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[quote=Anonymous]Would you be able to speak to a nephrologist without your uncle to ask all of your questions in a confidential way? From what I know, donating a kidney is fairly common. Serious complications from the surgery are unusual. You can ask about the downtime involved and whether you can afford to take the time out. In most cases, it adds many years to the recipient's life and adds to the person's quality of life (allows him to avoid dialysis). In most cases, a single kidney is enough to keep a person healthy. However, if you did develop kidney disease, having a single kidney would put you at greater risk of more rapid worsening of disease. If you have any of the common causes of kidney disease (diabetes, high blood pressure, or any disease of the blood vessels like blockages in arteries), you probably are not the best candidate, and I'm not sure that you would be accepted as a donor. [/quote]
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