It’s been just over two months now since I had surgery. Perhaps a month and a half since I checked out after my second, infection related, hospital stay. In theory I’ve got another month off work, a month away from any commitments at all in fact. In reality though there’s […]
Dylan Orchard
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Just adding a list of all the articles I wrote regarding my kidney donation process… Hack & Slash – Living Organ Donation Kidney Business – Living Donation Keeping it Renal – Living Donation Spilling My Guts – Living Donation Spilling My Guts Part II – Living Donation The Countdown Starts […]
It’s been just about a month now since I went in for surgery and, for the most part, all is well. It has however been an exhausting process and one pretty riddled with shitty luck and some disappointments. First things first though, my kidney donation was a success. Last I […]
Well, the day’s getting closer. I’m writing this on Saturday night and surgery will be first thing on Thursday morning. Or at least I have to be at the hospital first thing (7am), when they’ll actually take me into surgery I’m not sure. I’ve been told but, like a lot […]
Well, the balloon has gone up, the bomb has dropped, the cat’s out of the bag and other such nonsense. I have a match and I have a date, my kidney has a new home to go to. After all the waiting these final steps have come around dizzyingly fast. […]
Writing this just after my last post so might be best to check that out first… After my psych interview the next (and last) big step on my adventure in kidney donation was the HTA interview. The HTA is the Human Tissue Authority and, when you’re going in as a […]
Been a while since my last post on the kidney donation process and a fair bit has happened over the last couple of months. All of it, fortunately, good. The first big step after my last post, or at least the first one that comes to mind, is the mental […]
Tuesday was the first really big step on the path to giving up one of my (lovely) kidneys to a stranger. At least it felt like it to me. My last visit to Guy’s Hospital was for some quick blood tests and a long talk with a consultant. A step […]
A new edit of something written nearly 10 years ago. The sign might be meaningless. She’d spent two days wandering this time. Aimless but energetic steps leading her miles away from the great machine before fear, or guilt or something had forced her to turn back. Now, as she made […]
Just back from my first proper, in person bit of kidney donation business. Was up at Guy’s Hospital this morning pissing in cups, giving blood and being told I’m average height (fair enough), not fat (good to know) and my BMI is decent. Also sitting down and talking to the […]