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Any double donors out there: liver and kidney?

Transplants | Last Active: Jul 19 1:36pm | Replies (62)
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@lwilkey

Hi Rosemary! YES! My local intended recipient, for whom I was not a good physical match, and I each had our surgeries on April 15th. her new kidney came from someone in Cali, and mine went to someone in New York. So far, she has lost over 22 lbs of fluid that her new kidney has been working hard to rid her of and she feels amazing (other than lots of med-tweaking). I have felt pretty good, too, most of the time, except for my back. My back sometimes feels like it's going to snap right in half, it hurts so much. I don't know if this is normal or not, but I'm praying it will go away soon, as I don't like to take a lot of meds. I'm seeing my surgeon on Thurs 5/6, so I plan to ask him! I will say this, donating my liver was A LOT easier and less painful than donating my kidney has been! <3 <3

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | May 15, 2021

@lwilkey, I hope that you are feeling relief from the back pain. If you don't mind me asking, Was it related to the surgery?

Will you have further follow-up appointments with the surgeon? What kind of monitoring will you need after the kidney donation? Do you still have follow-up monitoring after the living liver donation?

I also want to invite you to share your story when you are comfortable doing it.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/organ-donation-and-transplant-what-is-your-story/

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