Thank you, Jolinda! I re-connected on Facebook with the woman I met on the plane in 1983 and, when she told me about her liver disease, I just wanted to do something to help. And my experience at Mayo was so incredible that I wanted to donate again (even though I couldn't donate my liver again, of course). I wasn't sure how I would find someone who needed a kidney until our local news station ran a story about a woman who lives in my city who needs a kidney. I contacted her and was worked up as her donor. We were FIVE days away from surgery when we found out that I was not a good match for her, after all, so now we are enrolled in the Paired Kidney Exchange Program, so I will be donating a kidney, just not to her, and she will be receiving a kidney, just not from me. 🙂 I'm so happy that you had a successful transplant! Are you feeling good and doing well?? How long ago was your transplant surgery??

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