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« Reply #125 on: September 27, 2013, 01:35:46 PM »

Sandy Daniels celebrates 30 years with transplanted kidney from her brother Rick Johnson [Sept. 2013] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=29711.0
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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 #126 on: October 08, 2013, 04:03:00 PM »

Still going strong 38 years after a kidney transplant, George Franklin III of Cumberland, MD is thought of as the second longest living African-American transplant recipient in the Unites States. Franklin, 59 received his kidney in 1975 from a deceased donor. [Aug 2013] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=29763.0
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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 #127 on: October 30, 2013, 09:51:36 PM »

Patricia Kunkle soon will celebrate her 66th birthday, but the healthy kidney inside her is 91, an almost unbelievable transplant achievement. Transplant was 45 years ago from her mom. [Oct. 2013] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=29877.0
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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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 #128 on: November 29, 2013, 12:33:40 PM »

FORMER jockey Bob Hughes became a national celebrity 40-years-ago when he became one of the first people in the country to undergo a kidney transplant. Then aged 25, his life was saved by his brother John who risked his own health by donating him a kidney – despite his own doctor advising against the procedure. [Nov. 2013] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=30023.0
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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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 #129 on: December 01, 2013, 05:09:28 PM »

For Don Gordon, when the Pearl Harbor date rolls around [2008], it will mark, for him, the 25th anniversary of the kidney transplant that preserved his life. http://www.thecolumbiastar.com/news/2008/0718/news/006.html

Longest living kidney transplant recipient says never accept can't
2008-07-18 / News
By Jackie Perrone jacper@bellsouth.net

Snowball's chance is Don Gordon's manuscript documenting his journey through medical hell.
December 7 is a significant date for Don Gordon, but for a different reason than most. When the Pearl Harbor date rolls around this year, it will mark, for him, the 25th anniversary of the kidney transplant that preserved his life.

He doesn't know whether this is the longest recorded kidney transplant survival anywhere. He does know for sure that he is the longest surviving transplant patient at Columbia Nephrology Center, where he credits now- retired Dr. U. X. Cullum with his near- miraculous longevity.

"I was five years old when my kidney problems became critical," he notes. "My kidney damage was not due to disease but to a somewhat mechanical function which was not corrected until it had done irreparable damage to my kidney.

"Medication and dialysis were the treatments of choice for many years. Then in 1983, transplant surgery became the issue at Duke Medical Center, and my brother, Jim Gordon, donated a kidney.

"Probably one significant factor in my long- term endurance is that other than the kidney problem, my overall health was and is excellent. Heart, lungs, liver, physical fitness, those things are better than for most middle- aged men. I have been riding my bicycle around eastern Columbia ever since the 1970s."

His business career has included stints of marketing From page one and sales of such products as life insurance and overhead doors. He is now host of a talk show called Radio Free Dixie, and its web site, RadioFreeDixie. com. He offers verbal snapshots of history, and in his role as Lt. Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans he also tells some special commentary about the War Between the States.

His 60 years have been filled with medical trauma, hopes, and disappointments. A sense of humor and a philosophical approach to life have helped him through the worst of times.


"It's true that people who have faced the worst learn to appreciate the least. I know better than most folks that every day is precious, and the smallest moments can be important to us. Don't ever take your blessings for granted!"

He has put together a manuscript tentatively named Snowball's Chance, not yet published but documenting his journey through medical hell. He would like for it to provide some hope as well as help for others facing medical trauma.

Some of his rules for patients:

1. Play to win. Now is when you have to be willing to take chances. There's no glory for second place.

2. Remind yourself that about half of doctors finished in the bottom half of their class in medical school

3. Believe any doctor who says that he can't save you. Then go out and find one who says that he can.

Near the conclusion of his manuscript, he thinks back to a trip to Minnesota, where he had gone in a desperate search for help and offers this report about his return home:

"At the airport, they de- ice the plane two times. I can see seven snowplows working out on the tarmac… Shortly the pilot announces we were the last plane to lift off before the airport was closed down.

"The long flight home is good for my soul because it gives me plenty of time to think (and pray). Please God just let me live my life like a regular man whose biggest worry isn't whether he will wake up the next morning.

"Unexpectedly,"(Colu mbia had snow), "as we turned into the driveway I see everything covered in white except for little bursts of yellow from daffodils poking up their heads.

"We don't need any mystics to explain the meaning of life when we have such a perfect example showing what we should all be striving to do: Bloom in the face of adversity."

This medical miracle strives every day to do just that.

Update:
Thirty years later, transplanted kidney still doing its job

http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=30029.0
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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 #130 on: December 05, 2013, 02:24:56 AM »

Darlene Miller, 40-year transplant survivor, from her brother Leo Arens [Dec. 2013] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=30043.0
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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 #131 on: May 28, 2014, 11:48:54 PM »

Brothers mark 35 years with kidney gift. Tom Cooper was a 26-year-old man nearing death when his 18 year old brother, Ed Cooper, donated a kidney to him. [May 2014] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=31185.0
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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 #132 on: June 09, 2014, 11:32:54 AM »

KidneyTalk from the Renal Support Network:
A kidney is a priceless gift, and keeping it for over 25 years is something we all wish for. George Franklin III is the President of the Transplant Quarter Century Club and has had his kidney transplant for more than 38 years. Knowing first-hand the unique problems that can come from having a transplant for so long, he started the club so that members could support one another as they deal with both physical and emotional issues. Lori and George discuss some of the problems long-term transplant recipients encounter. Says George, “Having been there and done that, we can offer a lot of advice.”
http://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk-podcast/show-index/transplant-quarter-century-club-the-club-recipients-want-to-join/
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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 #133 on: June 10, 2014, 06:52:24 PM »

Keith Lemerise has one of his brother Gregg's kidneys, which he received 30 years ago during his college days. (1984)
[June 2014] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=31225.0
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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 #134 on: June 21, 2014, 01:06:11 PM »

Cindy Ellis was 25 when her older sister, Corinne offered to donate a kidney. Ellis had the transplant on May 25, 1977, at Tampa General Hospital. Today, she is the longest living known survivor of its kidney program, celebrating 37 years this month. [June 2014]  http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=31259.0
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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 #135 on: June 22, 2014, 09:55:42 AM »

A kidney donated from one identical twin to the other, Janice and Joanie are doing well since the transplant in 1964. University of Michigan celebrates 50 years of Transplant Center [May 2014] http://youtu.be/7N34Rfh0Luw
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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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 #136 on: July 08, 2014, 01:10:40 PM »

It's been almost 45 years since the operation that saved Glenis Lucanus's  life, the 78-year-old, from Hamilton Hill, has the longest-surviving transplanted kidney in WA.
[Jul 2014] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=31323.0
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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 #137 on: July 20, 2014, 09:32:40 PM »

When Vivian Bond needed a kidney, her sister Brenda Kent gave her one. That was nearly 40 years ago ─ 40 years of life Vivian may not have had otherwise. [July 2104] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=31368.0
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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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 #138 on: July 31, 2014, 02:09:45 PM »

Eric Lang of Cheverly won a gold medal in bowling during the Transplant Games of America. He said he received a kidney transplant 30 years ago. [July 2014] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=31396.0
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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 #139 on: October 11, 2014, 03:44:44 PM »

30th anniversary of G.A. Flesher's kidney transplant procedure from a deceased donor[Oct 2014]

http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=31575.0
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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 #140 on: March 18, 2015, 02:23:05 PM »

Andy Demaine, aged 57, a former Plymouth professor, is celebrating more than 40 years since his kidney transplant. [Mar. 2015]  http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=31970.0
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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 #141 on: April 26, 2015, 04:10:41 PM »

Angie Done is 66, but part of her is 100. When she was a young woman, her kidneys failed and she received a new kidney from her father. Since 1974, it's been going strong - 42 years! [Apr. 2015] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=32215.0
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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 #142 on: June 13, 2015, 05:20:17 PM »

Katheryn Aiton's kidneys failed in 1965, so her brother Jim “Shorty” Knight volunteered one of his. Sister, brother and kidney are all still going strong 50 years later. [June 2015] http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=32352.0
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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 #143 on: July 31, 2016, 12:07:36 PM »

I have had mine since 5/25/1991
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« Reply #144 on: July 31, 2016, 01:07:33 PM »

I have had mine since 5/25/1991

That's awesome! 25 years!  :2thumbsup; :clap; :beer1;

Was it a living donor or cadaver? Were they similar in size and older or younger?
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« Reply #145 on: August 02, 2016, 06:01:35 PM »

I got my kidney from my sister who is one year older
Than me 6 antigen matching kidney
So happy she is my hero!!
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« Reply #146 on: August 02, 2016, 08:59:05 PM »

25 years!  What a tremendous and generous gift!
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« Reply #147 on: August 02, 2016, 09:03:32 PM »

I got my kidney from my sister who is one year older
Than me 6 antigen matching kidney
So happy she is my hero!!

That's awesome! What medications are you on now and what's your creatinine like?
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« Reply #148 on: February 02, 2023, 11:50:39 AM »

His sister’s kidney has lasted 56 years and counting

Missouri farmer, 80, boasts one of the world’s longest lasting transplanted kidneys. His sister’s kidney has lasted 56 years and counting.
Back in 1966, when kidney transplants were new and dangerous, Butch Newman was days from death. Then his younger sister stepped up. She was a perfect match.

https://www.uchealth.org/today/missouri-farmer-boasts-one-of-the-worlds-longest-lasting-transplanted-kidneys/
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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 -
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