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@paragem your story gives me hope. Congratulations on your kidney transplant and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I have CKD stage 4 due to diabetes. I’ve been looking into this since 2016. I’ve been evaluated, approved and accepted for kidney transplant at Mayo in Rochester, MN. I’ve been looking for a living kidney donor since then. People who are willing have been excluded for one reason or another. Thank God my kidneys are still functioning somewhat. I have faith that if this meant to be, it will happen at the right time, in the right way that it is supposed to.

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Your positive attitude will get you there. Kidney disease and transplant are all about perseverance and persistence. I had one of the so-called “rare diseases” that came out of nowhere. Once I did some research, I began to understand that many symptoms in my childhood and young adult life pointed to this disease so I may have had an active disease since childhood. If that’s true, I had a good run - between 45 and 60 years depending on when it really started. My live donors came out of nowhere. One was a TA I had in college (over 45 years ago) whom I had connected with on LinkedIn. The other was a cousin whom I hadn’t seen in at least 3 decades. Keep spreading the word - high school, college reunion groups, work groups, neighbors, social media, everyone of your email contacts, ask local stores if you can put up a small poster. You never know what will pop up. Good luck to you! And hang in there!