Could you save a life?

While the individual circumstances of each potential donor are discussed privately with medical experts and tested to determine compatibility, potential donors must be genuinely willing to donate, in good general health; and free from high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, kidney disease, heart disease, HIV and Hepatitis. Individuals considered for living donation are usually between 18-65 years of age. 

This “ultimate act of generosity” is a commonly accepted and safe medical practice. Living donors maintain normal lives with the remaining kidney doing the work previously performed by two. While it should not be taken lightly, most donor suergery is laproscopic, using a small incision in the abdomen, and donors usually return home in a day or two, and can  return to work in about 3 weeks.