Category: Donor Diaries
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Celebrating Donors – Gayatri’s Journey to Recovery
On New Year’s Eve last year I wrote about how life came full circle for me and I experienced the privilege of taking care of a kidney donor, my sister-in-law Gayatri. It has been nearly four months since the kidney transplant took place and by the grace of God, both…
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The Universe Spoke, I Listened And Replied
Last week I wrote about how I’ve felt the presence of The Universe in the past couple of months, and how events unfolded that made me rethink how I want to live my life, what is my higher purpose and most importantly, can I ever get there? You, my family,…
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Blood Diamond
Authors note: Published on World Kidney Day! I was born in 2010. Or you could say I was re-born in 2010. This new lease of life was possible only because of my sister Lakshmi. But I am getting ahead of myself, overwhelmed with emotion as I am, just putting pen…
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Happy Kidneyversary!
Ten years back, I and with me my husband and our family went through an experience that left us changed forever. I was diagnosed with kidney failure and my sister Lakshmi saved my life quite literally with the gift of her kidney. As part of the preparation for the transplant,…
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A Decade Since My Rebirth
It’s been ten years today since I was given a new lease on life. Recently I wrote about how my sister very literally saved my life by donating her kidney. Life has never been the same since that life-altering experience. Ten years have just flown by. Ten years since my…