Living Kidney Donor Videos & Transplant Information
Looking For An Easy Way To Share Your Story? Try Story Videos!
It’s hard to verbalize your story and educate others on why you need a living donor. Video stories can be customized and easily watched and shared in social media. If you’d like get more people to know about your need for a transplant and hope for finding a living kidney donor, consider using videos! Video stories also add facts without overwhelming the viewer because they add interesting visuals and upbeat music to keep your information easy to follow. Explore how you can get your story into a story video and increase listener interest and engagement!
Having difficulty trying to explain living kidney donation to others?
Do your friends and family understand living kidney donation or who might be able to consider getting tested?
Be sure to check out the information link after watching the video at www.1kidney.org
ENGLISH – Untethered Truths About Preemptive Transplantation
Hope to get a transplant before you need dialysis by ending your wait for a kidney transplant by finding a living kidney donor?
A better life-story could be gained by those who could benefit from a transplant before dialysis. Are you being encouraged to get a transplant before you require dialysis? If not, ask why not.
Watch this video to learn about the downfalls of dialysis—and the “quality of life” benefits in getting a preemptive (before dialysis) transplant. Watch Now
SPANISH – Untethered Truths About Preemptive Transplantation
Hope to get a transplant before you need dialysis by ending your wait for a kidney transplant by finding a living kidney donor?
A better life-story could be gained by those who could benefit from a transplant before dialysis. Are you being encouraged to get a transplant before you require dialysis? If not, ask why not.
Watch this video to learn about the downfalls of dialysis—and the “quality of life” benefits in getting a preemptive (before dialysis) transplant. Watch Now
Listen to a living kidney donor share her inspirational story about living kidney donation.
It wasn’t part of Michelle’s grand plan to become a living kidney donor. Her life was already crazy-busy and she wasn’t looking for additional things to add to her list. However, when she heard of a person in need, she said, “Why not!” Michelle’s life is still crazy-busy, but now it’s more fulfilled knowing she was able to help someone in need live an equally fulfilling life, because of her remarkable living-donor’s gift-of-life.
Living Kidney Donor & Recipient Interview
Melissa Blevins Bein, Living kidney donor and her preemptive transplant recipient share their inspirational stories to empower others to follow their lead.
Share this video with family and friends to help them understand living kidney donation and the long wait for a kidney from a deceased organ donor.
Role Play Video: Listen to hopeful recipient share her story with a friend.
While transplant hopeful updates a friend on her health status she expresses her hope for finding a living kidney donor.
While asking her friend to help her share her story in social media, a magical shift takes place when her friend’s desire to help transitions into a stronger desire to consider becoming her donor.
Post-Transplant Patients Share Their Stories.
Transplant Ambassadors share their stories to inspire other kidney patients approaching the need for a transplant.
Ambassador spokespersons are sharing their experiences to raise awareness and inspire change for a better tomorrow for all those in need. Watch Now
*Transplant Ambassadors in this video are taking extended-release Prograf (Envarsus-XR by Veloxis Pharmaceuticals) Please read safety information about Envarsus XR here.
You’re in need of a kidney transplant and hope to avoid dialysis—or be free of the machine. Yet, the wait for a deceased donor’s kidney will have you waiting years. You’ve been told your best option is to find a living kidney donor, but how does one go about finding a kidney donor?
In Pursuit of a Better Life: The Ultimate Guide for Finding Kidney Donors is a inspirational, self-help/how-to guide for finding kidney donors. This book was designed to give you the tools you’ll need to attract potential donors, without ever having to ask anyone to give up a kidney!
This book can also be an amazing “rescue guide” for dialysis patients who are counting the days to be free of the machine, in hopes of a better life. Learn more
Shift Your Fate: Life-Changing Wisdom for Proactive Kidney Patients is a motivational self-help book that offers proactive strategies for patient self-advocacy following diagnosis up to time of need. From why our kidney are so important to the difference between dialysis and transplant, to the unparalleled value of preemptive (live-donor) transplants – this book will get you there. Learn more here.