157: Stacy gave away her kidney

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🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Anthony is a husband and a father. He lives in Canada. His kidneys were failing, and he was in desperate need of a donor. He was even on the local news with his wife and daughter, hoping to find someone who was a match, and willing to give up a kidney. Almost anyone can donate a kidney, but to donate to a specific recipient, you have to be tested to find out if you’re a match – to see if your kidney is likely to work when it’s in the other person’s body. My guest today is Stacy. She also lives in Canada, and she wanted to give Anthony one of her kidneys. Even though they had never met. Living Kidney Donor Support Group on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2246296390 Kidney Donor Athletes group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/210668570157027 If you’d like to contact Stacy, she is in the FB group – WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/157 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Sponsor deals: Go to rakuten.com or get the Rakuten app to start saving today! To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS. Head to factormeals.com/wwtl50 and use code wwtl50 to get 50% off! What Was That Like is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/whatwas for 10% off your first month. For a limited time, save $10 on your first StoryWorth purchase when you go to StoryWorth.com/what Head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code WHAT and receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glass Fox Media Podcast.
0:09.0	Anthony is a husband and a father.
0:12.0	He lives in Canada.
0:14.7	His kidneys were failing, and he was in desperate need of a donor.
0:19.8	He was even on the local news with his wife and daughter, hoping to find someone who was a
0:25.0	match and willing to give up a kidney. A B.C. family is calling on strangers tonight
0:32.2	to step up and help save a loved one's life
0:35.4	as their health continues to decline. Citi's Craig Krause has more on the
0:40.1	family's journey and the road ahead to find an organ donor.
0:44.7	Every step Anthony Lynch takes becomes more difficult by the day.
0:49.1	The once vibrant and energetic father and husband has been reduced to a shell of himself as his body
0:54.5	deteriorates from kidney failure. To be honest I felt like death. I've never
0:59.2	really felt like this in my life and I remember when they said that I would have some kidney problems
1:03.4	there'd be symptoms coming I never thought they'd be like this.
1:06.5	Initially diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2018 the 50 year old says he was told
1:11.9	that his kidneys would decline over the coming
1:14.0	year, but he remained working and living a normal life until late last year.
1:18.0	Since December, things have tied off really, really quick and it's just sort of it's just kind of a living
1:25.5	hell at the moment. His feet had swollen three times in size at least. He had a hard time
1:30.0	walking and he was admitted to Surrey Memorial.
1:34.0	Since then, the family says he's undergone several procedures
1:36.8	and emergency dialysis, all in an effort
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