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Living Donor: It's a huge responsibility
Transplants | Last Active: Jul 20, 2018 | Replies (112)Comment receiving replies
I donated a kidney to my sister in August 2015. We are both doing great. Our family (my father's side) is affected by polycystic kidney disease (PKD) so many family members have undergone transplants mostly living donor. Besides a donor I have been on the caregiving side too as my husband had a living donor kidney transplant (2010) followed by a pancreas transplant (2015). He is now insulin free!
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@hkvanhouten, I saw this article on Mayo's newsfeed a couple of months ago. Since you have mentioned family history of PKD, I wanted to share it with you.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/champions/newsfeed-detail/?link_id=10571
Thanks for sharing your husband's remarkable success.
Rosemary
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@hkvanhouten, I want to welcome you to Mayo Clinic Connect. I am a volunteer mentor, and a recipient of a combined liver/kidney transplant from an anonymous deceased donor. Thank you for joining this discussion. And thank you for sharing your experience as a living donor.
May God continue to bestow His blessings on you and your family.
Rosemary