Live organ donation...

Hey kats~ I know about your issues with your mother and I don't blame you for not wanting to donate a kidney to her even if she was able to benefit from it! Giving someone a kidney is a very big deal! It means that God Forbid something happens to your kidney one day, you could end up needing a one yourself! Usually in "live donors" it is a sibling or child who is the donor. The person donating in a family situation usually has a strong bond to the person and special reason to give up a kidney for them! My Rehab Counselor needed a kidney and one of her brothers gave her one of his because he was the best match and both her kidneys were failing. It saved her life!

i would give my kidney to my mother no matter how hard our relationship had been.. after all she is still my mother, the reason why i am on this earth.. if my mother really needs it then i wouldn't have second thoughts knowing that i can do something about it. if she were mean to me in the past then this is no reason for me to held back the one thing that can sustain her and make her live for a longer time. maybe through this we can patch our relationship and make up for the lost time and maybe this is God's plan for us to forgive each other. if this would happen to me when i grow old, then i would feel terrible if one of my children would only care less about me.. i would really feel sad. if my kids or husband would need a kidney and i won't be able to donate because i've donated it to my mother, then i know that God provides. God will make a way. and i know we are in God's hands...nothing can ever go wrong. :)

I would only donate to someone I really love, and only if they had no other health issues.

Well, the kidney is the only organ I have that is worthwhile for a live donation. I know that people often donate a part of their liver. For a while they thought my sister might have to donate part of her liver to me, but she didn't have to. And a good thing too. I would have been 80 years old with one piece of cake left, and my 82 year old sister would say, "Remember when I gave you part of my liver? I did, so I get the last piece of cake!" And when I said they thought, they is my doctors and my family. I told them all I wouldn't need a liver trasnplant, and I was right. I'll take my victories wherever I can get them. I wouldn't hesitate to give a kidney to my sister, parents, brother-in-law (I love my brother-in-law, but if I have him a kidney, it would be for the benefit of my sister), or grandmother (the only grandparent I have left). I would also probably give a kidney to any of my dad's sisters. I love them. They are such awesome people. My dad's side of the family is huge, but my aunts are probably the only ones I'd give an organ. I have cousins, second cousins, and third cousins everywhere I turn. It might sound callous, but I don't think I would give a kidney to one of them, or any of my uncles. I mean, I know people in my church better than I know all of those cousins. Plus, I'm not a well person. If I'm going to give an organ, it better be for a darn good reason!

When I did not have any children of my own, I would have considered donating to my mother if she had needed a kidney, mainly because she was my closest relative and she did so much for me during my growing up years. She was actually my maternal grandmother and was disabled by rheumatoid arthritis but she did more with and for me than a lot of parents I know. She has since passed on, but also now I have a daughter so she would be the main person I would consider donating for if the need were there.

Well I used to think that I was too old (at almost 60) to be considered for an organ transplant, but I was reading last week that there have been successful organ transplants from donors in their 70s and 80s. I would have no hesitation in donating a kidney if it were to help save the life of one of my children or grandchildren. I am so sorry to hear about your mother's health - I expect that she contacted you as she realises that her time may be short now, I do hope that you have been able to put the past problems behind you

I would donate if it really meant an improved quality of life for the recipient. It would be husband, child, brother as recipients. My sister does not take care of herself, and it would be foolish to donate to her.

If my mom, my sister, or one of my kids needed an organ from me that I was able to give then I think I would not even hesitate to give it. Anyone else I would have to think about it. I don't know what would make me feel the need to donate to someone else.

If it were my mother or father, I would donate the kidney unless the doctors painted a really hopeless prognosis. The thought of somebody else needing the kidney further down the road really would never have occurred to me. But then my relationship with my parents has always been a good one.

I would not hesitate to donate my organ/s to the ff people who i very important to me: 1) My Mother who never failed to believe in me and never gave up on me during my rebel days as a teen. She never blamed for anything even if I was at fault. She never made me feel that I'm a bad person and always made me feel that I'm the most nice and kind person in tis world. 2) My father who is very responsible and did everything he could to make sure that all three of us finish our studies and degree in College on his own without the need for his children to work while studying. 3) My husband who is very loving and sweet and responsible like my father. 4) My two sons. 5) My brother and sister. We have a good relationship and have always been there for me when I needed them most.

I'd anything for my mother! But my relationship with her is wonderful, so, I cant compare my case with yours...