Donate for another’s benefit, not your own

‘Will donation make someone a better person? Only the donor can answer that, but it will certainly make the recipient a better, healthier and very appreciative person.’ Photograph: PA

I sat reading Zoe Williams’s article (If I give away a kidney, will it make me a better person?, 18 March) on the day I received my second blood test result in a week because I have chronic kidney disease and they are failing fast. Will donation make someone a better person? Only the donor can answer that, but it will certainly make the recipient a better, healthier and very appreciative person. At the very least, please carry a donor card.
Helena Taylor
Halesowen, West Midlands

• Shortly after I was wheeled into the cardiac operating theatre for an emergency angioplasty, the reassuring Keith Richards riff in the Rolling Stones’ Start Me Up began to ring out (Letters, 20 March). I’ve enjoyed playing it on guitar ever since.
Warren Kovach
Pentraeth, Anglesey