Medium: I Just Donated A Kidney. Will You Consider Doing The Same?

On June 25th, I donated a kidney. I had two kidneys going into that day; I have one kidney now.

I didn’t donate to a person I know, but to a stranger on the kidney waiting list—a queue that, despite our ever-increasing medical mastery, remains depressingly long. This was by no means an easy decision to make; in fact, I thought about it for nearly a year. But I eventually became convinced it was the right thing to do.