Hello, I am new to this site but extremely grateful to find so much valuable information and encouraging stories from other donors. I found out back in February that my best friend's father needed a kidney. I knew instantly that I wanted to be the one to donate my kidney when I found out noone in his family was a match. There was not an ounce of hesitation on my part, if anything, I knew this had to be from the Lord. I had such peace about this and I couldn't wait to let my husband know of my decision. Of course, I couldn't understand why everyone in my family didn't have the same response as me. I realized that not all people have a desire to do this but I knew that I did. My husband knew by my face and the way I was beaming telling him about how I wanted to be able to give the Gift of life back to Chuck. Ironically, my best friend introduced me to my husband 32 years ago and we only dated 10 days. My husband new if it wasn't for my best friend, we would never had met, so now it is time to pay it forward. With this being said, I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful group of individuals as a donor and of course to our wonderful famiies and friends standing behind us. More important I want to thank the Lord for being my Rock in this decision.... If any of you have any advice to give me before the surgery on June 9th, I would highly appreciate it. I am 49, 5'1, 108lb, love to run and eat really healthy. So I know that is a plus but if you have anything to add to help me, I would appreciate it.. God bless you ALL!