michael seres

My journey has a bowel transplant patient has taken me off in a number of directions over the last couple of weeks. Some have been great some not so good but again all paths lad back to The Churchill Hospital in Oxford and the transplant unit and my surrogate family. The route to this particular vis...
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I have tried hard this week to get my head out of bowel transplant mode and in to the space reserved for rest of my life. I just figured that with my head still spinning with so many things it was time for a mental clear out, a kind of spring clean of the mind. As I write this I have visions of a mi...
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This last week seems to have typified my journey through bowel transplant. When I was told that having a bowel transplant was swapping one set of problems for another I knew what I was being told but never really appreciated what that actually meant. I went in to the surgery knowing the risks and co...
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I feel a very lucky patient. Yes I underwent a rare bowel transplant but I dont believe that any patient including me can cope with chronic illness or major life threatening surgery without having a team around you. I have written a great deal about the importance of my family and friends but one vi...
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A few days ago I had the huge privilege and honour of chatting and interviewing Lewis Moody M.B.E.Lewis was born in 1978 and went on to be one of the true greats in the world of rugby union. Not only did he captain England but he was a World Cup winner with England and went on to also be capped by t...
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