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The Living Donor Experience

This is a place where you can read about the experiences of others who have actually gone through the living donation process.

Kidney Donation Experiences:

  • Rich Ostry's story of living kidney donation to his wife.

  • Amy's living kidney donation and her experience with post-donation pregnancy.

  • Debbie's living kidney donation to her sister and their post-op complications.

  • Kelly's anonymous kidney donation to a stranger.

  • Karl's donation to his cousin.

  • Marcia's donation to her brother.

  • Angie's living kidney donation to her brother.

  • Link to the Tissot Family site. Kidney donation.

  • Link to kidney donation testimonials on Transweb.

  • Shelly's web site about her living kidney donation to her son, Bryan.

  • Shannon's story, a kidney donation to her friend, as told on her web site.

  • Molly's story of kidney donation to her long-time friend.

  • Ellen's donation to her trainer.

  • The "living related" stories from David Goldman's "Gifts of Life" web site.

  • Cathy's donation to her friend's husband.

  • Rhoda's donation to her husband.

  • Mary donated to her brother.

  • Norm's kidney donation to his friend...after a chance encounter.

  • Father Pat's non-directed (anonymous) donation.

  • Tim's "Three Weeks"—his living kidney donation to his son.

  • Janice's birthday present to her huband...a kidney!

  • Steve's kindey donation journal.

  • Patricia donates to a stranger.

  • Lynn Chabot-Long's book on living donation.

  • Ginger donates to her dad.

  • Profile of John Hodges, living kidney donor, and link to a Newsweek "My Turn" article about his donation.

  • Sam's living kidney donation experience two years later.

  • Parmjit's donation to her husband.

  • John Martin, a transplant recipient, tells his story, including the donation from his dad.

  • Rita's story and web site link about her ABO-incompatible donation to her husband.

  • Kelly's donation to a friend.

  • Vic's donation to Sue in Western Australia.

  • Sonja's donation to a coworker's husband.

  • Jan's donation to her toddler.

  • Jenny's altruistic donation in Canada to someone she met on Living Donors Online.

  • Katie's donation to her mom.

  • Ngarie's story, "No Strings Attached," about her donation to her brother.

  • Guy's story, "El-Chupacabras Kidney."

  • A newspaper article on Twauna's unrelated donation.

  • Article from NYU Physician magazine of Amy's donation to her sister, Kim. (A PDF file that requires Adobe Reader.)

  • Susan's "joyously given gift" to Juli. (A PDF file that requires Adobe Reader.)

  • Heather's donation to her diabetic mother.

  • Steve's story of kidney donation to a stranger.

  • Yolanda's donation to her twin sister.

  • Kristen's recognition as a bone marrow and kidney donor.

  • When a selfless act became a stimulating example: William L. Willard Sr.'s attempted living kidney donation from his son.

  • Donation to Father-in-law.

  • Christi describes her donation to an acquaintance from church (requires Microsoft Word).

  • PRW donates through Matchingdonors.

  • Dennis L. Otter: No Greater Experience

  • Sandro's donation in 1993.

  • Kim's story is told in this newspaper article: Go to the link: www.huntingtonnews.net. Click on local. Go to the stories for June 3, 2006. Click on story of a man who donated a kidney to a stranger.

  • A twin sister's donation - reflections after my twin's death

  • Amanda's donation to her father.

  • Scott's amazing story of recovery and redemption: You Saved My Life!

  • Kevin's donation to his wife's friend.

  • Robert Devine shares his living kidney donation to his sister on his blog.

  • Tom Simon's blog on his kidney donation.

  • Here's Trapper's story of donating to a friend.

  • Suzanne donates to person at her temple.

  • A Kidney Donor Story by Julie Sindel.

  • Tristan's kidney donation to his cousin.

  • Honey donated to her long-time friend.

  • The Valentine's Day Gift.

  • Lee's donation to her brother-in-law.

  • Debbie donates to her husband.

  • Richard's story.

  • Cindy's living kidney donation.

  • Diane's donation.

  • Chad's non-directed living donation.

  • Aurea's donation to her step-father.

  • Steve and his brother.

  • Anna and Nicole's blog: one kidney's journey.

  • Chuck's donation to a church member-friend.

  • Mark donates to his brother.

Liver Donation Experiences:

  • Caron's living liver donation to her father.

  • Lyn's liver donation to a toddler.

  • Pauline's living liver donation at Mt. Sinai.

  • Another living liver donor site—Liver Giver Girl.

  • Ann's story of donating to a child.

  • Pamela's story of donating to her sister.

  • Sherry's big adventure—this page is in a nonstandard format and may not be readible by all browsers. I've posted her story, which is primarily a series of emails, exactly as she sent it. Consider it web vérité.

  • Danielle's story and request for prayers.

  • Dave's donation to his young son.

  • Kathryn's story of donating to a friend.

  • Tammy: living liver donor to her son.

Bone Marrow Donation Experiences:

  • Link to bone marrow donation testimonials on Transweb.

  • Lorenz's peripheral blood stem cell donation (bone marrow) donation story.

  • A link to Amber's description of her bone marrow donation experience.

Lung Donation Experiences:

  • Holding a spot for your story....

Submitting Your Own Story

We're interested in your experience with living donation! Please share your story with others so we can provide the support to other donors and potential donors through greater understanding.

To submit your story, send an email by clicking here and do one of the following:

  • Include your story in the body of the email.

  • Attach a file containing your story. The file can be an ASCII text, Microsoft Word, PDF, or HTML file.

  • Include the URL address (e.g. http://www.yourplace.com/mystory) where we can find your story or blog.

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