{"id":3510,"date":"2019-06-14t11:41:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-14t10:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/?page_id=3510"},"modified":"2019-06-17t15:29:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17t14:29:51","slug":"dans-transplant-games-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/about-the-pha-uk\/supporting-life-after-transplant\/dans-transplant-games-story\/","title":{"rendered":"dan&#8217;s transplant games story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"spacer-above\"><strong>\u201ci\nwanted to prove i could get back on my feet\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p><em>dan peel, 26, from reading, is competing in the golf, ball throw, javelin, shot-put and 25-metre relay events. this is his second time taking part in the westfield health british transplant games. <\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"dan peel on his british transplant games journey\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1jgvztl-4ou?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>\u201clast year i won gold in the ball throw and bronze in\nthe javelin, just five months after my transplant. <\/p><p>i wanted to prove i could get back on my feet, and i\u2019m\ndoing it again because it\u2019s a great chance to catch up with my team, who became\nlike a little family. <\/p><p><strong>as a second-year competitor, it\u2019s a good chance to see those who have had their transplants after me and to encourage them that they can also do whatever they put their minds to.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>in terms of training, i\u2019ve been playing cricket to\nhelp with my throwing and doing lots of cycling for general fitness. <\/p><p>before transplant i wanted to make sure my body was as\nfit as it could be to undergo the trauma of surgery and to get back on my feet\nas quickly as possible, which i certainly did.<\/p><p>post-transplant the training has been\nstrengthening my lungs and getting my body back in shape. it also helps\nimmensely with the mental side of things. <\/p><p>i\u2019m really looking forward to the games and showing\nwhat can be done post-transplant.&nbsp; it\u2019s\nreally inspiring for those looking in and the games are a great way of\nencouraging people to keep active &#8211; as ultimately that is one of the most\nimportant things you can do post-transplant to ensure a happy lifestyle. <\/p><p>at the games i will be joined by my\nwife, parents, sister and friends. it\u2019s a celebration for them to see me back\nto what i used to be doing, back enjoying life and back competing. <\/p><p>my message to those competing in the british and world transplant games is good luck, keep going and don\u2019t give up. <br>  <br><strong> just remember what you\u2019ve been through, what you have achieved, and how much of a strong person you are because of that.\u201d <\/strong> <br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201ci wanted to prove i could get back on my feet\u201d dan peel, 26, from reading, is competing in the golf, ball throw, javelin, shot-put and 25-metre relay events. this is his second time taking part in the westfield health british transplant games. \u201clast year i won gold in the ball throw and bronze in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":3447,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3510","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3510","targethints":{"allow":["get"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3510"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3647,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3510\/revisions\/3647"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}