The Greatest Gift of All!

Following surgery on Nov. 29, 2023, I found myself getting stronger each day as I worked through some residual pain and consume a potent cocktail of 14 immunosuppressant pills a day to protect this greatest gift of all. A shout out to my medical team at AdventHealth Porter in Denver, and my miracle working wife Joan who has been by my side during this entire 2-1/2 year journey back to health. Think how you can save a life by sharing your spare. Meanwhile, I’ve started to share lessons learned with a fraction - for now - of the 93,000 Americans seeking a kidney donor. This is my new calling.

Happy One-Year Kidneyversary,Nov. 29, 2024

Yes, a kidneyversary. That's a thing. Hard to believe it has been one year since I was on death's door and now, after a two-year search and six month recovery, I'm back in the game. To celebrate, I invited 30 best friends, families and supporters to a Mexican restaurant - a "fundraising fiesta" if you will - to raise money for the National Kidney Foundation.

My Two-Year Kidney Search

This website, as simple as it is, outlines what it took to locate a living kidney donor. It's my hope this story will provide other kidney patients with tactics they can pursue. As Mahatma Gandhi has said, "You don't get it if you don't ask for it."

It could be time to tell your kidney story to the world.

Izabela Lundberg podcast, JUNE 2024

HERE'S MY STORY

Photo Gallery

Barbara corcoran Video

My thanks to real estate celebrity Barbara Corcoran for her help with my search.

NKDO Video

Learn more about becoming a living kidney donor, watch the TedX Talk at: www.NKDO.org

ABC-TV in denver covers jeff blumenfeld'S kidney search

My thanks to weekend anchor Jaclyn Allen for her interest in covering my plight.

Contact Jeff

We'd love to hear from you and welcome your suggestions on how others can find a living kidney.

Recycle Yourself: Share Your Spare.

Contact: jeff@blumenfeldpr.com

Kilimanjaro Climb Promotes Kidney Donation

Members of Kidney Donor Athletes came to Denver and Boulder in June for a reunion of their March 2022 advocacy climb of Kilimanjaro. All were kidney donors and all but two out of 22 climbers successfully summited, supported by some 100 porters.

Testifying to Colorado Legislature

In early 2024, Jeff testified before the Colorado Legislature on the importance of creating a tax credit for those who donate a kidney to a stranger. It could save thousands of lives.

Daily Camera and Denver Post op-ed, June 2024

Efforts to modify the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 are underway as modifyNOTA.org continues to lobby Congress. Read Jeff's editorial in support. (Cut and copy this link to your browser.)

https://www.dailycamera.com/2024/06/18/guest-opinion-jeff-blumenfeld-pig-kidneys-are-promising-but-tax-credit-for-living-don

Celebrating one-year post transplant

On November 25, 2024, just four days shy of my one-year kidneyversary, I hosted a fun celebration here in Boulder. Creatinine is 1.20, GFR is over 60, and all other blood test results are looking great. It truly is a medical miracle.

I am feeling "Transplant Tough."

Back on the Slopes

And it feels good. I've skied for 67 years, but had to miss the 2023-24 season for obvious reasons. Happy now to get back out there to celebrate my kidneyversary. Notice the traffic cone-colored parka. I'm taking it slow. Watch out!

A Journey of Exploration and Hope

Our thanks to AdventHealth for helping me tell my story and perhaps interest people to consider donation that can help save a life. Remember: any healthy person with two kidneys can donate. Thanks to paired exchange, any blood type

https://www.adventhealth.com/news/a-journey-exploration-and-hope-jeff-blumenfelds-story

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