Living Kidney Donation

Videos re Kidney disease, diagnoses, causes, dialysis, transplants etc

• Oxford Churchill Hospital – Transplant Stories
  Transplant recipients and donors talk about their experience. Surgeons also give their perspective of the process. Video in two parts so keep watching until the end.
• World Kidney Day 2010
  Official Video
• Support Kidney Research
  Excellent  YouTube video showing the comparison between a diseased kidney and a normal one.  Explains the two types of dialysis and shows you how people are “set up’” to perform it. If anyone thought being on dialysis was simple  - you will think again after watching this. The actual Fundraising event mentioned has finished though.
• What do our kidneys do? Kidneys are vital to our health but very few of us know what our kidneys do or even where they are. Short video from NHS Choices. (March 2008)
• How to take care of your kidneys. Your kidneys process a huge volume of fluids and chemicals. Simple lifestyle changes can help to keep them functioning healthily. Short video from NHS Choices. (March 2008)
• Kidney disease: an introduction. Thousands of people develop chronic kidney disease every year. The good news is that it is usually treatable. Short video from NHS Choices. (March 2008)
• Kidney disease: diagnosis. In the past, kidney disease often wasn’t identified until it was at a late stage. But diagnosis by GPs is now more common, allowing effective treatment to be started earlier Short video from NHS Choices. (March 2008)
• Kidney disease: getting expert help. Find out how to get help from experts if you’ve been diagnosed with kidney disease. Short video from NHS Choices. (March 2008)
• Kidney disease: the causes. Causes of kidney disease include type 2 diabetes and getting older. Certain ethnic groups are also more at risk. Short video from NHS Choices. (March 2008)
• Kidney disease: the five stages. Kidney specialist nurse Nicola Thomas talks about the five stages of chronic kidney disease and the treatments for each. A short video from NHS Choices. (February 2008)
• Dialysis: real story. Short video from NHS Choices. (April 2008)
• Home haemodialysis. Dialysis patient Heather describes home haemodialysis and how it helped her control her condition. With general information on qualifying to use a dialysis machine at home. A short video from NHS Choices. (November 2009)
• Kidney disease: dialysis. Information from NHS Kidney Care on when dialysis is needed. With a kidney disease patient talking about his experience of dialysis. A short video from NHS Choices. (November 2009)
• Kidney failure real story. Diabetes left Kalwant in need of a new kidney and pancreas. She was lucky: after a month on the transplant list, she was given a new lease of life. Short video from NHS Choices. (October 2007)
• Kidney. Louise has already had a transplant but her body rejected it. She’s now on a waiting list for a new kidney. While she’s waiting she has to self dialise every night. A short video from the BBC’s Video Nation. (May 2006)
• Double transplant real story. Former diabetic Ivy Ashworth-Crees talks about how much better her life is since her double kidney and pancreas transplant. A short video from NHS Choices. (January 2008)
• Double transplant. Transplant and endocrine surgeon Titus Augustine explains why the kidneys fail and what a double transplant involves, particularly for people with diabetes. A short video from NHS Choices. (January 2008)
• Kidney transplant: Tony’s story. Tony talks about his recovery from a kidney transplant and his goal of climbing Mount Everest. Short video from NHS Choices. (May 2009)
• Organ donation. Calling organ donation “the gift of life” isn’t just a cliche. Here donor families and recipients explain what it meant to them. A short video from NHS Choices. (January 2008)

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