2024-04-17 Facebook Live - Kidney Q&A

Living Well with Kidney Disease

FB Live – April 17th: April is Donate Life Month, and Dr. Scantlebury dives right in on all things transplant. She discusses the different transplant options, living vs. deceased donation, how long a kidney transplant lasts, and recent advances in the transplant space. She also answers questions about sinusitis' impact on kidney failure, resources for eating better, and many more important kidney related topics.

Having been a kidney surgeon for over 30 years, Dr. Scantlebury knows the ins and outs of transplant process extremely well and provides patients with a wealth of knowledge. She very often gets asked about the difference between living and deceased donation options and what the processes entail. With living donation, patients often have an advocate that they are close with who helps them with the process of asking for a kidney or with tough questions. Advocates can also help with utilizing all avenues for a patient when searching for a kidney, such as clubs or neighborhood group they might be involved in, places of worship, family, or friend circles. For deceased donation, patients can be on multiple transplant lists as long as they are not in the same area. Other considerations would be that the patient can get to the transplant center in a reasonable amount of time when called and that they would then be able to stay in the area post-transplant during their recovery. Dr. Scantlebury also discusses the recent transplant that was done with a pig kidney and goes into more detail on how these types of transplants, known as xenotransplant, are done, what the considerations are for a patient to receive the transplant, and where the science is going.

We invite you to join us for our live events and ask your kidney-related questions! Find us on both Instagram and Facebook:

- IG Live @patientcitizens the first Wednesday of the month, 12:30pm EST

- Facebook Live www.facebook.com/patientcitizens the third Wednesday of the month, 12:30pm EST