How to Get More People to Consider Donating a Kidney

I'm  so excited!  A fellow living donor sent me this decal for my car.  She's on a mission to get one in every state.

Want to get more people to consider stepping up to donate a kidney?  Invite a kidney donor to your next meeting: house of worship, civic group, neighborhood cookout, anywhere.

There are so many misconceptions about donating.  If you don't know someone in your area, visit my favorite website, The Living Donor Network, www.ldkn.org.  In addition to the information that's included, the founder, Harvey Mysel, offers webinars to field questions.



By the way, if you live in the southeast, I'm willing to travel.  If you live further out, we could hold a Skype session.

Interested in more ideas about how to get started?  Contact me: lisa@lisahetzel.com  I'd love to help you.

Waiting for Someone to Rescue me from Kidney Failure

I hear you.  Yesterday's session in Nashville, "How to Have Your Donor Find YOU!" was an opportunity to meet some of you.Click here to see the clip with Harvey.

 The wait is discouraging. The statistics are overwhelming. And, you're tired.  Many of you have been on dialysis and spend more that half of your week exhausted. Kidney disease is affecting every organ in your body.

There is hope.  The Living Kidney Donor Network provides information to help you find a donor.  Harvey Mysel, director of the network said something that rang true for me.

There are people who are willing to be living donors.  The way to reach them is TELL YOUR STORY.  That's how I was moved to step forward for my cousin.

We lived 900 miles apart. It had been over 35 years since we'd seen each other.  It wasn't until she started telling her story that I reconnected.

Click here to visit the website, www.lkdn.org to learn more. Reach out to Harvey. Keep telling your story. Hang in there.