Donor Diaries
Donor Diaries is a podcast about the beauty and messiness of living organ donation. Get ready for some amazing stories about what happens when people decide to share their organs with other people, when people chose to share life. The sharing of kidneys and other organs is an incredibly fascinating topic that teaches a lot about kindness, love, and life! There are over 100,000 people on the kidney transplant waitlist today, and sadly about 13 people die each day waiting for a kidney that they never receive. One in three Americans are at risk for developing chronic kidney disease and one in nine already have kidney disease. Most don’t even know it. Donor Diaries shares unfiltered stories of kidney donation through the voices of living donors and straight talk from transplant experts who are committed to bringing the conversation of living organ donation to the forefront of society, so patients no longer have to die or suffer while waiting for a transplant.
Donor Diaries
Insider’s Guide to Living Kidney Donation | EP 8
A transplant isn’t an event that happens exclusively to the organ recipient. It also has a major impact on the family of a recipient or organ donor and often results in complex situations and relationship dynamics.
Carol Offen and Betsy Crais are co-authors of "The Insider's Guide to Living Kidney Donation: Everything You Need to Know If You Give (or Get) the Greatest Gift.” “Our book includes much-needed nontechnical guidance for living donors and kidney patients considering or dealing with a transplant, from medical information to the impact on family relationships. Patient or donor, it’s critical to consider all the issues and be well informed. Knowledge is power–never more so than in matters of health,” explains Carol, a writer/editor in North Carolina.
Betsy, a North Carolina University professor/researcher, is a grateful kidney and liver recipient: she had a kidney transplant in 2004, and a kidney AND liver transplant the summer of 2021. Carol donated a kidney to her son when he lost kidney function stemming from a strep throat. Learn how their stories intertwine and ultimately lead to a 7-year journey to publish their book together!
The Insider’s Guide to Living Kidney Donation
“The Insider’s Guide to Living Kidney Donation” is available in a variety of formats and places:
- Amazon (Paperback or Kindle)
- BookBaby (Paperback and e-book)
- Signed copies through Flyleaf Books.
- AND ALL MAJOR RETAILERS CAN ORDER IT!
You can contact Carol and Betsy at carol.kidneydonorhelp@gmail.com. Check out Carol’s Blog, which is ranked #2 of the Top 30 Kidney Donor Blogs.