Kidney Spotlight Form
Do you have a unique or inspiring story about your experience with a kidney transplant, living donation, or kidney disease? Share it with us. Your story may be the one that gives someone hope.
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Did you receive Navigator support in the Finding a Living Donor From Home Program?
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Demographic Information
What is your gender?
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How would you describe your race/ethnicity? (Please check all that apply)
American Indian or Native Alaskan
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Do you have any fiends or family members who have received dialysis or a kidney transplant?
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Have you talked to them about your kidney health?
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Connection to Kidney Disease
Connection to Kidney Disease
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I am a kidney patient
I am a living donor
Type of Connection to Kidney Disease
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I am at risk for kidney disease
I have CKD Stage 1 or 2
I have CKD Stage 3
I have CKD Stage 4 or 5 and not on dialysis
I am on dialysis
I am a transplant recipient
I have kidney cancer
I have kidney stones
Transplant Consideration?
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Waiting for transplant
On dialysis and have NOT been evaluated for a transplant
Neither on dialysis nor waiting for a transplant
Were you part of a kidney donor chain?
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Transplant Information
Age at time of transplant
Date of Transplant
Which center did your transplant take place?
If you could share
ONE
important piece of information that you learned going through the transplant process, what would it be?
Transplant Recipient
Type of Transplant
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I received a deceased donor kidney
I received a living donor kidney
Donor Type
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Directed Donor - Someone that I know
Non-Directed Donor - Someone that I did NOT know
What was the reason you needed a transplant?
Why did you choose transplant over starting or continuing dialysis?
How did your donor find out you needed a kidney? (Examples: Read about your need through social media or other messaging, heard about your need through someone they knew, etc.)
What did you do to share your story? (Examples: Shared on social media, shared in your community through place of worship, created business cards, etc.)
If someone asked you how to find a kidney donor, what would you say to them?
What would you say to someone who is unsure about letting people know about their need for a kidney?
Transplant Donor
What is your relationship with the recipient?
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I was a Directed Donor (I knew the recipient)
I was a Non-Directed Donor (I did NOT know the recipient)
What motivated you to become a living donor?
How did you find out your recipient needed a kidney? (Examples: Read about their need through social media or other messaging, heard about their need through someone you knew, etc.)
What would you say to someone considering being a living donor?
Kidney Patient Info
Would you be interested in hearing more of the following? (Please select all that apply)
Learning more about living donation
Learning more about living with a transplant
Learning more about transplant and the evaluation process
Learning about dialysis
Learning about transplant
Learning about healthy meals
learning how to keep my kidneys healthy
learning about palliative care and quality of life (stopping or not starting dialysis)
Share Your Story
Tell us your story in a few words (500 words or less). If selected, we might contact you for more details
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