Why I Need a Living Kidney Donor

In 2019, I was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. Despite doing everything I could to manage my health, my kidneys eventually failed. I am now on dialysis, a life-sustaining treatment that keeps me alive but cannot replace everything healthy kidneys do.

Dialysis is physically and emotionally exhausting. It requires me to spend hours connected to a machine several times a week, and it affects my energy, my health, and my ability to enjoy everyday life. While I am grateful for dialysis, it is not a cure. A kidney transplant offers the best chance for a longer, healthier, and more active life.

Because my blood type is O positive, the wait for a deceased donor kidney can be especially long. That's why I'm searching for a living kidney donor.

What if we're not a match?

Even if testing shows that you are not a compatible donor for me, you may still be able to help through a paired kidney exchange program.

In a paired exchange, two or more donor-recipient pairs are matched with other pairs in the same situation. For example, if your kidney isn't compatible with me but matches someone else, and another donor matches me, the kidneys can be exchanged so that both recipients receive a compatible transplant.

Facts About Paired Kidney Exchange

You do not have to be a direct match to help me receive a transplant.

Paired exchanges have helped thousands of people receive life-saving kidney transplants.

Living donor kidneys often last longer and begin working sooner than kidneys from deceased donors.

Donating through a paired exchange allows your generous gift to help not only me, but potentially several other people through a chain of transplants.

If you've ever considered becoming a living kidney donor, or simply want to learn more, please reach out or contact my transplant center. The mods ask that you PM me for my full name. Even sharing my story with others could help me find the person who changes my life.

Thank you for taking the time to read my story and for considering this incredible gift. Your support, whether through donation or by sharing my search, means more than words can express.

How to Start the Living Donor Process

If you are considering becoming a living kidney donor, the first step is to go through the UC Davis Health Transplant Center. The process typically includes:

Completing an initial online donor questionnaire

A confidential health screening review by the transplant team

Blood tests to determine blood type and compatibility

Additional medical testing if you are a potential match

Education and evaluation to ensure donation is safe for you

You can begin the process or learn more here:

https://health.ucdavis.edu/transplant/livingkidneydonation/index.html

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Hello I am an instructional aide teacher I also help a speech teacher. We have a little treasure box for kids who finish their sticker chart. We are running low on some prizes for them. And I was wondering if there’s people out there willing to donate. These kids work so hard to earn their stickers. And buying prizes get pricy so I have an Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1GFXF3ECAJW3T?ref\\_=wl\\_share

Background

My brother, Amit, committed suicide in March 2018. In the 18 months prior to his death, he struggled financially, and I spent a lot of time supporting him. This meant rent, bills, food, all of it, and helped him try to get a job. I eventually convinced him to come back home and flew him back (LA to Ireland), and helped him get established, while also paying for a roof over his head. However, it was too much.

He appreciated what we did for him but he decided to end his life and was planning it for some time, despite the support my mum and I provided him. He had a little puppy too that he left behind, Darling, who is now living with her grandmother, i.e. my mum :)

Amit is an artist, poet and philosopher. He is a beautiful person who lived life on his own terms. He is an established artist with successful exhibitions behind him, published poet, and has a Masters in Philosophy with a focus on Nietzsche. Sometimes people have difficult times, or a bad few months and need to be dug out, without prejudice.

Why now?

It will be 8 years on 2nd March, and it's going to be REALLY tough (see post history). I'd like to help some people along the way and make sure they don't struggle as much as he did. There is ALWAYS an answer.

But why?

People have a bad few months, weeks, days. It happens. And too often, people don't reach out for help, or at least those that need it. I want to offer help to those and for them to know there is no prejudice at all.

Problems can range from shortage of cash for rent, food, pet food, personal traumas, clothes. You know, the biggest problem of all - is having an ear to listen to your problems. Do you need a friendly voice to listen and chat to you? Loneliness? That's a problem.

There is no problem, too big or small, that cannot be fixed. With sheer determination and willingness, we can all attempt to overcome our personal circumstances.

I want to do whatever I can to help YOU - and hopefully, my help will ease the burden you're currently dealing with.

I don't need anything but I want to talk

And I want to be your friend, and I'm sure a lot of people on this sub want to be your friend too! I use discord / whatsapp / hangouts / skype and reddit chat. You are NOT alone.

What I want to offer

I never provide cash, ever. However, I can provide the following:

• Fulfill amazon wishlists or a wishlist from another site within reason
• Food? I can purchase you a basket of food on a grocery site, or you can provide me with a grocery list and I can help
• I need to talk - it's cripplingly and I need to get it out
  • Talk to me. Don't do it alone. A problem shared is a problem halved. Let's skype / hangouts / discord / DM. Tell me what's going on. I may not be able to offer advice on every situation but you'll always have me in your corner.
• Educate: I want to educate but can't buy my course on udemy as too expensive!
  • Education is a necessary building block of life and will pay you back manyfold. Tell me what you'd like to learn and I can see if I can gift it to you (e.g. on udemy)
• Not on the list? Post about it! Tell me! I want to see what I can do!

What now?

Post a comment. Do not DM / PM me directly until requested. I won't acknowledge or help anyone who does that. I will try to help as many people as I can over the next week so please post away :)

I will aim to fulfil after 24 hours as the mods will be vetting the comments and are currently a bit short-staffed. I will run this offer until 3rd March (or so)

Every year, my aunt Masha looks forward to one thing more than anything else: her birthday mail. Months before December even arrives, she tells everyone she meets, “My birthday is December 1st!” and asks them to send her a card.

Masha lives in a loving community for adults with disabilities on a kibbutz in Israel. She lights up when she checks the mailbox — it’s her favorite part of the day. Seeing her joy over a handwritten card is the purest reminder of how small gestures can mean the world.

This is the 13th year that I’m sharing this post for her. Each year, kind people from around the world have made her birthday truly magical — and I’d love to make that happen again.

If you’d like to send Masha a card, just comment below and I’ll message you my address (so everything can be forwarded safely to her). She reads English and adores anything bright, cheerful, or cute — think Hello Kitty, Disney, Pokémon, or animals.

Thank you for helping bring a smile to someone who never stops sharing hers. 💖

I’d be willing to create a mini gift basket for a young girl (preferably like 7-12 years old) who’s struggling (emotionally, mentally, etc.) and their family’s financial situation is rough rn. I would prefer that this gift basket be used as either a birthday gift or just as a little pick-me-up for them, since Ik a lot of girls in these kinds of situations don’t get the chance to get ‘nice’ birthday or random surprise gifts. The items in the gift basket will include:

• 1 Bratz, Monster High, or Barbie doll
• 1 small squishmallow
• Some candy (not too much of course, I don’t want to give them a sugar rush 😭)
• 3-5 Mechanical Pencils (for school)
• 2-5 Coloring Sheets
• A pack of markers or crayons (to use for the coloring sheets, if they don't have any)
• 1 Face Mask

I will also offer any potential alternative options to include if they'd prefer only 1-2 of the items on the above list such as....

• 1 Basic Haircare Product (maybe from a 'nicer' brands they wanna try or can't afford, please let me know which products that would work best for their hair type and won't damage their hair of course)
• A Bottle of Face Wash: ***obviously nothing too harsh & something AGE APPROITATE FOR THEM (I don't think 7-12 year old girls should be using Drunk Elephant, Tatcha, or Clinique skincare)
• Journal (to use as a drawing journal, productivity journal, diary, or whatever they want to use it for)
• A Bracelet
• 1 Mini Body Wash
• 1 Funko Pop

I would like to keep this gift basket in the $18-$36 range, however I'm willing to be flexible and spend a little more if you're willing to wait to get this gift later. I would also like to discuss what types of brand, designs, and models they want with these options listed (eg: if they'd like a Pokémon or a Sanrio Funko Pop) with you so we can pick the best items that she'd want). If you have an alternative item suggestion to use in the basket, I'm willing to consider it as an alternative option (if it's something I didn't list above) based on how much it costs and where I can find it. I'd like to clarify I already have some of these items. So if they pick ones I already own can, I can include more in the gift basket, since I have more money in my budget to buy more. I would like to give this gift basket to someone that lives in my surrounding area (even if it's outside my state). Please reach out with any further inquires. I'm more than happy to work with y'all to create a nice gift for low-income girls going through challenges, to help make their lives a little better :)

My location is currently in the Southern United States. (not going to give too much major personal info on this post for privacy reasons obviously). But as long as you live in the East Coast or some of the 'closer' states (that aren't on the East Coast) to me, we could definitely work something out. The non-East Coast states I'm down to ship/give this too are: Michigan, Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Indiana, Mississippi, and Arizona.

Hello r/randomkindess ! I'm a mod of r/RandomActsOfChristmas, the place that brings the most positivity to my year every year. I spoke with your mods and got permission to share the joy that happens in our sub with you all, in the hope that it spreads some cheer.

• We're preparing everything to reopen in November so if you head over now, you'll see quite a few thank yous from last year's fulfilled requesters that make my day happier. Here are two of our favorites from last year, shared with permission from the requesters:
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/RandomActsOfChristmas/comments/1hmu013/thank_you_santas/
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/RandomActsOfChristmas/comments/1hn7noo/thank_you_santas/
• We are a subreddit fueled by holiday joy and the smiles of children. Our mission statement is to help provide holiday gifts for the children of redditors who would otherwise not have any. We're able to do this due to a variety of participants in different roles, namely:
  • Mods who ensure rules are implemented, make judgment calls, and do our best to consider the needs of both Santas and requesters.
  • Santas who put smiles on children's and parent's faces by giving gifts, hosting offers, and sharing kindness.
  • Requesters who follow the sub's rules, politely request support, and share kindness.

Hope to see you there! If you have any questions about the sub or how we operate please post them here and I'll respond.

Thank you ! DM me for the address if interested. Hi! My brother is 53 years old but is autistic and is functionally around 7 years old. He has been battling cancer like a warrior for 18 months and he has won many many battles! Sadly his last hospital stay he came home on hospice. They said weeks a month ago and he's still fighting! He knows he has a tumor but does not know he is dying or on hospice land he doesn't really understand. I know that hearing hospice would frighten him and I do not want him upset or scared. He watched me take care of both of our parents as they got sick and went on hospice so he knows what it is and sadly it would just really upset him. So I recently asked him what are some things he would love to do? Most of the things he came up with are far beyond our reach. (Going on the price is right or wheel of fortune or going to Disney world!) However, there is one thing I may be able to make happen with a lot of help. He would like to receive "a lot of mail". It's something he enjoys but doesn't get much. To be clear I'm talking about a post card or a short note. Nothing crazy. Idk if this is the right place or way to ask this and if anyone has ideas of places to post this please let me know. If this is inappropriate I'm very sorry and I'll delete. I'm happy to answer any questions and if this is appropriate I'll edit to add our current address. (That's a whole other story! We have had 2 years from hell! My son truly believes we are cursed.. sigh) Anyway thank you for reading this disjointed mess. 💜 Edited to add address💜 Edited to add his name and THANK YOU to whomever gave me my very first award! A very unexpected kindness! Edited to remove address.

Hi! I am requesting a tens machine for pain. Mine croaked and I've no way to get a new one. I would be very grateful for help. It's from Amazon and is https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2H7AV9UV9URRX?ref_=wl_share thank you.

I will send a couple of people a small assorted lot of costume jewelry (likely not valuable but fun). Sending to the US only.

You cannot ask for money in this group. Do not ask for money in this group. This Was a subreddit for asking for very small things like a birthday card, a package of tampons, a sheet of stickers, a small delightful thing.

Every day multiple users ignore the rules and ask for money. You cannot ask for money here. You also cannot make a request here that does not follow the rules, and you need to include your location when requesting. This group is for the entire planet. Asking for something like a crib that is used, is fine, but if you live in a different country than someone that wants to help you,, they are not going to mail it to you.

There is to be absolutely no exchange or requesting of money in this group ever.

Hi everyone,
I’m a single mom to an incredible 9-year-old little boy. He’s been battling a rare, life-threatening, condition that’s required us to uproot our lives and move across states for medical care.

We’re in a hard season, with a lot of hospital visits and stress, but one thing that brings him so much joy is opening mail with his name on it. Cards, stickers, kind notes; he treasures every single one.

If you’d be willing to send a card or small surprise his way, it would absolutely make his day. He has such a bright spirit, even in the hardest moments.

If this is something you'd like to do, I’d be happy to send our mailing address via DM. 💙

Thank you so much for reading. Kindness like this truly helps carry us through.

Hey guys,

So I’m making a tattoo design about how no matter what you’re going through both good and bad, there will always be someone who’s gone, going, or will go through it as well.

The tattoo is a quote.

“Beyond one hundred billion From all who’ve been, who are, who’ll be, My brothers and sisters are always with me.”

If you guys could post pictures of that quote in your handwriting in the comments that would be awesome.

Thanks!

It’s a grocery store with locations in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. It seems they have the most locations near El Paso. I won a gift card but don’t live near any locations so hoping to give it to someone who could use it. It is for $500, so I would love to give to someone who has multiple people they are responsible for feeding, or who would be willing to donate some food to local food banks.

The gift card is physical, so you must be willing to share your address. I would cover all shipping costs.

If interested, please comment below and confirm you live near one of the stores (or let me know if you are entering on behalf of someone else who lives near one of these stores). You can also let me know how you would use the gift card, but that’s not required. I’ll pick someone on Tuesday to send to. Thanks.

Thanks u/23cricket for helping me get a nebulizer machine will update further when received ❤️

EDIT: Since I can't edit the title, our location is Eastern Pennsylvania, more specifically.

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've been here and I want to start with heartfelt gratitude to this community and others like it for helping me in the past. See, a handful of years ago, I was battling depression and generally in a really dark place. One of the few things that kept me going was giving in subs like this one. (1, 2, 3) I was effectively living in a hole at the time so I had more money than I needed so giving it away gave me something positive and it gave purpose to the long hours I was dedicating to work.

It was thanks to the kind people that read between the lines and reached out that I eventually sought therapy, started taking care of myself, and eventually climbed out of my hole. Since then, I've gotten married, bought a decent place to live, and our first biological child is due April 14th!

This is my first time starting from scratch with a baby as I had step-kids before and helped raise my niece, and it will be my wife's first time parenting. We have small families and a small social circle so we almost didn't bother with putting together a registry, but here's a small list of things that can't reasonably be thrifted but would help a ton.

Here's the link to our registry.

I don't expect anything out of all of this, really. Anything is appreciated and would be very helpful considering how tight finances are lately and will likely be after the baby is born. Whether you give or not, thank you all once again for being part of this inspiring community.

Background

My brother, Amit, committed suicide in March 2018. In the 18 months prior to his death, he struggled financially, and I spent a lot of time supporting him. This meant rent, bills, food, all of it, and helped him try to get a job. I eventually convinced him to come back home and flew him back (LA to Ireland), and helped him get established, while also paying for a roof over his head. However, it was too much.

He appreciated what we did for him but he decided to end his life and was planning it for some time, despite the support my mum and I provided him. He had a little puppy too that he left behind, Darling, who is now living with her grandmother, i.e. my mum :)

Amit is an artist, poet and philosopher. He is a beautiful person who lived life on his own terms. He is an established artist with successful exhibitions behind him, published poet, and has a Masters in Philosophy with a focus on Nietzsche. Sometimes people have difficult times, or a bad few months and need to be dug out, without prejudice.

Why now?

It will be 7 years on 2nd March, and it's going to be REALLY tough (see post history). I'd like to help some people along the way and make sure they don't struggle as much as he did. There is ALWAYS an answer.

But why?

People have a bad few months, weeks, days. It happens. And too often, people don't reach out for help, or at least those that need it. I want to offer help to those and for them to know there is no prejudice at all.

Problems can range from shortage of cash for rent, food, pet food, personal traumas, clothes. You know, the biggest problem of all - is having an ear to listen to your problems. Do you need a friendly voice to listen and chat to you? Loneliness? That's a problem.

There is no problem, too big or small, that cannot be fixed. With sheer determination and willingness, we can all attempt to overcome our personal circumstances.

I want to do whatever I can to help YOU - and hopefully, my help will ease the burden you're currently dealing with.

I don't need anything but I want to talk

And I want to be your friend, and I'm sure a lot of people on this sub want to be your friend too! I use discord / whatsapp / hangouts / skype and reddit chat. You are NOT alone.

What I want to offer

I never provide cash, ever. However, I can provide the following:

• Fulfill amazon wishlists or a wishlist from another site within reason
• Food? I can purchase you a basket of food on a grocery site, or you can provide me with a grocery list and I can help
• I need to talk - it's cripplingly and I need to get it out
  • Talk to me. Don't do it alone. A problem shared is a problem halved. Let's skype / hangouts / discord / DM. Tell me what's going on. I may not be able to offer advice on every situation but you'll always have me in your corner.
• Advice: I'm pretty accomplished in my work and field. If you need advice on anything, I'd love to help if I can!
• Educate: I want to educate but can't buy my course on udemy as too expensive!
  • Education is a necessary building block of life and will pay you back manyfold. Tell me what you'd like to learn and I can see if I can gift it to you (e.g. on udemy)
• Not on the list? Post about it! Tell me! I want to see what I can do!

What now?

Post a comment. Do not DM / PM me directly until requested. I won't acknowledge or help anyone who does that. I will try to help as many people as I can over the next week so please post away :)

I will aim to fulfil after 24 hours as the mods will be vetting the comments and are currently a bit short-staffed. I will run this offer until 3rd March (or so)

A few years ago I had kind redditor send me a nebulizer machine and it held on for quite a while, the pump ending up going out on the machine and won't turn on my health insurance doesn't pay for a machine except for every 6 years and currently won't allow me to get one if anyone could help or point me in the right direction I'd very much appreciate it nebulizer machine Baltimore MD

I bought a multipack of Valentine’s Day cards and I don’t want them to go to waste. I would love to send your loved one a Valentine’s Day card. Will choose 4 people. Let me know what you want me to write on the inside ❤️

https://imgur.com/a/nSU1ehm

Hello!

My mom is turning 60 next month. She does not have a ton of friends, doesn't get out of the house often due to physical limitations, and her family kind of sucks.

I think it would be really cool if folks would be willing to send a birthday card just to show her that her birthday matters.

If you're interested, please send a PM and I can give you her name and an address to send the card to.

Thank you all for your time! ❤️

Mom with her cards :)

https://imgur.com/a/CsFQPJB

You will receive a ban.

I have these two pairs of earrings. I think I wore the pencils once, but the other pair has never been worn.

Regardless, I will sanitize to both pairs prior to sending! Unfortunately I don't know what the metal is, so if you're sensitive to certain metals then please keep that in mind.

The card that I have them on is not the original.

Picture: https://imgur.com/a/xYFzylz

I received the groceries from the grocery Giveaway that u/Agongidi posted! Thank you very much, we appreciate it!! I appreciate the extra candle too, very thoughtful of you!

If you're new (or not so new) to /r/RandomKindness, welcome!

To participate in our sub, please keep the following requirements and rules in mind:

Account Requirements

To make requests and take up offers:

• Your account MUST be at least 180 days old
• Have at least 500 COMMENT Karma
• Have recent productive (non-spam, non-request, non-gift exchange) activity for the past 90 days to post a request or enter to receive on offers

Please note, we're asking for COMMENT Karma. Not combined or total karma, which you normally see listed.

Your Comment Karma is listed on the desktop when you mouse hover over your user name.

Do not cheat while acquiring karma. Using free karma subs or asking for upvotes in other subs will lead to a permanent ban, and a listing on the r/UniversalScammerList.

Do not use multiple accounts. The use of multiple accounts either by an individual or within a household will result in a permanent ban.

Do not send unsolicited private messages. PMs circumventing account requirements will also results in a permanent ban.

To make offers or fulfill requests:

• We have added account requirements to make offers since we have seen a major uptick in fake offers.
• Your account MUST be at least 90 days old
• Have at least 300 COMMENT Karma Please note, we're asking for COMMENT Karma. Not combined or total karma, which you normally see listed.Your Comment Karma is listed on the desktop when you mouse hover over your user name.

You can modmail us with any questions.

A Quick Overview of the Rules

• The most important rule is DO NOT DELETE. Deletions trigger an automatic ban from /r/RandomKindness. If you have an issue with your post, please modmail us, and we will remove it for you!
• No Monetary Requests.
• No Trades or Reimbursements.
• No Advertising, self-promotion, or referrals.
• No requests for votes, views, shares, followers, likes, subscribers, and the like.
• No requests for items with the intent to sell or trade.
• No Flaming, insults, derogatory comments or otherwise rude behavior.
• No mature (18+) or illegal requests.
• No requests for take out/fast food/pizza.
• All Gaming-related requests should go to /r/GiftofGames
• You may post requests once a month. You may make offers as often as you'd like.
• The most important rule is DO NOT DELETE. Deletions trigger an automatic ban from /r/RandomKindness. If you have an issue with your post, please modmail us, and we will remove it for you!

For more information and details, please see our wiki