Kidney Transplant Experiences

• "From Dialysis to a 2,840 Mile Bike Ride: the Biggest Physical Challenge of my Life" by Janelle London
• "In Focus: A Photojournalist Chronicles his Journey Through Kidney Failure," by John Martin
• Don Killen's kidney transplant experience
• "Kidney Failure: A Personal Journal", by Peter Langley
• "A New Kidney for Andi," by Stacy West
• Irwin Greif's kidney transplant experience (scroll down, below the donor's experience)
• "Receiving Charlie's Kidney," by Monet Thomson
• "Life...My Life Goes On," by Marta Wiedle
• Mary Alice Duffy (about the life of a three-time kidney recipient)
• Leading A Full Life: Vanessa Underwood's discovery of wellness after transplant
• The Best Gift: My Dad's Kidney Transplant (by a ten-year-old)
• Life Goes On...(lessons learned while living with kidney failure)
• "I've Been Transplanted," (excerpts from Eugene Sisco's book)
• Alice Pesta's kidney transplant page
• "The Road Less Traveled: The Story of John Newmann's Renal Transplant"
• An Australian Kidney Transplant Recipient's Story
• "Brother Donates Kidney to Save Life of Twin" (from the Palo Alto Weekley)
• "And the Call Came Through..."
• "Keep Hope Alive" by a teenager (heart-kidney recipient)
• Lessons Learned, by Penny Boyer (kidney recipient) (on the HMI web site)
• "The Joy of Transplant"
• "Sacrifice of Others" (at the MORE site)
• In memoriam: Rene Rogers
• Maria Compagner's story (from the Holland Sentinel - search for "Compagner" to read more)
• "Images of My Kidney Transplant Surgery"
• "Rock, Roll, and Remember"
• "Rebuilding Me Somewhere Else"
• Julie Mattson's kidney transplant experience
• "living with Chronic Renal Failure" by Diana Byerly

What's your story?
The following essays were written by transplant patients, or by their family members or friends, about real experiences. (Also, see Transplant Candidates & Recipients Own Web Pages.) If you would like your story to appear here, contact us.

Last modified: 7 September, 2000