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« on: June 21, 2011, 02:00:07 PM »
I donated yesterday as part of a bridge paired donation. Everything went well.  I was on a clear liquid diet for 24 hours prior and stayed very hydrated. I pretty much slept all day and night. It was so heavenly.

My shoulders, stomach and incisions hurt a bit, but are manageable. I really want a good stretch, but can't.

Minimal pain medication
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Girl meets boy with transplant, falls in love and then micromanages her way through the transplant and dialysis industry. Three years, two transplant centers and one NxStage machine later, boy gets a kidney at Johns Hopkins through a paired exchange two months after evaluation.  Donated kidney in June and went back to work after ten days.
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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2011, 03:23:25 PM »
Oh, God bless you!  It must be the most wonderful feeling in the world to know that you have single kidney-ly changed the course of someone's life for the better!  While it is the most awful feeling knowing that you need a kidney, it must be the best feeling knowing that you can give one.  Congratulations!  Spread the word!!
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« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2011, 05:20:08 PM »
 :yahoo; Wow - so good to hear from you so quickly!
Congrats - hope you heal well! Living Donors ROCK!!  :cheer:
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
Was on in-center hemodialysis 2003-2007.
7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2011, 05:21:13 PM »
Awesome!  :2thumbsup;

I'm glad you are doing well. I'm somewhat jealous that you were able to pay it forward like this.  :beer1;

Way to go!

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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2011, 08:17:32 AM »
Five days post op and I still have discomfort from the extra gas and saline.  I am not as tired as I thought would be.

The nausea stinks, but is more like a mild hangover feeling. I have felt worse with the flu and a recent cold in February.

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Girl meets boy with transplant, falls in love and then micromanages her way through the transplant and dialysis industry. Three years, two transplant centers and one NxStage machine later, boy gets a kidney at Johns Hopkins through a paired exchange two months after evaluation.  Donated kidney in June and went back to work after ten days.
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2011, 09:44:49 AM »
Awww, that's brilliant lawphi.  Well done you!

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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2011, 07:45:18 PM »
On behalf of all kidney patients --- THANK YOU!!   You are amazing.   I hope you will be back to your old self soon.   What an incredible gift you have given.  Someone's life changed because of you.     :2thumbsup;    :yahoo;     :cuddle;     
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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2011, 09:01:51 PM »
 :2thumbsup; and  :thx;   :bow;  :bow;   .. I am so glad your feeling great physically, as well as you should be on cloud nine emotionally knowing what you have done for someone.  So proud, and thankful...     :grouphug; 
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2011, 09:23:53 PM »
 :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;

You are amazing!
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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2011, 09:35:28 PM »
THANK YOU!   :thumbup;   How wonderful!  I hope your recovery continues to go well with minimal pain!   :cuddle;
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« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2011, 11:37:16 AM »
Congrats and thank you!!!

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Born with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
1995 - AV Fistula placed
Dec 7, 1999 cadaver transplant saved me from childhood dialysis!
10 transplant years = spleenectomy, gall bladder removed, liver biopsy, bone marrow aspiration.
July 27, 2010 Started dialysis for the first time ever.
June 21, 2011 2nd kidney nonrelated living donor
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« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2011, 12:37:28 PM »
 :cuddle; Hope you recover quickly!
Living donors ROCK!  :bandance;
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
Was on in-center hemodialysis 2003-2007.
7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
Living Donors Rock! http://www.livingdonorsonline.org -
News video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-7KvgQDWpU
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« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2011, 05:08:27 PM »
The whole process was really easy.  I never felt bad and my creatinine reached the target goal after one week.  I went back to work after nine days.  I would seriously do that once a year if my kidney would grow back and I would not develop excessive scar tissue. 

I feel a little shorted that I never had the urge or desire to nap unless I was drugged. 
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Girl meets boy with transplant, falls in love and then micromanages her way through the transplant and dialysis industry. Three years, two transplant centers and one NxStage machine later, boy gets a kidney at Johns Hopkins through a paired exchange two months after evaluation.  Donated kidney in June and went back to work after ten days.
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« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2011, 12:52:35 PM »
You (and all living donors including mine ) are absolutely the BEST.  Thanks for this gift and I'm so glad the process wasn't too bad...my donor said the same thing.
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Pyelonephritis (began at 8 mos old)
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« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2011, 05:17:40 PM »
Honestly, it was the easiest thing I have ever done medically  I went to work after ten days and never experienced any side effects.  Well, I do not tolerate wine very well.

Husband has been six months post transplant with no issues :)

I spoke with my recipient. Ironically, he started dialysis the month I married my husband and found out my husband's transplant had failed. He likes my old kidney.  He found out about the surgery four days after marrying his wife, who will donate on his behalf.
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Girl meets boy with transplant, falls in love and then micromanages her way through the transplant and dialysis industry. Three years, two transplant centers and one NxStage machine later, boy gets a kidney at Johns Hopkins through a paired exchange two months after evaluation.  Donated kidney in June and went back to work after ten days.
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« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2011, 01:22:21 AM »
Quote from: lawphi on August 08, 2011, 05:08:27 PM
I feel a little shorted that I never had the urge or desire to nap unless I was drugged.
Don't feel shorted!  Three weeks and two days post donation I am still in discomfort and enjoying involuntary afternoon naps.  I had the worst pain till last weekend (which for the first few days I was home was the worst pain I have EVER experienced.)  I could barely move let alone think about returning to work after nine days!! (Not that I do work ...) I wish my recovery had been as lovely as yours! I feel feeble and weak for not being able to recover so easily ... *sad face*

But, even knowing what I know now - which I didn't know before - I would (probably) do it again. 

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« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2012, 08:36:02 PM »
Quote from: lawphi on June 21, 2011, 02:00:07 PM
I donated yesterday as part of a bridge paired donation. Everything went well.  I was on a clear liquid diet for 24 hours prior and stayed very hydrated. I pretty much slept all day and night. It was so heavenly.

My shoulders, stomach and incisions hurt a bit, but are manageable. I really want a good stretch, but can't.

Minimal pain medication

You are amazing!!!!!
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