Hello everyone

I’m a 38-year-old woman from Southern Ontario, currently searching for a living kidney donor. I have been looking for a donor for over a year.

My kidneys originally failed when I was 17 years old. I spent five years on dialysis before receiving a kidney transplant in 2010. That transplant gave me 15 wonderful years of life and freedom from dialysis, but unfortunately it failed last year, and I’ve been back on dialysis since September 2025.

As you can imagine, going through this for a second time has been a very difficult adjustment. While I remain hopeful, I am now searching for a living donor.

Both my father and brother recently completed the initial screening process, but unfortunately neither is able to donate due to their own health issues. My transplant team has encouraged me to continue reaching out and exploring every possible avenue.

Aside from kidney disease, I am healthy, active, and looking forward to getting back to living my life. A transplant would mean the opportunity to spend more time with my husband (diabetic, not able to donate) , my family, my two dogs, and to pursue the things I love.

If you or someone you know has ever considered living kidney donation and would like to learn more, I would be incredibly grateful to hear from you.

Thank you for taking the time to read my story. ❤️

Note:

I am blood type: O+

**If your blood type isn’t O+, please don’t assume you can’t help.*\*

Canada has a Paired Kidney Exchange Program. This is how a LOT of recipients receive their transplanted kidneys since donors aren’t always a match. If you aren’t a direct match for me, you may still be able to donate a kidney to another recipient who is compatible with you. In return, another compatible donor in the program would donate a kidney to me. It’s essentially a “kidney swap” that allows multiple people to receive compatible transplants when the original donor and recipient aren’t a match.

The Living Donor Program coordinates all of the testing and matching, so you don’t need to know whether you’re compatible before reaching out. If you’re interested in learning more, they’ll guide you through the entire process, and there’s absolutely no obligation to continue at any stage.

Living donor program at London Health Sciences Centre
📧 [livingkidneydonation@lhsc.on.ca](mailto:livingkidneydonation@lhsc.on.ca)
📞 519-685-8500 ext. 33552

The Ford government repealed the Endangered Species Act. It was once the strongest law of its kind in Canada.But the Ford government replaced it with the Species Conservation Act to move projects faster.

Doug Ford’s new law:

Shrinks habitat to a den or a nest excluding feeding, breeding and migration zones
Ends expert review, developers can simply register online and start work
Drops more than 100 species from Ontario’s list of species at risk

Ontarians filed more than 61,000 comments opposing Bill 5 but Doug Ford passed it anyway.

Now developers can just show up and start bulldozing the habitats species rely on.

Just wanted to put that out there. 3.5 more years to go. I just don’t understand why :(

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@DougFord and all anti bike lane peoples -

The bike lanes that cost millions of dollars to install, studies show reduce traffic and save lives, are now being ripped out. Ps there is parking everywhere in this city, everywhere. People choosing not to drive are not the traffic problem.

Ontario tax payers are now paying again millions of dollars to a shady contractor to have these lanes ripped out. These bike lanes being removed will force cyclists into the car lanes, which ps isn't going to help traffic, as they weren't impeding it anyways.

When the first cyclist fatalities inevitably begin to happen where those bike lanes once existed, we don't want your thoughts and prayers - this was preventable

Love the cycling community

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