Astellas, the manufacturer of Prograf, has created a Web site especially for kidney, heart and liver transplant patients. This Transplant Experience Web site has specialized pages for each type of patient offering advice on healthy living before and after transplantation, as well as a number of support resources.

According to the Web site, “Transplant Experience is a program that can help you get the most out...

NFT patient Andy McGlauflin and his daughter are very close. Andy, a single father, considers Sarah “the light of his life,” and he hopes to spend many more years in her life.

Below is an excerpt from a letter Sarah wrote to her father last year, while he was very ill in the hospital. Fortunately, Andy received his transplant this month, and is recovering well.

Hey Daddy,

In life, we fight to live, but live to die. I don’t quite...

National Foundation for Transplants staff members attended the 13th Annual Gibson 5K to promote organ donation and the Transplant Challenge. While there, we were lucky enough to meet American Idol contestant and Memphian, Alexis Grace, whose father is in need of a heart transplant....

Roy Glazer suffers from Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, a rare and incurable kidney disease. Doctors have told him a kidney transplant is his only hope for a second chance at life.

Thankfully, Roy's wife, Ellyn, is a match and is eager to donate one of her own kidneys to save her husband's life. However, before Roy can be listed for a transplant, he must raise significant funds.

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