Wednesday, 29 July 2009

London - 25th July

When Donor Day happened back in April, I attended a drinks evening afterwards to socialise with everyone else who'd been involved. However there were lots of TV cameras at the drinks evening filming for Holly S's Battlefront documentary, so we didn't get much of a chance to talk to each other. So Holly S suggested we could all meet up in London for a meal at a later date to chat to each other a bit more. That was last Saturday.

I was worried that I might not be able to attend as I felt awful on Thursday and Friday, but luckily I had a good day on Saturday :)

7 of us were able to attend the meal, which was at Las Iguanas on the South Bank in London:
  • Holly S - the organiser of Donor Day and the Gift of Life campaign. She received a kidney transplant last October.
  • Holly C - who is currently creating a photography project about living kidney donors, which you can read more about here. She received a kidney from a friend last October.
  • Emily - the vice-chair of Live Life Then Give Life. She received a double lung transplant in January 2007.
  • Abby - who is Emily's sister.
  • Tom - who is Abby's boyfriend.
  • Freya - who is Abby's friend and is also from a donor family.
I've been to London many, many times, but Saturday was the first time I'd ever been to London on my own and all went well. It was also the first time I've had a meal out with friends. I had a fantastic evening :D It was also great to be able to chat to other transplant recipients about transplant related things. For example we discussed having to avoid high risk foods, medications etc.

I took my camera with me, but didn't take that many photos, so some of the photos below are Holly S's, Holly C's and Abby's. Thank you for letting me steal your photos ;)

In the restaurant:

After the meal we wandered around South Bank. So here are some photos from when Holly S and Abby played in the fountains:

And we all went on a carousel, which made taking photos a difficult task. But Holly S got the hang of it:

Wandering along South Bank:

And heading home on the Tube at the end of a great evening:
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous29 July 2009 at 13:30

    Great photos look like you all had a great time :)
    Emma x

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  2. Anonymous29 July 2009 at 15:24

    Really glad you came, was fab to have you there :)

    Emily xx

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  3. lulu29 July 2009 at 15:33

    I love these pics...really captures the spirit of embracing life as a result of transplantation!! Fab!! xxx

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  4. Molly29 July 2009 at 16:48

    Thanks for your comments Emma and Lou :)

    And it was a great evening Emily, I really enjoyed it. It was lovely to see you too :)

    Moll x x

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  5. Becky29 July 2009 at 20:34

    Glad you had such a good time - fab pic!

    Becky xxx

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  6. Molly29 July 2009 at 22:40

    Thanks Becky :) Xxx

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  7. Hua4 August 2009 at 19:52

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