This episode is a bit of a vent session. Sometimes we get frustrated about how kidney disease and specifically organ donation are represented in mainstream pop culture. Today we talk about our frustration between how the Selena & Francia kidney organ donation is being narrated.
Resources:https://www.medicaid.gov/New to kidney disease? Check out these resources to see where to go from here!
- Kidney Basics
- Chronic kidney disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Need tips & tricks on finding a living donor?
- The Living Kidney Donors Network
- Tools to Find a Living Donor
- Looking for a Living Donor | National Kidney Foundation
- How to find a living donor
Want to be involved by becoming a kidney patient advocate!? By joining you can make a difference by sharing your testimony to help change policies, procedure and even get more funding for research!
- Field Ambassadors – AAKP
- Advocacy | National Kidney Foundation
- Resources • National Kidney Foundation
Considering donating a kidney?
- Be an Organ Donor | National Kidney Foundation
- Kidney donation and transplant | American Kidney Fund
- Living-donor kidney transplant - Type - Mayo Clinic
- Kidney Donation - Donate Life America
- Organ Donation - LifeLink Foundation
- Facts About Organ Donation | UNOS Organ Donor Facts
- National Kidney Registry