In sickness and in health: Donating a kidney to my husband
When her husband James needed a kidney transplant, journalist and filmmaker Rachel Stevenson picked up a camera at home and filmed their journey to the operating table together
Life on the waiting list: the three-month progress report
It's been painful for James Hipwell to watch his wife's slow recovery from donating her kidney to him. But now they can both begin to look forward again to a future together
James Hipwell is used to the trials of the kidney patient: six hours in hospital, every other day. But seeing his wife in a hospital gown is a whole new challenge
Life on the waiting list: the effects of kidney failure
James Hipwell
In the second part of his fortnightly blog, James Hipwell describes the symptoms he's suffering as he waits for test results on a possible organ donation from his wife, Rachel
James Hipwell is waiting to find a donor for his second kidney transplant. Here he describes the vast quantity of medication he takes every day just to stay alive
James Hipwell: It's an awful feeling when you know the odds are so against a kidney transplant
Eight years ago a kidney donated by his brother saved the life of journalist James Hipwell. Now he needs another operation – but the lack of donors has shortened his chances of survival
