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Kidney Donation

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Update on my status of getting a donor

Hello & good morning everyone! I just wanted to give a little update & status of my transplant. Recently I met a new friend at my best friend from high...

Hello & good morning everyone! I just wanted to give a little update & status o...

PUREkatniss

•7 years ago

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Side effects after donation?

Hi all! I have just finished my evaluation to donate and I am waiting to see if I am a good candidate. Have any of you experienced any complications or side...

Hi all! I have just finished my evaluation to donate and I am waiting to see if...

Karen_B

•7 years ago

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Recovery

I donated a kidney last Wednesday and I feel like my recovery is taking forever. I've read so much about people feeling totally back to themselves in less than...

I donated a kidney last Wednesday and I feel like my recovery is taking forever....

Grunya

•7 years ago

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Risk of donation

What are the long term risk of donation?

YollyD_NKF

•7 years ago

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How long is donor surgery?

My living donor wants to know how long her actual surgery will be. Does anyone know? Thank you in advance!!

My living donor wants to know how long her actual surgery will be. Does anyone k...

Maddisson

•7 years ago

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Donating Tomorrow

Hi, my name is Gruny and tomorrow I'm donating a kidney to my dad. I've been avoiding thinking/feeling and now it's hitting me like a ton of bricks. Would love...

Hi, my name is Gruny and tomorrow I'm donating a kidney to my dad. I've been avo...

Grunya

•7 years ago

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Dialysis 😭

Hi, I am taylor and I'm 24! I'm joining to try and find solutions to my high fluid levels. I have been on dialysis for four years, after my kidney from my dad...

Hi, I am taylor and I'm 24! I'm joining to try and find solutions to my high flu...

tmontgomery48

•7 years ago

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How can I donate

How can I donate my kidney to a specific person?

YollyD_NKF

•7 years ago

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Blessed to be a living donor!

Hi! I’m new here..donated a kidney to my dear friend Monica in 2016 at Froedtert Hospital in the Milwaukee area. We are of different races and blood types (I’m...

Hi! I’m new here..donated a kidney to my dear friend Monica in 2016 at Froedtert...

Karen_Isaacson

•7 years ago

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Living Donor

I am a living donor who was part in a kidney Pairing Exchange. Up until I found out about my Cousin Brenda's kidney disease I knew zero about it. I strongly...

I am a living donor who was part in a kidney Pairing Exchange. Up until I found...

Boomop

•7 years ago

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Who I am

Living donor out of a paired donation scenario so my brother could a receive a kidney! Hi!

Living donor out of a paired donation scenario so my brother could a receive a k...

Rpietrzy

•7 years ago

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Kidney donation anniversary!

Donor getting ready to celebrate 7 year anniversary with my recipient brother.

Happydonor

•7 years ago

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Intro - Kidney Donor

Hi! I'm Sonia and I donated anonymously in 2009 in Minneapolis. I've volunteered on and off with the NKF, including some peer to peer opportunities, since '08....

Hi! I'm Sonia and I donated anonymously in 2009 in Minneapolis. I've volunteered...

SoniaBrummer

•7 years ago

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Living donor

Hi, I'm new here. I donated a kidney to my brother two years ago this month.

DframeJ

•7 years ago

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Living Donor

Hi! I became a living kidney donor on 6/25/15 to my husband Tim.

scubafrog0814

•7 years ago

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Posts - Kidney Donation | HealthUnlocked

Kidney Donation

All posts for October 2017

Update on my status of getting a donor

Side effects after donation?

Recovery

Risk of donation

How long is donor surgery?

Donating Tomorrow

Dialysis 😭

How can I donate

Blessed to be a living donor!

Living Donor

Who I am

Kidney donation anniversary!

Intro - Kidney Donor

Living donor

Living Donor

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