KidneyTalk Podcast
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How
Do You Ask For a Kidney?
Over 80,000 people in the United States are awaiting a kidney transplant. Living
donation is becoming more common to help meet the critical need. Harvey Mysel is
the President/Founder of the Living Kidney Donor Network and discusses with
Stephen and Lori his mission on how to help people find a living donor. He
describes how to approach this difficult topic that at times can seem taboo, and
let people know that they are in need. Don’t miss this informative interview.
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With your Hosts...
Stephen Furst
got his big break into movies in
"Animal House," in which he played Flounder. Stephen has also
starred as Dr. Elliot Axelrod in "St. Elsewhere" and as Vir Cotto in "Babylon5." He is
a successful television and movie producer/director and a kidney patient.
Lori
Hartwell is the author of Chronically Happy - Joyful Living in
Spite of Chronic Illness, and President/Founder of Renal Support Network.
A kidney patient since the age of two, she has consistently strived to
instill hope into the lives of people who live with chronic kidney disease.
Posted April 13th, 2010
