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Barbara Peay

LIVING Kidney DONOR NEEDED

Living with kidney failure for 12 years is why I am asking for help I also have diabetes and kidney failure in the mix makes it worse

My name is Barbara Peay I was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2013 now my kidneys no longer work, and that's why I'm writing asking for your help. Living 12 years with diabetes hasn't been easy with the restricted diet and doctors visits and now kidney failure is a lot to add to someone's future. So my health problems have gotten worse

I go to dialysis three times a week to be hooked up to a machine to help because my kidneys no longer work. I am on the machine 3 1/2 hours each time, this can drain you of all your energy and this can make it hard for you to work, travel and do things with your family.

If I had a transplant I would be able to spend more time with my family and friends enjoy the activities that I was doing before kidney failure like swimming. I need a kidney transplant. I have been on the deceased donor's waiting list for 3 years. That's why I am hoping for a living donor and writing to all of you. I am in need of someone to donate a kidney to me.

So if I had a living donor this would be the best gift and a blessing for myself and family i will be able to enjoy all the things I use to before kidney failure. I will nolonger have to live my life around my next Dialysis Treatment. So can you all share this post
Thank you all for your time

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There are currently 120,000 people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant in the U.S. Of these, 100,000 await kidney transplants.

The median wait time for a kidney transplant is 3-5 years and can vary depending on health, compatibility, and where you live.

In 2014, 17,107 kidney transplants took place in the U.S. Of these, 11,570 came from deceased donors and 5,537 came from living donors.

Every 14 minutes someone is added to the kidney transplant waitlist.

A kidney from a living donor lasts longer and begins functioning more quickly than a kidney from a deceased donor.

In 1995, kidney donation became minimally invasive with a procedure called laparoscopic nephrectomy, which only requires four small incisions. Hospital stay is typically only 3 days after this operation.

Not blood type compatible with your recipient to be a living donor? Kidney Paired Donation (the “kidney swap” program) enables incompatible candidates with a living donor to receive a kidney from a compatible donor.

Last year, over 700 living donor kidney transplants occurred using Kidney Paired Donation.

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