Living Organ Donors

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Comment by Marie-Agnes Cederborg on October 13, 2009 at 6:51am

The new World Kidney Day Website is there!
Please visit www.worldkidneyday.org and sign up now!

Comment by Marie-Agnes Cederborg on September 1, 2009 at 9:04am

Too many people ignore the close inter-relation between kidney diseases and diabetes or hypertension. Worldwide, 246 million people suffer from diabetes and the figure is expected to reach 380 million by 2025. Diabetic nephropathy affects a third of people suffering from diabetes. Sadly, less than half people diagnosed with diabetes undergo a screening test.
Next Word Kidney Day will be held on Thursday 11 March 2010 and will focus on Diabetes, the leading cause of kidney failure.

World Kidney Day offers a crucial, visible opportunity to inform and educate health policy-makers, people who are at highest risk of CKD, and the general public that kidney disease is common, harmful and treatable.

Join our World Kidney Day 2010 group and come to exchange your experience and ideas that could be proposed to World Kidney Day organisers over the world.

The success of World Kidney Day across the world is only possible because of each of you!

Comment by Kim Horowitz on November 16, 2008 at 10:43am

Everything is going great so far in my journey to become a living donor. I have had all of my blood-work and appointments. I am going on tuesday to have my EKG, Chest x-ray, and MRI, MRA, and my MRCP.

Comment by Becky Waller on August 29, 2008 at 4:17pm

Tanya, forgive me for taking so long to comment back at you! Email me at greatestgiftfoundation@gmail.com if you want more info, and in case it's helpful, I put a lot of my story online when I was going through it -- all still there at the archives (beginning of blog through around June of 2006) at http://chopped-liver-blog.blogspot.com. I have a small roster of fellow living donors who might be able to talk to you one-on-one, too, in case that's helpful.

Comment by Tanya Syfers on July 14, 2008 at 8:58pm

Hi all, I have just found this site and am very new to everything about the transplant process. I have just sent in my paperwork and blood type to hopefully begin the process of becoming a living liver donor for my husband who has liver cancer. I would appreciate any feedback anyone has on this process, especially about recovery and time off work (the real logistics of the thing!) Thanks in advance. Also I am not very computer literate, hope I am doing all this right...

Comment by Norm Biondi on July 5, 2008 at 4:01pm

I'm new to the website. My daughter (kidney recipient) is sort of holding my hand.

No obvious nerve damage, except a bout with shoulder nerve pain as a result of the extended position during surgery. It went away after about one month.

Comment by Becky Waller on June 20, 2008 at 11:59pm

Hey, gang - - in case you haven't already seen it, I've launched the companion blog for my living organ donor nonprofit, at http://greatestgift.wordpress.com. Stop by and tell your friends -- we can use all the help and traffic we can get to build this into a resource that gets easily found by living donors who are searching.

I hope everybody's doing well!
Becky