Living Kidney Donation

Kidney related Links

•  Guide to Organ Donation
  Useful guide to Organ Donation by Michael Morris [.pdf document]
  
• Recipient/Donor stories
  People’s stories of being a recipient / donor.
• Life on the Waiting List
  Guardian Newspaper running a series about James Hipwell who describes
  life as a patient on the waiting list for a kidney transplant –
  hoping his wife will be able to donate.
• The Choice: Michael Buerk speaks to Di Franks about her choice to donate a kidney
  Di Franks, author of this blog, talks openly about her decision to donate her kidney to a stranger
• Transplant after 30 years on dialysis
  8 hours, 3 times a week for 30 years
• Life on the Waiting List
  Waiting for a transplant. What it is like being on dialysis. Amount of medications
  to take each day. Associated health complications.
• NHS Choices – All about kidney disease
  NHS Choices website is brilliant regarding all aspects of health. Plenty on kidney information.
• Renal Association
• Older people can donate
  (BBC News 28th August 2009)
• Boy urges donors to “save a life”
  (BBC News 22nd Jan 2009)
• NHS surgeons save 15 lives using just 2 donors
  (Daily Mail 15th August 2009)
• paired/pooled and altruistic donation legal from 1/09/06
  (BBC News 25 April 2006)
• Excellent for kidney info
  Edinburgh Renal Unit
• History of Nephrology
  blog from Edinburgh Renal Unit
• Dialysis in the UK in 1959
  Edinburgh Renal Unit blog
• About Polycystic Kidney Disease
• UK National Kidney Federation
  UK charity run by patients for patients
• Diet in Renal Disease
  Edinburgh Renal Unit
• Diet Downloads
  Edinburgh Renal Unit
• Stranger Kidney Donations Rising
  (BBC News 23rd June 2009)
• Why I gave away my kidney
  (BBC News 24th June 2009)
• 16th May 2013 Altruistic organ donations rise in UK almost three-fold
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22544375