Waiting for a Transplant

I know, from personal experience as a liver transplant recipient, that waiting for transplant is one of the most difficult parts of the experience. The wait can vary anywhere from days to years, in my case, 3 years and 9 months. Almost every organ transplant recipient and their families, that I spoke with, agree that the waiting is often agonizing. There is also the added factor of subliminal guilt, understanding that, with the exception of living donors, someone would have to die in order for you to live. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) reports that the average waiting period for organ transplants are: Kidney~5 yrs;  Liver~11 mos;  Heart~4 mos;  Lung~4 mos;  Kidney/Pancreas~1.5 yrs; Pancreas~2 yrs    Of course these statistics can vary significantly based on a number of factors, like location, seriousness of illness, etc.

http://www.donors1.org/patient/waitinglist/