Description: This site is for those who are seeking living kidney donors AND for those who are thinking about the possibility of donating a kidney. It provides a wealth of information about living donation as well as a place for seekers to tell their stories and appeal for living donors. In addition, there is a companion Facebook page which enables seekers to gain additional exposure in their searches for living donors.
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I created this site in 2010, when I was in need of a living kidney donor. I wanted to tell people of my need, provide information for potential donors, and connect with people willing to consider donation. T hanks to a very generous woman who discovered this site via Facebook, my donor and I found each other! (You can read a news article about it, if you like.)
Living-donor transplants are the most successful of all organ transplants, and a kidney from a living donor generally lasts twice as long as a kidney from a deceased donor. For this and a host of other reasons explained in this site, a kidney patient’s best chance for long-term survival, by far, is to receive a transplant from a living donor. Most people, understandably, don’t realize that donating a kidney is a relatively simple procedure these days. It’s a laparoscopic surgery—a minimally invasive tec
My donor lives 1,000 miles away—in Florida—and didn’t even know me at first! She donated out of the pure goodness of her heart. If you’ve been directed here by someone needing a kidney, please give serious thought to becoming a living donor. You will change many lives—yours, the recipient's, and everyone who knows and loves your recipient—in a way that no other person can.