The travelling kidney… Gold standard, super duper insurance… Check Drugs squashed into their smallest transportable form…Check Clinic letters crumpled in my hand luggage…Check What could go wrong?? Believe it or not, getting sick abroad is practically my forte. I’m so good at it I can usually manage a hospitalisation in every country I visit.[…]
DNA Editing: Future therapy for genetic conditions? It can’t have escaped your notice that in the past few days the latest development in DNA editing has featured heavily in the media as news emerged of scientists from the USA and South Korea successfully removing a piece of faulty DNA from an embryo. Not untypically, the[…]
I have been working with our young adults with renal problems for over a year now, and I have to say they still manage to surprise and inspire me, day by day. I want to take the opportunity to thank the incredible gang of young people in the Young Adult Renal Network (YARN) who made[…]
Dear All I got an email recently from a charity that supports 16-40 year olds with serious health conditions. They have supported local kidney patients and their loved ones with ‘special days’ over the last few years. If you or someone you know is the right age group and has kidney problems – you are[…]
When i decided that i was going to write this blog it was originally going to be about my journey through kidney disease as i was still in the early stages. I also was looking forward to getting ready to try for a baby with my partner, we dont have any children yet and our[…]
Hi Everyone, My name is Joseph, and I am a CKD patient who is having a kidney Transplant on Friday 01st August 2014. I am very fortunate that my older Brother is giving me the gift of life. In 2010 I became ill and quickly the doctors diagnosed CKD. For the next 4 years I[…]
Hi everyone thanks for all the kind comments and support. Sorry I have been off here for awhile but the last few months have been pretty tough. My first operation had gone really well and I recovered brilliantly so I thought I was ok and went back to work relatively quickly, which was a big[…]
Hi! Well, I’ve been back in the UK from my new smallholding in Spain for a couple of weeks and getting ready to go back in a few weeks again! 🙂 Have updated my website with some pics of my progress over there…. check it out…. www.asturias-smallholding.co.uk In the meantime, I have signed up to[…]
So I started dialysis last week Tuesday… What a nerve racking period it was, pre-dialysis. I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t stop thinking about what could go wrong..infections, the tube not working, pulling it out of my body by mistake etc; above all the fact that this is my life now. I would no longer be[…]
Hi all, My moto in life has always been ‘One Life. Live It.’ so when I was given the opportunity of taking on a lease of a minimum of three years for a smallholding and cabin with a couple of acres of land in Northern Spain, I didn’t even think twice, I just went for[…]