Tag Archives: donating


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Luc: six months after donating, I was in the best shape of my life

  Luc donated a kidney in the summer of 2011, when he was 25. I’m what is known as an altruistic kidney donor – that’s someone who donates a kidney to save or prolong a stranger’s life. I’ve been asked to say a few words about my experience. Before I get into the joys of […]



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Nicholas: it was an easy decision to make

Nicholas Crace is a former charity director from Hampshire, gave a kidney to a stranger in spring, 2012. He was, at the time, the oldest person in the UK to have done so at aged 83 – although there have now been older donors. Nicholas Crace had good health and no dependents when his wife, […]



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Jenny: The experience has changed my outlook on life

Jenny, a crime scene investigator from Dorset, gave a kidney to a stranger in 2011. I had never had any connection with anyone with  kidney failure or anything to do with organ transplants. I happened to see a  news article about a three-way paired kidney donation, and the article  mentioned altruistic kidney donation. At this […]



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David: I felt better than I had in a number of years

David, from Devon, a retired civil servant and lay magistrate, donated a kidney in 2010 at the age of 67.   Probably the most frequent question I have been  asked has been, “Why?” For me, this was fairly simple and straightforward; I  believe that if you are in a position to help someone else less […]



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Di: I would not hesitate to do it again

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 […]



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Chris: pity I can’t do it again!

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 […]