New Transplant Blog Posts

Good morning everyone!
Have you seen any of our infographics? For a few years, Mayo Clinic has partnered with news outlets around the country to publish information in a short and graphical way to help people understand transplant and organ donation. We wanted to give you an overview of some of the content we have published. You can find most of our infographics on the Mayo Clinic webpages, but here are a few easy clicks for you to view.
https://mayocl.in/2U2VN2s
Let us know if there is a topic you would like to see explained this way!
Happy First Day of Spring!
-Kristin

Hello everyone! This isn't our new blog post, but there's a new organ donation post on the Champions page you all should see. In case you have friends, relatives, or anyone who isn't yet an organ donor, share this information with them too!
https://mayocl.in/2VfyJLl
Have a great day!

Happy Spring Everyone!
As you likely know, April is Donate Life month so it's only fitting that we talk about organ donation, living donation, and transplantation during the month of April. The goal of Donate Life month is to bring awareness to the shortage of organs for those waiting and to encourage people to sign up to be donors. We have published a blog post today that we hope will do just that - convince those interested in donation to actually sign up - bridging the gap between interest and action. Share this blog with others who might be willing, but just haven't taken that step, and while you're at it, share your personal connection too if you are comfortable doing so. Sometimes that personal touch is what's needed for people to take the important action!
Have a wonderful day!
https://mayocl.in/2GjfOZR

Good morning!
Today's blog post is one you might find helpful when planning for your summer getaways. Our transplant discussion group has held many conversations about how to travel safely before and after a transplant, so we took all those discussions and put them together into this post. Thank you to our discussion group for doing all this great work for us! 🙂

Have a wonderful day, transplant friends!

In today's Newsfeed post, we would like to introduce you to Dr. Mikel Prieto. Dr. Prieto has been a transplant surgeon at Mayo Clinic for almost 20 years, and has brought so many advances and life-saving techniques to our patients. We are so happy he agreed to be interviewed and share his passion for not only transplant surgery, but also so many interesting parts of his life. Read more about Dr. Prieto, and if you have met him, give him a shout out for his 20 year anniversary!

I have not had the honor of meeting Dr. Prieto in person so I appreciate this opportunity to meet him here on Connect. Thank you, Dr. Prieto, for making time to participate in this interview and to share with us your story. Happy 20th Anniversary!

My daughter and I were blessed to have Dr Prieto preform our kidney transplant surgeries. My daughter gave me a kidney. We are so grateful! ❤️

Today's member spotlight features @gingerw who many of you have met through discussions in the Transplant group. Read her interview with fellow member Rosemary to learn more about Ginger, her meaningful moments on Connect and what energizes her.

– Sharing, Caring and Lending a Virtual Ear: Meet @gingerw https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/about-connect/newsfeed-post/sharing-caring-and-lending-a-virtual-ear-meet-gingerw/

Member Spotlights are published the 2nd and 4th Friday every month. Check out all the Member Spotlights here https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/about-connect/tab/newsfeed/

Hi Everyone,

Check out our latest blog post on "The Basics of Living Organ Donation". This is a great resource for those interested in learning more about living organ donation.

Here is the link: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/transplant/newsfeed-post/the-basics-of-living-organ-donation/

Be well!
Barbara

Happy Summer Everyone! It's finally nice weather here in Minnesota, although we could do without the daily rain storm.
Today's blog post will be of interest to anyone who has participated in kidney paired exchange or anyone who is considering kidney donation. The post today will give you more information about Mayo Clinic's paired donation experience, and show you how a transplant center with experience in paired donation can help so many people with just a single nondirected donor.
Read more here: https://mayocl.in/2YaLd8w

And let us know if you have more questions about this life saving process!
Have a wonderful week!