I love my sister and want to help her in any way that I can, but I am truly scared about this decision. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. As the results with kidney transplantation continue to improve, the quality of the tissue match seems to matter less and less. However, no one should feel trapped or forced into donating. The tradeoff is time on dialysis for the recipient.
Diabetic patients do worse than average on dialysis, but dialysis is improving constantly as well.