrap up the transplant diary for now and get my teeth into 2009 with relish! Eager to get on with it all now! Apologies for the number of exclamation marks! Having said that I will now be going to my local hospital instead and [...]
Good news today, things are going well in Renal land and good news received from Dr Andrews today. I now don’t need to go back for two weeks and the next trip to St Helier is likely to be my last. Two weeks after that, I shall be returning to Frimley Park which is my [...]