“My advice to anyone considering donating a kidney is to educate yourself by talking to the professionals at transplant centers and others who have donated. When I was looking into donation, I deliberately searched the Internet for kidney donors with unfavorable outcomes or those who regretted their decision and had a hard time finding anyone who regretted donating.” – Vince Golden via National Kidney Registry
“After donating a kidney, the donor’s remaining healthy kidney will grow until it is able to do the work of 2 kidneys. Living kidney donors have a normal expected life span and do not have a greater risk for kidney disease. Their lifestyle and activities are not restricted in any way. Women who have donated a kidney do not have any added risk in pregnancy or childbirth.” – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Kidneys are the most commonly transplanted organ in the US and globally. There are many resources with information on living kidney donation. Here are a few!
The National Kidney Foundation: Becoming a Living Donor
The National Kidney Foundation: What to Expect After Donation
Northwestern Medicine: Living Kidney Donors
Denver7: Three decades later, Boulder woman reconnects with prom date through kidney donation
Moultrie News: Good Samaritans donate kidneys at MUSC
UCSan Diego Health: Life-Saving Connection: Volunteers Unite Through Kidney Donation
Kens5: Longtime friends strengthen bond through kidney donation
Health Matters: Becoming a Living Organ Donor: What to Expect from the Process
VCU Health: A life calling: Richmond woman donates two organs to total strangers
Mayo Clinic Minute: Become an organ donor and save lives
American Medical Association: What doctors wish patients knew about becoming a living kidney donor
Cape Gazette: Cape Region organ donor steps up to save man she didn’t know
Michelin Guide: This Sommelier Saved a Stranger’s Life
NBC Connecticut: NBC Sports employee gets a new lease on life after a coworker’s selfless act
From Kansas Health System: The stories of four living kidney donors
9 and 10 News: Johns Hopkins physician sheds light on the costs for living organ donors
KevinMD: Hope is the lifeline: a deeper look into transplant care
My High Plains: Local woman prepares to donate her kidney to stranger
Rockland County Times: 21 Year Old Donates Kidney
VCU Health: What are the benefits of a preemptive kidney transplant?
Yahoo! Finance: American Kidney Fund’s Living Donor Assistance Program Expands to Illinois
Healthcare Radius: A new way to fight kidney disease: Transplants before dialysis
Fox 13 Tampa Bay: Woman gets life-saving kidney donation from co-worker
The Journal Gazette: Organ donation: A selfless, lifesaving act
KTVB7: DOVE helps veterans get life-saving kidney transplants
Fox 5 New York: Long Island man reunites with kidney donor: ‘My angel came’
Channel 3000: A frequent flyer needed a kidney transplant to live. This Delta employee gave him one
The Baltimore Banner: She needed a kidney transplant. Then a familiar face emerged.
ABC6 News: Mayo Clinic honors living organ donors as they celebrate the gift of giving
MSN: LI Kidney Recipient Meets His Donor For First Time
UW News: A new kidney — free of daily meds
Globe Newswire: American Kidney Fund Launches Podcast, ‘The Kidney Collective’
Medical Xpress: Transplant surgeon explains why diverse organ donors are needed
ABC News: Teacher opens up about donating kidney to fellow teacher’s husband
The News Tribune: Gift of Life: Maddie Lea’s Decade of Gratitude and Pursuit of Parenthood
Medical Xpress: Kidney donors who give to strangers do just as well as those who give to loved ones
Discover MooseJaw: Saskatchewan marks Living Organ Donation Week with awareness campaign
Cleveland Clinic Consult QD: Widening the Donor Pool with Robotic-Assisted Donor Nephrectomy
UC San Diego Health: Lifesaving Surgery Leads to Generous Kidney Donation
CBS6 News: Fate seems to bring together transplant patient & kidney donor
Brighter Side of News: Scientists convert type A kidney to type O for first human transplant
Fun 107: New Bedford Teen Finds Kidney Match After Months-Long Search
UCI Health: A living organ donor’s lasting impact
9News: Learn About Living Kidney Donation and Save a Life
MENAFN: Dubai: 3 Kidney Donors Team Up For Triathlon, Say ‘Organ Donation Does Not Weaken’
Local 12: Former firefighter meets kidney donor at Kentucky event
Men’s Journal: Jesse Eisenberg Is Donating His Kidney to a Stranger
SomersetLive: ‘He was a stranger until tragedy brought him to my door – now I have his kidney’
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