Living with Kidney Failure

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35,000: Number of Canadians who have kidney disease

60: Estimated deaths each year of people waiting for a kidney transplant

4,000: Approximate number of people on the wait list for a kidney from a deceased person

$300,000: Amount in health-care costs that could be saved over a patient's lifetime if a faulty kidney is replaced

40: Percentage of last year's 1,200 kidney donations that came from living donors

90 to 95: Percentage of transplanted kidneys from living donors that work well after a year

15 to 20: Number of years, on average, that successfully transplanted kidneys from living donors last

85 to 90: Percentage of transplanted kidneys from deceased donors that work well after a year

10 to 15: Number of years, on average, that successfully transplanted kidneys from deceased donors last

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[mjbouey]

@Disneyfan5150 hey, yes the list is very long, but this is why i always mention to people to sign a donor card, it helps save up to 8 lives! thanks or the good wishes and keep well.. mj

[mjbouey]

@Mutleytech so a few things, first of all great questions and thanks for the keep fighting. i will. as for organ donation, the donor has (usually) the left kidney removed, no need to remove a rib and actually now they can even do it laparoscopically, it just depends the case. and then the organ is placed in the recipients abdomen, again it just depends the case as to where, but usually in the lower right quadrant... hope this helps.. mj

[Mutleytech]

Is it true that the donor kidney is placed in the recipients abdomen below the liver instead of where the kidney should be? I know a rib has to be removed to remove the kidney from the donor. Thanks for your reply and keep fighting.

[Disneyfan5150]

Wow you have kidney failure? You look so lively and well, sorry to hear about it though, kidney diseases are the worst, and being being in Canada I know what the waiting list is like for stuff like this, a lot of people die just waiting, keep it up your doing great

[mjbouey]

@meskuts thannnkkk yoU!!!!

[meskuts]

you're so amazing, because you look so healthy and energetic even though you have such a terrible failure, which is kidney failure.. Big upS!