Reduced lifespan for kidney donor?

[Dialyzin' Dar]

My mother donated a kidney to me in 1989. It lasted 3 years, and now I'm back on hemo. My mother just saw a new doctor, and supposedly he told her that since she had donated a kidney, her lifespan was reduced by 3 months. I have never heard of this before! Is this true, or is my mother just trying to make me feel guilty about the kidney donation? I've searched transplant websites and found nothing about reduced lifespans for donors.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

I work with a nurse who had a kidney transplant from her (now ex) husband three years ago. She jokes that it is the "only good thing he ever gave me". She is doing well and works in our ER.