A brief introduction

A number of my friends and family wanted me to keep them updated on what was happening with the kidney donation process.  I started sending out brief updates via email. I also realized that a number of things I was discovering through this process was more broadly useful. As I was going through the process of gathering information, that given the rarity of live donor procedures the amount of information is very general and not specific to cases of ethnic backgrounds and/or specific groups (like recreational but serious athletes).  Of special interest to me was, how would my marathon running be affected in the pre-surgery, post-surgery recovery, and then for the rest of my life. Also, does my own ethnic background (South Asian) pose any challenges.
I am hoping to document my experience as much as I can and share via this blog, so that it may be useful for a much wider audience. Given that Google is likely to outlast my surgery and my recovery, I am hoping that this blog will be useful for others exploring live donation.

In the picture below, I am on the left and my brother is on the right.