This issue is rarely publicized but it’s important. You can live a long and healthy life after organ donation. My uncle died last year at the age of 90. He donated one of his kidneys to my father in 1965 when he was just 33. In Ohio and many other states in the US you can become an organ donor by adding that information to your driver’s license. All you have to do is say YES. Thanks Slart!
Such a valuable post - thank you. I got to the point about the double-leg amputee and found tears on my cheeks. I've had type 1 diabetes for 37 years, and the threat of what are euphemistically called 'the complications' - kidney failure and amputations to name but two - is constant.
They won't even let me donate blood, but trust me, I am on the organ donation register for later! I hope to benefit others when I am gone.
Sending my love to you Rebecca. I'm so sorry you have had diabetes for 37 years, it must be tough. Thank you for being on the organ donation register. How are you kidneys doing? Do you have regular checkups?
Aww, thanks, SLART. To be honest it's a way of life now - second nature. I am (ridiculously) obsessive about how I manage it, and I'm happy (and grateful) to report that so far everything's as it should be. I get all my checks regularly. 🙂
What a powerful piece! I'm so glad you were there--for us, your readers, who couldn't be. I can tell it was hard yet you engaged and share so beautifully,
Thank you so much Beth! It was kinda hard, but I jest a little bit nowadays, as I am nowhere near as anxious as I used to be. I wouldn't have even gone to an event like this, so I just accept my "quirks" now. :-)
I have started sharing this with local and national press as there was no uptake when Kidney Care UK posted this out previously. It's so sad as it's an important issue.
This issue is rarely publicized but it’s important. You can live a long and healthy life after organ donation. My uncle died last year at the age of 90. He donated one of his kidneys to my father in 1965 when he was just 33. In Ohio and many other states in the US you can become an organ donor by adding that information to your driver’s license. All you have to do is say YES. Thanks Slart!
Thanks for commenting and sharing your story. It’s so amazing that it happened in 1965, that would have been pioneering at the time!
Such a valuable post - thank you. I got to the point about the double-leg amputee and found tears on my cheeks. I've had type 1 diabetes for 37 years, and the threat of what are euphemistically called 'the complications' - kidney failure and amputations to name but two - is constant.
They won't even let me donate blood, but trust me, I am on the organ donation register for later! I hope to benefit others when I am gone.
Sending my love to you Rebecca. I'm so sorry you have had diabetes for 37 years, it must be tough. Thank you for being on the organ donation register. How are you kidneys doing? Do you have regular checkups?
Aww, thanks, SLART. To be honest it's a way of life now - second nature. I am (ridiculously) obsessive about how I manage it, and I'm happy (and grateful) to report that so far everything's as it should be. I get all my checks regularly. 🙂
I’m glad you’re on top of it, as it’s easy to be complacent! So happy to hear you’re on top of things and your kidneys are healthy!
What a powerful piece! I'm so glad you were there--for us, your readers, who couldn't be. I can tell it was hard yet you engaged and share so beautifully,
Thank you so much Beth! It was kinda hard, but I jest a little bit nowadays, as I am nowhere near as anxious as I used to be. I wouldn't have even gone to an event like this, so I just accept my "quirks" now. :-)
I bet people found you delightful.
Aw kind of you to say 🎩
It's a given! Because I do. :))
Means a lot, I just need to believe that I’m worth talking to! Getting there.
You like talking to yourself, don't you? I surely do like that as well. I understand, though.
I have started sharing this with local and national press as there was no uptake when Kidney Care UK posted this out previously. It's so sad as it's an important issue.