Patient Stories

"Heart and Kidney Transplant Recipient Gets Two Second Chances At Life"

Jean Smith lives by the phrase “live every day like your last” after going through radiation and chemotherapy for cancer and ...

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“Preparing for the surgery was made easier by all the information and support we received from the renal transplant coordinators, physicians and social worker. We were educated and kept up- todate every step of the way,” Mr. Orange said.

When Robert Orange opened the door to his local church in Jersey City on a fall evening back in 1998, he came face-to-face with ...

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"After seeing how tired my husband got while playing football on the front lawn with our son, I wanted to do everything in my power to see them play a full game again."

Marcus, Recipient Trish, Donor Emotionally-Related Kidney Donation Trish truly loves her husband and would do anything for him. ...

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“The transplant didn’t change my life, it transformed my life into something phenomenal."

Narciso, Recipient Tulay, Donor Emotionally-Related Kidney Transplant When Narciso’s wife came forward to give him a kidney, he ...

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“I knew he was on the transplant list, sitting, waiting every day for a kidney to become available, but I just felt like I had to do something more. So, I decided to give him one of my kidneys."

Greg, Recipient Joe, Donor Friend-to Friend Emotionally-Related Kidney Transplant As Maplewood Firefighters, Joe and Greg had ...

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“After receiving my transplant, I felt amazing. I have not only been reborn, but I have attained a new lease on life."

Emotionally-Related Kidney Transplant During his senior year of high school, Anthony’s life was changed when he was diagnosed ...

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Just ask Mike DiPiano and Stuart Geffner, M.D.

For Mike DiPiano, Athletic Director at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, a complication of diabetes he developed ...

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“I realized that my purpose on Earth was to give ‘life’ back to someone who so desperately needed it. I feel so honored to have ‘saved’ Hector’s life."

Hector, Recipient Janice, Donor Living-Related Kidney Transplant When Hector learned that his friend Janice was giving him a ...

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I never considered going to any hospital but Saint Barnabas, and the high level of care and attention I received assured me I made the right decision.

Just two months after my kidney transplant last summer, I was at the driving range swinging a golf club. I felt great! And, ...

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