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Kidney Transplant
Living Kidney Donation
Thinking About Being a Donor?
About the Kidneys
What is a Living Donor?
Who Can Donate
Types of Living Donation
Benefits and Risks of Living Donation
Types of Surgery
Effects on Life
Living with 1 Kidney
Life and Relationships
Cost
Testing
About Testing
Blood Pressure, Blood Typing, and Blood Tests
Tissue Typing and Crossmatch
Chest X-Ray, Renal Scan, CT Scan
Urine Tests and 24-Hour Urine Collection
Other Tests
Psychosocial Assessment
Precautions
Questions to Think About
Transplant Recipient Information
General Information
About Kidneys and Transplants
Benefits and Challenges
Living Donation
About Living Donation
Benefits of Living Donor Transplants
Information for Living Donors
Risks and Benefits of Becoming a Living Donor
Finding a Living Donor
Transplant Tourism
Next Steps
What if I'm a Recipient?
Kidney Matching Process
Kidney Paired Donation
Deceased Donation
Questions to Consider
Transplant Workup for Recipients
Transplant Waiting List
Patient and Transplant Team Responsibilities
Preparing for Your Transplant
Getting Ready
Social Work Services and Medication
Life Activities, Financial Planning, and Accomodation
Hospital Discharge and Support
Mental Wellness and Personal Directive
Transplant Day
Transplant Surgery
What to Expect After Surgery
Medications
Medicines After Your Transplant
Nutrition
After Your Transplant
Your Transplant Team
Possible Health Problems
Pregnancy After Transplant
Organ and Tissue Donation Registry
Donor and Recipient Stories
Glossary
Resources
References
Waiting for an available kidney can often take many years for people with end stage renal disease. Living kidney donation provides one option to many who are eligible for a kidney transplant. One of the most important benefits of having a kidney from a living donor is that the living donation can often happen much sooner than a transplant from a deceased donor. The following stories provide a look inside the lives of a few living donors and kidney transplant recipients and how family and friends have come together to help one another.
Linda and Jane share a laugh and a special connection through living kidney donation. This is the story of this special connection.
See Linda and Jane’s living donor story.
Scott Barr didn’t hesitate when his sister, Lexi, asked him to donate his kidney to her. “It’s family. You just do it. No questions asked.”
See Lexi and Scott’s living donor story.
The Kidney Paired Donation program lets this couple give, and receive, the gift of life.
See Lori and Rob’s Kidney Paired Donation story.
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