My mother is preparing to donate one of her kidneys to a friend with polycystic kidney disease who is currently on dialysis. I should mention that the friend is on the transplant list, but they think it will take at least two more years.
Does anybody out there have personal experience with kidney donation, especially regarding the risks for the donor? Also, my mom was tested for compatibility, and the only match is the blood type--none of the other antigens are the same. I thought this would lead to rejection, but the doctors assured my mother that the anti-rejection drugs are really good and the kidney will probably not be rejected. However, they might be trying not to discourage her from donating, and may not be the most reliable sources.
I feel nervous about the risks to my mom, especially when the kidney might be rejected. Any thoughts on this?
I would also appreciate it if you could give me the sources of your information so that I can do some reading. Thanks!
2007-09-18 08:52:49 · 13 answers · asked by Melissa P 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Since your mother is going to be the donor, you need not to worry about the rejection reaction.If your mother is tested to be medically fit and qualified as a donor, the only concern on her will be the surgery she will undergo to take out one of her kidneys. But I assure you that such surgery is just similar to having any surgery that has been routinely done in operating theaters. In normal situations, it will take just a few days or a week to stay in the hospital. Living on one kidney so far had not caused a major problem. One kidney can compensate for the job of the other kidney that had been taken off.
The recipient of the kidney is the one who will face too much dilemma - rejection,infection,complications,etc.Supposing your mother's donated kidney will be rejected, then the transplantation had failed and had turned your mother's donated kidney into "trash". BUT physically it won't have any effect to your mother as it has been out of her body. Possibly, some sort of psychological or emotional effects are the foreseeable effects on your mother's part.
Not to forget to mention, that the donation centers have wide communication coverage. Supposing your mother wants to donate her kidney and it is found incompatible, what the center can do is to have arrangement with another center for an exchange with one that might be compatible one.
To clear some of your worries, visit this link:
http://www.cpmc.org/advanced/kidney/patients/topics/living_donation.html
2007-09-18 12:31:29 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-17 15:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-23 16:19:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also had Polycistic Kidney Disease. I was on the border of a new kidney or dialysis. My husband was a match and donated his kidney! The surgery itself is easier then mine was. It is a small incision. They fill the donor with gas though and it is really painful for a day or so afterward. They need to burp or fart the gas out. The recovery time is a lot sooner and easier for the donor and the donor does not need anti-rejection drugs.
The success rate of the kidney being accepted is a lot higher with a living donor verses a cadeaver and even better if it is a relative.
2007-09-18 11:40:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a friend who donated a kidney to his brother. Even though they are brothers rejection is always a risk and the anti rejection drugs help prevent rejection. As for the brother that donated the kidney he is fine. You can live on one kidney. The one remaining kidney grows and fills the space left by the removal of the other kidney. The donor brother is as active as he was prior to the donation. The recovery for the donor can be very uncomfortable; however, after the recovery things are "business as usual." It's a great thing your mother is doing. If the recipient of your mother's kidney reject's the kidney there's no harm to your mother(the donor).
2007-09-18 10:12:25 · answer #5 · answered by swomedicineman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural Kidney Health Restoration Program : http://HealKidney.neatprim.com
2016-03-09 09:48:02 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We dont have a personal experience on the subject, but let us give you some point of views.
1. You should be alert about your mom donation and her leve of compatibiliity.
2. Please visit thios 3 links before making any decisions
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http://www.livingdonorsonline.org/kidney/kidneyfaq.htm
http://www.kidney.org.uk/living-donor/livdon07.html
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=48
3. Sometimes donors are just polite people letting things go to far. You need your mother to be sure she wants to give away an organ and that she is ready to withstand ANY bad results from the proceedings. YOU need to show her worst case scenarios, with very vivid descriptions as if you whete trying to stop her from being a donor... she need to pass that test, if she does not.. she is NOT prepared.
2007-09-18 09:15:05 · answer #7 · answered by TuyoMio.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, I dont but I did recieve blood one time. I almost died when I was young from rust poisoning, I was told and maybe because I was very young, I feel some of the issues that hapenes in the body is mentaly. a former old lady I know, she had about 3 major organs (liver, heart and something else I think) in whats the word they were dieing, years and years I would say about 10 she was suppose to die, she had fought a good fight 3 times close to death. But she didn't her son said to her on her death bed, (don't leave me) so she didn't but she was looking pretty bad in pain the 10th year I AM SURE if she wanted to she could have fought but I think it would have been unfair for her and her family saying again (don't leave me) but yeah. Also with the son on sickness he does not take any medication when he is sick he i guess you can say mentally fights it off I have never seen him sick for more then a day as all he gets is a runny nose (and sometimes alcohol overdose and he feels sick from that) Myself as well I used to get sick as well too and one time I was going to my sisters house she has 3 other kids and I was sick I was so worried I would pass on the sickness from them ( I usually get sick and stay sick for about 2 weeks) and when I was 3 days into the sickness and I knew I was going to my sisters house the next day i was no longer sick, i have no idea how i did it, but yeah that it pretty col, so now I know the mind is really a poweful thing.
think about it.
2007-09-18 09:10:20 · answer #8 · answered by Alicia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't just sit around and do nothing like my doctors suggested.
They didn't want me to do anything or to take herbs or herbal remedies, but I had to try something - they just wanted me to do dialysis!
This program allowed me to take control of my health. I went from Stage 4 to Stage 3 kidney disease.
It was easy to do and my BUN, creatinine and anemia are all in better ranges.
Reversing Your Kidney Disease?
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