Hi...
I'm new here, and as of now, i am trying to be a living donor by donating one of my kidneys for my brother. His kidney functions are 12%, both of them, its a long story, but lets just say when he applied for a job, was asked to go for a medical and well...all this was found out then. Severe Kidney disease. Stage 5 is what i'm understanding and no, he is not on dialysis, but taking steroids. Anyway...I'm not getting too much support from my parents, I get all the time when I express it is "well, its okay if you don't want to, you can stop" but I'm not a quitter, and so, that isn't helping either. I'm in the beginning stages of tests, and I just had my blood type done to which is being faxed to the specialist as of Monday. From what I have read, its pretty intense, and yes, i'm anxious, but I want to do it at the same time if that makes sense. Any advice or thoughts on what is normal feelings when going through this as there isn't much support at home...thanks.