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Webinar: What Patients and Donors Need to Know About Living-Donor Kidney Transplant Event Date: April 14, 2015 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm ET
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I have stage 4 CKD, adult life-long Crohn's and in 2001 Rectal Cancer.My blood pressure is generally normal. A brother wants to donate a kidney. He has been a drinker all his adult life. What sort of donor could this be? I am on many meds...what effect do they have on a transplant?

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Lauren Spiceland | @LaurenSpiceland | Apr 15, 2015

Jo-Ellen, generally speaking none of your conditions should be a contraindication for a successful transplant. If your brother is an active alcoholic and unwilling to quit, he will not be able to donate. He can call to ask to be evaluated: http://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/transplant-center/kidney-transplant/contact-us.

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