Joining Lewis is Specialist Nurse in Organ Donation, George, Brann-Liff.

George explains what day to day life working in organ donation is like as well as describing how it feels to be involved in a successful transplant from his point of view.

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Joining Lewis is liver transplant recipient and Nottingham Transplant Football Club player, Daniel Barnes.

Daniel opens up about his experiences of living with primary sclerosing cholangitis, liver failure, having a liver transplant and recovering from transplant surgery during a global pandemic. He also talks about his return to full fitness and playing football again after his transplant as well as how he has benefitted mentally from playing sport with other transplant recipients.

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Joining Lewis this time is liver transplant recipient and Nottingham Transplant Football Club player, Ben Hastings.

Ben explains how his life suddenly changed when his liver failed, how he regained his fitness after his transplant and returning to playing football again. He also talks about how important playing football with other transplant recipients has been mentally for him and his preparation for representing Transplant Team GB at the European Transplant Games this summer.

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Joining Lewis is motivational speaker, author and winner of multiple medals at the European and World Transplant Games, Darren Cawley.

Darren opens up about his experience of living with kidney disease for over 20 years, his 2 kidney transplants and his time on dialysis. He also shares his achievements in golf an athletic as well as his footballing plans.

As a motivational speaker, Darren explains how you may be able to benefit from talking to even small amount of people about your experiences so make sure you listen all the way through to find out more.

Darren's website - darrencawley.com

Transplant Hub Conversations with Darren - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZUH8lrzdA&t=319s

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This time, Lewis is joined by England Transplant Football Club Chairman, Steve Woodrow, and the club's FA Development Advisors, Mark Horlick & Dan Landstrom.

You'll hear about how the club was formed, how you can get involved with the upcoming trials at LCFA Sefton and St. George's Park, the plans for the future of the club and the England Transplant Football Association.

Keep up to date with the England Transplant Football Club;

www.transplantfootball.com

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Twitter - @England_TFC

Instagram - @england_tfc

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Joining Lewis this time is professional golfer Will Marklew, who is currently on dialysis and awaiting a kidney transplant.

Wil talks about his path to becoming a professional golfer, what life as a pro is typically like for him and how that compares since starting dialysis. He also outlines his golf plans until his transplant and beyond.

Wil explains how important the living donor testing process has been for him and both Wil and Lewis open up about their mental health challenges.

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Joining Lewis to kick off Series 2 is liver cancer survivor, liver transplant recipient and marathon runner, Phil Shin.

Alongside those topics and the mental and physical challenges that come with serious illnesses, Phil talks about how he's benefitted from lifesaving surgery and how his training is going ahead of running a 50km race and the 2022 Boston Marathon.

The Transplants Take On Sport Quiz also returns for Series 2.

Phil's Boston 2022 Boston Marathon fundraising page for the American Liver Foundation - https://liverlifechallenge.org/boston/support/#philshin

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Joining Lewis this time is heart and kidney transplant recipient and Transplant Team GB athlete, Jade Carr. Jade's events include table tennis, badminton, 100m, javelin and ball throw.

Jade opens up about what she can remember about the heart transplant she had at the age of 3 as well as her more recent kidney transplant experience after spending time on dialysis.

She has taken part in the British, European and World Transplant Games over more than 20 years and speaks about her sporting achievements, how it feels to represent Team GB and other stories from the games.

Writing letters to live donors is discussed so if you'd like to find out more, please have a look at the links below:

Writing letters to live donors video - https://youtu.be/tZzCwUEYDaI

Become a living donor - https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/become-a-living-donor/

*NOTE* - This episode was recorded prior to the discovery of the Omicron Covid variant.

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