British Transplant Games: In the Swim

We have a friend: let’s call him Carl (well, it is his name). Carl has just won bronze in the 50m freestyle at the Swimming Gala at the British Transplant Games.  That short but intensive training paid off. Cim got to know Carl when they were both in St. George’s Hospital Tooting. Carl had just [...]

The British Transplant Games

How do you cope with a seething mass of bodies scrambling to get through the doors into the Coventry city leisure centre? Normally, quite well? But what if you realise that 75% or more of that seething mass have had a transplant? If you are anything like me, you feel humbled. Where have we been? [...]

National Transplant Week: The Missing Piece?

I’m already a day late with reporting on what is probably the most important week of the year for the Transplant Trust. Yes, the launch of National Transplant Week was Monday 6 July. But at least we were there to report it. It was a good and enjoyable evening, (fine) with some insightful talks given [...]

Strictly Cim Dancing: The Event!

An evening of Dirty Dancing, they said. We came, ate the canapes, drank the cava and headed off down winding corridors, to hit the dance-floor, some in their fetching close-fitting dresses and high heels. The ladies were pretty smartly attired too. Dancing there was, but was it dirty? Not a yellow card all evening. And [...]

Strictly Cim Dancing?

It seems like I’ve been away from the blog for ages – in fact it’s about 6 weeks. I still haven’t written up the remaining part of the Antarctica journals (especially the whisky tasting). But time is moving on and UK Transplant Week is soon, so it’s a question of just getting on with things. [...]