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Organ Donation and Transplant: What is Your story?
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Thank you so much for sharing. I am in the testing process to be a living donor for my mom. I fly to Arizona mid November to complete my testing process and if all goes well then I will be having surgery in January.
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@jillmartinez55, Welcome to Mayo Connect. I hope that your tests are going smoothly for you as you proceed toward donating a kidney to your mother.
Have you read @cmael's story at the beginning of this discussion? Her daughter was her living donor, you will see it if you scroll to the 1st page of this discussion.
Here is a discussion I want to share with you. "Kidney transplant - The Journey from the Donor's Side." If you click on the link you will be taken directly to the discussion and you will meet @mauraacro, who shares her kidney donation experience and details from the testing thru the actual donation to the present. It is a long/popular discussion! If you start at the beginning, you can follow her and other donors. You will be both educated and inspired. And I urge you to ask your questions to these living donor "experts" and to know that you are one of our transplant heroes!
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/kidney-transplant-from-the-donor-side/
I will be looking for you there, and I am always available if you have questions or get lost on Connect.
And, before I forget - Please come back to this discussion and share your transplant story in 2021!
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What a blessing that you may be able to donate to your mom. Best of luck with the testing and, hopefully, subsequent surgery!