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This is a very long and well written article. One fact I'd like to highlight is that the liver can regrow to the same size quite quickly if you choose to be a living liver donor.

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As a living liver donor myself, I think it is not exactly the same size, it is more like the functionally healthy state and the liver remains a bit smaller than the original size AFAIK.

Do you experience any side effects from the donation?

Well I had my lungs collapsed after the surgery as my diaphragm or chest wall---I don't know which---was accidentally punctured, but was mostly okay except for that. It took me about 5--6 months to fully recover, including the aforementioned lung collapse. It was 2008 so such accidents are presumably rarer nowadays.

Upvoting for your heroism.

Great respect.

This may be true, but you will now have a single lobe of your liver instead of the two lobes that most people have. Your ability to survive a liver injury will be diminished for that reason.

Further, unless things have changed I believe you will also lose your gallbladder as a result of donating a liver lobe.

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