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Jose Gonzalez
LIVING Kidney DONOR NEEDED
Tengo enfermedad de fracaso renal. Me diagnosticaron hace 5 años y tuve que empezar el diálisis hace un poco más de un año. Es difícil estar en diálisis porque tengo que hacerlo todos los días, y hay veces que uno no puede hacer lo que uno quiere. Ya no puedo trabajar. Antes trabajaba pintando, y ya no puedo porque es incómodo estar parado mucho tiempo y me siento mareado y se me hinchan los pies. Antes también hacía mecánica y ahora no puedo hacer lo que me gusta. Es muy difícil vivir con enfermedad renal porque afecta todos los aspectos de mi vida.
Aparte de ser incómodo, tener que hacer diálisis tambien en inconveniente porque viajar involucrada mucha preparación para poder hacerme el diálisis fuera de mi casa.
Por favor consideren evaluarse para ser mi donante vivo. Un riñón de donante vivo me ayudaría mucho y me podría ayudar para seguir mi vida normal y mejorar mi calidad de vida.
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There are currently 120,000 people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant in the U.S. Of these, 100,000 await kidney transplants.
The median wait time for a kidney transplant is 3-5 years and can vary depending on health, compatibility, and where you live.
In 2014, 17,107 kidney transplants took place in the U.S. Of these, 11,570 came from deceased donors and 5,537 came from living donors.
Every 14 minutes someone is added to the kidney transplant waitlist.
A kidney from a living donor lasts longer and begins functioning more quickly than a kidney from a deceased donor.
In 1995, kidney donation became minimally invasive with a procedure called laparoscopic nephrectomy, which only requires four small incisions. Hospital stay is typically only 3 days after this operation.
Not blood type compatible with your recipient to be a living donor? Kidney Paired Donation (the “kidney swap” program) enables incompatible candidates with a living donor to receive a kidney from a compatible donor.
Last year, over 700 living donor kidney transplants occurred using Kidney Paired Donation.