Organ donation: 'It's an amazing feeling — someone else’s kidney under your skin'

Frances Kendellen at her home on Mount Desert, Cork. Frances suffered from Berger disease and recently had a kidney transplant which has transformed her life. Picture: David Creedon

Fran Kendellen first discovered she had kidney disease while recovering from back surgery.

Before that, she had led a healthy active life, had never heard of the Irish Kidney Association, and the concept of organ donation was something she hadn’t paid any attention to.