[kkarakk]

Last i researched, donating a kidney affects your quality of life extra-ordinarily. for eg you can't eat the same way, can't exercise/move around the same way and also you might have permanent complications from the surgery. i MIGHT consider it for a close relative but for a stranger? that would require some real mental gymnastics.

[shepherdjerred]

From what I know, this isn't true. Nutritionally, the only thing you need to avoid is high-protein diets. You can exercise just fine after a 6 week recovery period.

Of course, it's impossible to predict complications. Some donors have died on the operating table. The risk of complication is very low, though.

If you have any other questions I'm happy to answer.

Sources

* https://www.livingdonorgames.org/

* https://www.kidneyregistry.org/for-donors/kidney-donation-bl...

* https://www.kidneyregistry.org/for-donors/i-want-to-learn-mo...

[aydyn]

yeah id rather not cut out my literal organs for some random person thousands of miles away.

come the f on u for real?

[shepherdjerred]

In the US there are ~20,000 live kidney donations every year. ~200 of those are to stranger (the rest going to somebody the person knows).

There's more information about living kidney donation here: http://waitlistzero.org/living-donation/risks/

[aydyn]

cool story