Latest Bonemarrowdonation Podcast Episodes

Coronavirus Special, Dr. Matthew Jones

Transplant Talk - April 14, 2020 11:51 - 44 minutes
Transplant recipients and those of us on immune-suppressing medication are on the list of people extremely vulnerable to coronavirus. In this episode, I speak to one of our NHS doctors, Dr. Matthew Jones, about coronavirus from the perspective of a transplant recipient. It is our hope that throu...

6. My Husband Paul, Family Member of a Recipient

Transplant Talk - March 21, 2020 13:46 - 45 minutes
Paul and I had been married for just four months when I needed an unexpected and unexplained liver transplant. In this episode, we chat about what it was like to live through the experience from his perspective. From sleeping in cupboards to contemplating losing a spouse before our journey had e...

5. Melissa, Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient

Transplant Talk - March 06, 2020 14:39 - 47 minutes
A little over ten years ago Melissa went from the picture of health to needing four blood or platelet transfusions every week. She was just 30 years old. Melissa needed a bone marrow transplant and Doug, a stranger living across the Atlantic, donated some of his stem cells and saved her life.  ...

4. Louise, Emergency Liver Transplant Recipient

Transplant Talk - February 28, 2020 22:47 - 44 minutes
In the summer of 2018 Louise gave birth, after a long labour, to her beautiful daughter Amelia. Within minutes her blood pressure dropped alarmingly and ultimately she was flown by RAF helicopter to Kings Hospital in London for a very very urgent liver transplant.  In this episode she talks ab...

3. Tracey, Donated her Kidney to a Stranger

Transplant Talk - February 14, 2020 21:29 - 44 minutes
When Tracey was at school she learned about organ donation and decided then and there she wanted to donate a kidney. Twenty-seven years later she donated it to a stranger, saving her life and, as you'll hear, many more too.  -- If you live in the UK and would like to find out more about beco...

2. Izz, Mama to Transplanted Baby, Luna

Transplant Talk - February 07, 2020 19:20 - 43 minutes
When Luna was just two weeks old, Izz knew something wasn't quite right with her daughter's health. After almost a year of extreme highs and lows, anxiety, heartache and so so much love, Luna had her life-saving liver transplant before she even turned one. -- If you'd like to know more about...

1. Orla, Kidney Transplant Recipient

Transplant Talk - January 31, 2020 18:06 - 43 minutes
At 28 years old, after one unsuccessful kidney transplant and more than three years on dialysis, Orla received a donor kidney that changed her life. That was 12 years ago and she hasn't stopped since! -- In this episode, we discuss the Transplant Games. If you'd like to get involved there ar...