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hollyvshaw Patient Expert

My name's Holly Shaw and I'm 21 years old... I am in my 3rd year at Chester University (Warrington campus) doing an Early Childhood Studies degree! At the beginning of 2005 I was diagnosed with Kidney failure and dialysed 3 x a week for 4 years. I received my new kidney on 25th October 2008. It... Full Bio
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New Start... New Blog... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Ok... so a bit of a reflective blog... Its been a whole year since my transplant (this time last year I was still in hospital recovering)... If you have been following th ... Read on »
A big week... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure It is a busy week ahead... tomorrow I GRADUATE! I can't believe how quick it has come around... in fact I can't believe that I have finished my 3 years at uni! I may have to ... Read on »
The new campaign... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure I was going to write about Save Jess-tival but check out the Live Life Then Give Life blog... as it is a great write up! Everyone had a fab night and all the volunteers did a ... Read on »
Just got back from the gym and ... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Just got back from the gym and I am really pleased with what I was able to do... I did 10 minutes rowing 3 minutes on the bike 25 sit ups on a big inflatable ball 20 ... Read on »
Getting fit... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure So I joined the gym yesterday! I thought I would use this blog so I can keep a note of what I am doing each time I go to the gym and look back to see how much I improve over ... Read on »
A new me... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Ok so I said I would blog the following day... it's nearly a week later and here it is! Life does get in the way of blogging sometimes, which is a great thing, if you loo ... Read on »
The day I got the Call... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure This day last year, I received the call that has changed my life. If you have only recently started reading my blog you can read about the events of that day here. A ... Read on »
Tattoos and Lighthouses... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure It has been a busy few days yet again but I can't seem to put my finger on every single thing I have done... I will do a separate update about the Save Jess-tival as this dese ... Read on »
Smiling on the inside... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure It has been a very busy week this week! I did an interview on Radio Manchester with Allan Beswick, you can listen again here, I am 2 hours and 12 minutes in. I also did ... Read on »
Save Jess-tival and an Award! by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure YOU CAN NOW BUY YOUR SAVE JESS-TIVAL TICKETS BY Clicking Here . I really can't wait... I've been trying to do my little bit in helping to organise it, not sure I a ... Read on »
STOP PRESS SAVE JESS-TIVAL by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure So as well as organising the abseil, I have been doing my bit (a very small bit but still my bit) in helping to organise the Save Jess-tival, thats why things have been so ... Read on »
Role Reversal... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Life takes over and I completely forget about keeping this up to date. Sometimes it takes over with good and happy events, this time that wasn't the case. I can't believ ... Read on »
LLTGL Abseil by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Hey everyone... My its been a busy week this week, the #savejess campaign really took off and there will be lots of exciting developments over the next couple of weeks, v ... Read on »
Save Jess.... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Please do as the title says! Save Jess and join the Organ Donor Register. The campaign started on twitter, we started tweeting about Jess with the hashtag so we could trac ... Read on »
Worried.... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure I, like most people in the transplant community today are worried that we are going to lose a very special young lady, 20 year old Jessica Wales has been waiting for a double ... Read on »
Update... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Ok so going to try and make this a quick one but I seem to have done a lot recently and got lots to tell you all! Firstly the blog below says it all but I am just so plea ... Read on »
I only went and did it.... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure I PASSED MY DEGREE WITH A 2:1! YIPEEEEEE! Shortest blog in the history of the world: all other updates can wait :) Read on »
Fundraising for LLTGL by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Fellow advocates Jessica Wales and Louise Lawrence completed great challenges on Sunday to raise money for Live Life Then Give Life. Jessica is waiting for a double lung t ... Read on »
Abigail is one... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure As the title suggests Abigail is one! Her birthday was on Saturday and we celebrated at her house with family and friends! I can't believe how quick this year has gone... it ... Read on »
Reflective... by hollyvshaw Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure I was reflecting yesterday with my Mum, she was saying how proud she was (whilst I was telling her to shush) of me that I had taken the leap and start going places on my own. ... Read on »