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Any double donors out there: liver and kidney?
Transplants | Last Active: Jul 19, 2024 | Replies (62)Comment receiving replies
Oh, my goodness! No, donors do not have to be related in any way to their recipients (I wasn't/am not), and apparently being a living liver donor does not prohibit me from donating a kidney, since I'm getting ready to do just that in about two weeks, if all goes well. Not sure if being a kidney donor FIRST would prohibit someone from donating a portion of their liver later, but I suppose it's possible (for example, they will be taking my left kidney since there is too much scar tissue on the right side, due to my previous liver donation, to be able to take the right kidney; did your daughter donate her right kidney, by chance??). CEHunt, are you enrolled in a Paired Kidney Exchange Program (you would have to have a willing donor who has been evaluated/worked up as a donor and has been found to be an unsuitable match for you, but who is still willing to donate a kidney to someone else. The two of you would have to enroll in the program as a pair)?? I know that my kidney will be traveling to Mayo Clinic in Minn for transplantation; it would be so cool if it were going to YOU! hugs! <3
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@lwilkey I don’t know which kidney my daughter donated (don’t remember). In regards to Paired Kidney Exchange Program I recall receiving literature and signing something regarding being interested in participating in the program. Sadly my quest for a living kidney donor has not yielded any viable results. The few nibbles there have been didn’t make it past the health history questions: too old, too obese, a history of some sort of rehab?, psychologically unfit? ..... and the usual person in an undeveloped country far away that wants to sell their kidney 😒. I have been looking since 2016 and haven’t made much progress. On the bright side my UNOS listing was changed to inactive because my GFR is now 26 and I am currently considered too healthy for transplant at this time. I (GFR) have bounced around from 14 - 42 over the past 5 years. I thank God for this, so your precious kidney won’t be going to me. The person who gets your kidney will be blessed. I pray blessings on you as well.