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How to process regret when your sacrifice couldn't save them

I donated my kidney to my sister five years ago and she died anyway from complications last month and I feel like I gave up part of my body for nothing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The donor grapples with the bitter irony of permanent loss in service of temporary hope.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mortality as teacher — death as clarifying force?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.