Paul, a GP from Surrey and Give a Kidney Trustee, gave a kidney in 2008, at the age of 53. I still find it difficult to say exactly why or when I decided to look into the possibility of donating a kidney. My first job as a junior doctor in hospital in the 70’s was on […]
Di is from West Berkshire and an altruistic kidney donor who has written a blog about donating her kidney. In 2010 I donated a kidney to someone I did not know. A friend of mine in the United States donated one early in 2006, and that was the first I heard that you could. Immediately […]
Dr Chris Burns-Cox, a consultant physician from Gloucestershire, donated a kidney in 2010 at the age of 72. I had been a doctor for 50 years and still felt a pity for the suffering of mankind – but also was aware how enormously fortunate I had been in my own good health. These were good […]
Jim Fatah, aged 60 from Surrey, has had two transplants because of Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP), an inflammation of the blood vessels which damages the kidneys. His first lasted just under a year, but the second one has lasted more than 11 years and is still going strong. “Having a kidney transplant was better than winning […]
Altruistic kidney donation from living donors is an uncommon but growing practice in the UK. The number of people willing to give the gift of life to someone who is not only unrelated to them by blood or marriage but a complete stranger more than quadrupled from six in 2007/08 to 28 in 2010/11. At […]