The ‘Organ Donation Coversation’
The Brief
To celebrate 30 years of the NHS Organ Donation Register, write about my personal experience of receiving an organ donation and being a volunteer peer supporter for the NKF.
The National Kidney Federation (NKF) are the largest kidney patient charity in the UK. Run by kidney patients, for kidney patients.
Ali’s Organ Donation Story
My mobile buzzed into life back in January 2023, so I automatically answered it. After being on the kidney transplant list it became a reflex action to always answer the phone that had been glued to me 24-hours a day for the three years I’d been on the list.
When this call arrived, it was the third time in two months that we’d been called for a potential transplant. The first two transplants unfortunately hadn’t gone ahead because when we got to the hospital the kidneys weren’t viable.