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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is highlighting resources for kidney disease patients and encouraging people to consider joining the organ donor registry as part of National Kidney Month in March. More than 50,000 Texans are on kidney dialysis, and more than 8,000 are awaiting a kidney transplant.
“After living more than 30 years with a rare genetic kidney disease, I received a kidney donated by a living donor, my son-in-law,” said State Sen. Kelly Hancock of Fort Worth. “His gift of a healthy kidney literally saved my life. Almost three years later, I’ve never felt better, and it’s been an honor to pass legislation to help spread the word about Texas’ living donor registry. Now, any healthy Texan with two good kidneys has the opportunity to save someone else’s life through donation if they feel led to do so.”
There are numerous types of kidney disease that can progress quickly or take many years to develop. With chronic kidney disease, the kidneys are unable to properly clean the blood, which can lead to bone and heart disease or stroke.
