news item

[andy-]

Altruistic donation is the giving of a kidney, from a living person, to a stranger who has kidney failure there will be a news item on channel 5 on the 5pm new

[mrspick]

I watched a program a couple of weeks ago about a young chap who was an altruistic donor, it was facinating

[andy- in reply to mrspick]

So did I there is another program on itv at 7:30 , it's great it's getting the news out there

[nickyj in reply to mrspick]

Really positive news thank you

[Lollypop12]

It is great that more people are becoming donors. My 15month old son as ARPKD and will need a transplant very soon. I am going to be his donor.

[Hrodebert]

It is really fantastic to read abut altruistic donors when I remember how hard it was just to encourage people to carry donor cards in the mid-1970s. For what it's worth I have been on dialysis since the age of 20 in 1976. I eventually received a successful transplant which lasted long enough for me to build a chiropodist practice, marry and have 3 healthy children, now nearly all in their 20s. Back in those prehistoric years, seat belts weren't mandatory so most cadaver transplants came from car crashes during Christmas time.

I'm still going strong at 56 and hope this will give encouragement to younger patients especially since tissue typing and anti-rejection drugs have advanced tremendously.

[Dovely]

Hrodebert for the win! Great post

[googie]

I have a friend who is recieving a kidney from a live donor in a few weeks. Fingers crossed everything goes well.

[nickyj in reply to googie]

Sounds great - hope all went and continues to go well

[googie in reply to nickyj]

Operation has been delayed until December as another health problem cropped up, but she is upbeat and looking forward to getting it done and starting the New year with hopefully no problems x

[nickyj]

fantastic news x

[DanaBoo]

I was just diagnosed with this disease they said that I still have full function but there is a lot of damage im 16 fixing to be 17 and am a very weird case because most of the time this disease shows itself in infancy