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There really aren’t very many long term effects. I basically just have to watch my sodium intake and dehydration. I am not allowed NSAIDs because they make the vessels of the kidneys clamp and can cause damage. I also am supposed to drink like 3 liters of water at a minimum. My remaining kidney will hypertrophy to compensate for being the only one, which is think is neat.

My aunt has polycystic kidney disease and she was basically in renal failure. My donation prevented her from staying on dialysis for very long and gives her ten years longer of good living.

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I think if given the opportunity, I would. That’s just who I am though, and I would never judge someone for not feeling that same way. My aunt and I weren’t really especially close prior to this, so in a way, I kind of feel like I did? But of course it isn’t the same. I’m on the bone marrow registry though, haha. The bond matters but to me it even be easier to donate to a stranger.

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I’m sorry to hear it isn’t going as well as hoped for! Her numbers improved immediately. Within a few days she was at 100% renal function, and her creatinine was at the lowest it’s been in years.

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Hell yeah! It woke up right away too. Guess my beans are just too mean.

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Oh yeah, a bit. But UNOS, the oversight organization and people who manage “The List” of donors actually put living donors at the top of the list of they ever need an organ!