Nicolás López Carreras was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of nine and lived with the disease for 21 years, which was until when it led to kidney failure.
“I did not feel well, I did not go to dialysis, but I was more tired and I noticed changes in skin color,” he said in dialogue with Chain 3 the 33-year-old, within the framework of the National Organ and Tissue Donation Day.
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Before the double transplant, she had to spend dozens of hours in waiting rooms and visit a handful of different medical specialists. “Until finally they tell me that the kidneys were working at 20 or 30 percent, but that it was not necessary to extract anything,” he said.
Thus it was that Nicolás has lived with three kidneys and two pancreas since 2018, since it was a surgery to annex existing organs. “I felt like I was born again. My quality of life improved 100%,” he admitted.
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“That is why I live this day very happy, with the aim of raising awareness and valuing the Justina Law that generated a very important advance. It is important to be informed to donate,” he declared.
And although he confessed that the first months of the surgery he was tired of going to the doctor, he highlighted the support of the specialists. “They always explained to me that all this was to have a full life and live normally today,” he closed.
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Now Nicolás López Carreras dedicates part of his life to raising awareness of the importance of donating, both through workshops and through Instagram Y WhatsApp.
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