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What to Expect After Donation
During your donation journey, you may experience a mix of both positive and negative emotions, including the excitement of waiting to see if you’re approved to donate.
Then, once you donate and the emotional buildup ends, you may experience uncomfortable emotions, including feeling "down" and not like yourself for a short period of time. This is something that happens to a lot of living donors, but it’s important to remember that these feelings only last while you’re recovering and during the first few weeks after surgery.
Living donors are also typically very healthy, active people so having the down time during recovery can sometimes add to these unpleasant feelings.
As long as you're aware of the possibility of feeling down, you can take some steps to help you feel better if you do experience them, including:
- Talking with another living donor before or after you donate.
You can ask your transplant team to connect you with someone at their center, or contact NKF Peers, a mentoring program where you can talk to a living donor
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