DIAMONON, Janeilyn Anne Q.

10-B
Colegio San Agustin – Makati
ENGLISH 10
MR.AMANTE
19 August 2019

Leave Some For Me!

Not many people are willing to give up a part of their body for just anyone yet some still

do. Do you ever wonder why? Why they would go through such lengths to give a part of Rephrase
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themselves to someone else? How about you, will you go through such lengths to save loved Sentences

one? Maybe even a stranger? Being a Living Kidney Donor is highly risky because the donor

could uncover health issues; it causes depression and greatly affects the chance of your

pregnancy. Why don’t you stick around a little longer to find out? How many living kidney

donors are there in the Philippines? Four hundred thirty eight. There are only 438 living kidney

donors in the Philippines. Sadly, the number of kidney donors remains dismally low. In

2016, there were 438 patients transplanted from living kidney donors, a figure that has been

relatively stable since 2009. Kidney donation doesn’t have a strong foundation here in the

Philippines as much as the other countries around the globe. In the United States of America,

there are more than 100 million living kidney donors waiting at bay. As you delve deeper into

this essay, you will be able to garner and expand your knowledge regarding living kidney donors

and the effects of kidney donation to their lives

Donating a kidney isn't as special as any other operation or surgery. It’s still open to any

and every implication and certain risks. The Surgery itself is already nerve wracking, the

aftermath of it stays the same. During the surgery, you would never know when you could lose

your consciousness or when the doctor could mistakenly hit another organ. The risks and
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 possibilities are endless. There will always be risks involved in any major surgical procedure,

risks and possible accidents are never unavoidable. Infection, allergic reactions, injury to other

organs and tissue, pneumonia, and even death are all possibilities following surgery. There are

even times where these happen during the surgery itself. It's possible for the donor to uncover

health issues they are unaware of previously and increases the possibility of them having

Hypertension. Donating a kidney affects your immune system greatly due to your body relying

on only one kidney. With your body now only depending on one kidney, it is sure that your

kidney couldn't cater all of its ailments by itself. It will surely open your body to newly found

sickness and certain illnesses.  Possible long-term risks to donating a kidney include hyper-

tension (high blood pressure), hernia, organ impairment and the need for organ transplant, kidney

failure, and death. As said before, your body only relies on one kidney now so if your body

really cannot cater itself with just one kidney then your transplant team will advise that you

undergo a kidney transplant. A donor, needing a kidney later on, is a common occurrence.

  After donation, living donors often report a wide range of mixed emotions, from joy and

relief to anxiety to depression. Feelings of depression among living donors are not uncommon as

well, even when both donor and recipient are doing well. With the donor being just out of

surgery, they are still at the edge of their emotions. It doesn't mean that both the donor and the

recipient can be seen laughing merrily, they are doing fine. Based on statistics 10% reported

family conflicts. Most families do not really approve of kidney donation considering that many

say that it "cuts your life expectancy in half". The families are worried for the side effects that

the donor could garner or the risks that the donor has opened himself/herself to. The process of

getting through the evaluation and the surgery can be so time-consuming that donors do not

always have time to process everything they are feeling. With the preparations and all the
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examinations that they need to do, they lose time to deeply think about everything that is

happening around them. They forget to reassure their families or to talk to them about their

doubts and uncertainties regarding the situation. 3% to 10% reported depression while 7%

reported anxiety disorders. Many of these emotions usually branch out from the conflicts

between their families or it could be about their concern about the negative effects of this to their

health. 3 to 15% of the donors are concerned about a negative impact on their health. Meanwhile,

16% are concerned about negative financial consequences of donation. Insurance companies that

provide health cards and medical assistance do not usually cover kidney donation. The donation

itself is pricey, let alone the evaluation and tests that come along with it. 

Donating your kidney, for women, greatly affects the chance of your pregnancy. It

doesn't limit the donor but serves more as a side effect that result from a risk or a possibility.

Though it is possible, it is advised for women not to participate in any sexual activity for the first

4 to 6 weeks after the surgery. First of all, the wound is still open by this time and it usually takes

a month and a half for it to close. Participating in any harsh activities and movements may result

to bleeding or worse. After being a living kidney donor, It increases risks like gestational

diabetes, pregnancy-induced hypertension, protein in the urine and preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is

a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to another

organ system, most often the liver and kidneys. Preeclampsia usually begins after 20 weeks of

pregnancy in women whose blood pressure had been normal. It can impair kidney and liver

function, and cause blood clotting problems, pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), seizures and,

in severe forms or left untreated, maternal and infant death. Preeclampsia affects the blood flow

to the placenta, often leading to smaller or prematurely born babies. Since there are many risks
that concerns the donor's health after the surgery, she should consult her gynecologist and

transplant team on what would be the best approach to pregnancy.

Being a Living Kidney Donor truly is an unpredictable and risky thing to do. There are

never sure answers to your questions and there would always be uncertainty after the surgery.

The surgery affects each and every person differently. Some could face the aftermath of the

surgery easy and well while some might resort to regret, depression and anxiety. The limits are

endless. We must always keep in mind that this is no easy task. It requires approval from your

family, your doctors and yourself. We must always think of ourselves before putting ourselves

out there. Will you leave some for me?