In the final question of the survey, I asked "Do you have any other thoughts you'd like to share with the owners of this survey or others considering kidney donation?" Many did. This post includes a listing of direct quotes from living kidney donors.
About the Living Kidney Donor Survey
With the input from other living kidney donors, I created this survey to help share the perspectives of other donors and to help guide conversations that can be difficult or overwhelming. The intention is not to reinforce any particular perspective, but to simply create a better and more complete starting point where information can seem scarce.
This Survey is Biased
All surveys can be biased and data is not always as precise as we'd like it to be. Before digging in to the results, look at how the respondents of this kidney donor survey answered a few key questions about their experience and think about how those answers may influence other responses throughout the survey.
Financial Costs of Becoming a Living Kidney Donor
In the survey, I asked a number of questions about the out-of-pocket costs associated with becoming a living donors.
