A woman in England donated her kidney to her husband after finding out she was a match, and I love (and completely understand) what she said:

“Everyone kept saying to me ‘you are so brave’ but I work for a psychiatrist and he said to me: ‘You are brave enough to have this operation, but you are not brave enough to live without your husband ‘ and that’s when I realised he was right – I couldn’t manage life without Barry.”

People who receive living kidney transplants live up to 20 years longer, while people with kidney transplants from cadavers usually only live 10 years longer. I hope that I’m a match someday.

See the rest of the story here.