Kidney donation - would you?

[Paul_iow]

I have a work friend who is just about to go on the transplant list, after a year of waiting due to hsopital cocks ups, as she needs a kidney. She has already had 2 transplants and is currently having dialysis 3 times a week. She has been told to expect a fair wait due to be O-ve blood which dont come up that often. I have been thinking about donating one of mine, I am also O-ve but wanted to know what other people thought, would you donate a kidney to someone?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I think it would have to be somebody I cared for deeply but yes.

 

[funnymummy]

I'm a blood donor & on the Bone Marrow list too, all my family know what to do with my body parts if the worst was to happen.
I would give one of my kidneys, but like Angel I think that it would have to be be for someone I knew & cared for

 

[PaulB]

I have a work friend who is just about to go on the transplant list, after a year of waiting due to hsopital cocks ups, as she needs a kidney. She has already had 2 transplants and is currently having dialysis 3 times a week. She has been told to expect a fair wait due to be O-ve blood which dont come up that often. I have been thinking about donating one of mine, I am also O-ve but wanted to know what other people thought, would you donate a kidney to someone?

No. Most of us are 'kidney-rich' in having too much filtration capacity than strictly necessary (it's a rare day that sees more than 30% of one kidney, ie 15% of our 'on-board' capacity, in action) but do you know what YOUR future holds? Who's to say that today's donor won't need one himself tomorrow?

 

[Archie_tect]

Yes, I'd do anything to help Mrs, Master or Miss A_T if they needed me to.

 

[ttcycle]

Have you considered donating blood as your blood group is rare and that would help many.

I would donate a kidney to someone who I cared deeply for but you also have to take into account issues of whether the kidney is a match - from my limited understanding it isn't just blood group issues.

If she's had two transplants already there's two that haven't taken.

This is a hard question but the fact that you are thinking about this for a colleague is a genuinely kind thing to do.

 

[Paul_iow]

I do already give blood when I can and think everyone should do it. I know there is a lot more to it then just blood group, its all quite technical with blood markers etc but wanted a few more oppinions before I mention anything, thats if I decide to try and donate.

I agree with the thoguhts of "you dont know what will happen in the future and you may need one" etc but if everyone lived like that there would be a lot less transplants. She had 1 transplant when she was about 6 and the other a few years ago, she is about 40, so they have done pretty well. She needs a new one due to getting ill and her current kidney being a bit too old to fight it off.

 

[Gromit]

I wouldn't hesitate to give my friend Sarah my kidney if we were a match. She still has 23% function, so hopefully it will not be for a long time yet.

 

[JtB]

I couldn't as I had to have a kidney removed a few years ago and I'm down to one now.

 

[Cyclox]

Yes, I would. I have always tried to do what I can for charities connected to this sort of thing.

 

[Cyclox]

Just had a thought I'm Rh neg.........if anyone's out there and in need I'm up for it.

 

[quassleberry]

I would, I already give blood and have been on the 'Anthony Nolan' bone marrow register for years but have just found out that it is a separate list to the national one!?! I had always assumed that should anyone be in need that ALL lists would be checked.

I only found this out because due to my daughters' friends' Mother needing a kidney I contacted national organ donation register, now I'm looking at the 'Living Donor' website with a view to going on it.

It is a hard decision to make whether you go for testing with a view to donating, but your decision based on how you feel and whether it's right for you at this time.

 

[Adasta]

I can understand why you would ask for advice on this subject, but it really is up to you: it's your kidney.

Are you prepared to live the rest of your life with only one kidney because of this donation? Will donating your kidney result in making it more difficult for you to sustain your philanthropic nature in the future?

 

[rich p]

If I had 3 I'd consider it.

 

[MontyVeda]

donating a kidney is a big operation so aside from the obvious benefits donating your kidney has to the donee (is that a word?)... the efects it may have on you are just as important. Yes one can easily live with one kidney, but you would be going under the knife which does come with its own set of risks.

Ask your GP and try to talk to people who've done it.