Seeking advices on Liver Donation for Kidney Donor

[salman004]

I donated my left kidney to my brother in Aug 2014. I had a terrible recovery schedule as pleural effusion went undiagnosed for 5 days, which prolonged my hospital stay to 10-11 days instead of usual 2-3days. It took a month and half for me to get back to 75-80% and another month and a half to achieve 90%. By 5-6 months, I was all back to myself, all praises to God Almighty. Since then, I even ran a full marathon and another half, and am fully back to everything I did before with ease.

Presently, I'm actively considering an altruistic liver donation. I would like to hear some advices on the same, especially from liver donors and if possible from those who donated both kidney and liver.

Cheers!
Salman, India.

[Fr Pat]

Dear Salman,
     I know of only a few kidney donors who have later also donated a liver lobe. In America very few transplant hospitals will even consider accepting such an offer. But I don't know the situation in India. Keep in mind that the liver-lobe donation is a more dangerous surgery with a higher risk of complications.
   best wishes,
    Fr. Pat