In Europe, the cold, the rain, the low temperatures and short sunny periods do not encourage travelling. The better destinations include the ski resorts in the Alps and the Pyrenees (France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Spain) or for those who feel the cold more Andalusia still has reasonable sunshine.
Fifty percent of kidneys from a living donor still function after 16 to 20 years, and with organs from deceased donors, a transplanted kidney should last 8 to 10 years.
Another way of looking at how long a transplanted kidney is likely to last is to look at the percentage chance that the kidney will be working at set time points.1  a 90% chance (eight or nine out of ten) of working one year after the operation. 2  a 60% chance (six out of ten) of lasting five years;nother way of looking at how long a transplanted kidney is likely to last is to look at the percentage chance that the kidney will be working at set time points.