10 things doctors won't tell you about transplants

If you or a loved one is facing organ failure, you'll want to learn as much as you can about the complexities of organ donation and transplantation. Whether it's a new kidney or, more rarely, a liver, heart, pancreas, lung, or intestine transplant, your new organ may come from a living donor, or from someone who arranges to donate their organs after death. Today, as many as 165 million people in the United States are registered as organ donors in the event of death, according to the National Cancer Institute. OrganDonor.govA person can donate up to eight life-saving organs: heart, two lungs, liver, pancreas, two kidneys and intestines.