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What's it like to donate a kidney?

March 06, 2010

When a person has end stage renal disease (ESRD) – the last stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD) – they either need dialysis or a kidney transplant to live. Donating a kidney is a great gift to a person with ESRD. It’s also an intensely personal decision that can be a different experience for everyone. Learn what it can be like for a live kidney donor to go through the physical and emotional aspects of a kidney donation.

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