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popa:

“This has nothing to do with how I feel. This is simply the fact. Once you donate a kidney, you are not supposed to do any contact sports, and there are all sorts of other lifestyle changes as well. Ask your doctor. “

what other lifestyle changes?….except for making sure I drink plenty I have not had to make any changes, I exercise regularly and eat healthy, and I was never a football player, so no changes in that front

The longer a person is in dialysis the chances that the kidney transplant will be succesful diminish, this is why it is so important to try to get a kidney as soon as possible when someone has kidney failure. Being in dialysis is extremely hard, by donating my kidney not only did I potentially add years to my recipient’s life but I improved his quality of life tremedously