text: complications after donating organs? i recently seen a story on television's "good morning america" about people donating their kidney's to others in need. i was just wondering if anyone knows if there are any complications to the donators after losing one of their organs. i just cannot seem to understand how someone is able to have an organ removed and continue to live. why would something be there if it was not meant to be used by your own body? because you have 2 kidneys, a human can function fine with just 1 healthy kidney, the doctors do all sorts all tests to make sure that the kidney is healthy before you donate.