Joe, from Dorset, says along with marrying his wife & becoming a father, donating his kidney to a stranger was "the best thing he's ever done". Read more of Joe's story @InYourArea_UK#kidneydonation #organtransplant https://t.co/64hyKFjJLp
Over 5,500 people are in need of a kidney transplant in the UK. Have you had the conversation with your family? Talk to your loved ones during #OrganDonationWeek and #LeavethemCertain about your decision.
Register your decision at:
👉 https://t.co/PTSNYxHshw
@NHSOrganDonor
It’s #OrganDonationWeek! 2 years ago I donated a #kidney to someone on the #transplant waitlist, unknown to me. I’m living very well with 1 kidney & would do it all again if I could! Wonder if you could #shareyourspare? Get in touch w/ your local transplant team @NHSOrganDonor
It's #OrganDonationWeek and at @InYourArea, we have been running our national campaign - #ShareYourSpare -with @GiveaKidney.
We're raising awareness of the need for altruistic kidney donors.
For more information or to follow the campaign, follow @InYourArea or @Kerigh_Palmer
Great to see so many people joining our Kidney Conversations virtual event and finding our transplantation research as fascinating as we do. #LetsTransformTreatments
Positive #NHSApp news on #OrganDonationWeek ‘265,000 people registered their organ donation decision for the first time through the app, including 150,000 new registrations since May 2021’ https://t.co/Hmw28uoL3E
"I think I honestly put on a stone in less than a week. And it was a very quick and sudden change. And for me, that was the hardest part."
Aphria's kidney failed 19 years after a transplant from her dad. Here she describes her experience of dialysis. 👇 #LetsTransformTreatments
Thank you to @KidneyForBally and Kiran for talking so powerfully about waiting for a #kidney#transplant on #ITVTonight. Anyone who’d like to know about #organdonation can go to https://t.co/hIpgdVnaG0 Transplantation is still going on but the waiting is longer
For immunosuppressed groups in particular, these are not 'booster doses' but a 3rd dose to protect the clinically extremely vulnerable.
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