Considering live kidney donation?
Here are some helpful articles:
Choose Donation - Donor Stories
Living Kidney Donor's Share Their Stories
AMA: What doctors wish patients knew about becoming a living kidney donor
Considering Kidney Donation UCLA
How to become a Kidney donor UCLA
Kidney.org Becoming a Living Donor
Kideny.org What to Expect After Kidney Donation
Mayo Clinic - What to Expect as a
Medical College of Wisconsin - Living Donor
Saves Lives - Share your Spare
Kidney .org Living with One Kidney
These Wisconsinites made the life-changing
choice to donate a kidney to a stranger
First Living Kidney Donor Swap at UCLA
The Power Of Together — Be An Angel Advocate
Video from The Great Social Experiement
Who can be a Living Kidney Donor?
"...all potential donors must be genuinely willing to donate, physically fit, in good general health; and free from diabetes, cancer, kidney disease and heart disease.
Individuals considered for living donation are usually between 18-70 years of age. Gender and race are not factors in determining a successful match."
excerpt from UCLA
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Conditions that MAY prevent a person from being accepted as a donor
Advantages of Living Kidney Donation
The greatest advantage of living donation is:
> the kidney tends to have more immediate function,
> lasts longer than a kidney from a deceased donor and;
> greatly decreases the amount of time the recipient
needs to wait for transplant to occur, particularly in California.
UCLA living kidney donor program 866-672-5333