As a living kidney donor, how much do I need to worry about complications down the road?

Please see:

http://www.livingdonor101.com/

Have included a link here for living kidney donors.  The website tells about possible complications from only having one kidney.  Some of it is pretty scary stuff, and I am wondering how much of it I really need to worry about.  When I asked about later problems for donors before I donated my kidney to my husband who had been on dialysis for many months, I was told only: "Sometimes, donors are prone to high blood pressure later."  That was it, end of story!  As a person who has always had low blood pressure, I figured I would be fine.

Oh . . . there was also something said by an "advocate" about some donors who had temporary partial numbness in their arm, but that was made light of by the surgeon later when I asked about it.  After waking up with a totally paralyzed arm from a brachial plexus/nerve injury because of the way I was positioned during the laparoscopic surgery, months of painful therapy and many months of painful recuperation, I would tell anyone who is thinking of doing this: Do lots of research, and then when you think you know it all, do more!  If I had it to do over again, I would go for an "open" surgery instead of the laparoscopic procedure.  What's a big scar on your midsection compared to not being able to use one of your arms/hands?  When I asked her, the advocate had told me that was the way she would go, and then her opinion was dismissed by the surgeon when I asked him about it.  Had I only known!  What a scary experience, as it was not known at first if I would regain use of my hand and arm or not.

Thank God, I regained most of the use and feeling back in my arm and hand, but it will never be at 100% again.  Yes, my kidney saved my husband's life, as he was ready to quit dialysis, rather than live with being hooked to a machine for 4 to 5 hours, every other day . . . but we also did not fully appreciate all the side effects that all the medicines he now has to take would have on him.  That is, not until later.

What really angers me is that the hospitals and doctors who do the transplants have no protocols or follow-ups for the donors after they harvest the kidney.  When I told one of them later that I thought this was crazy, they had little to say on the matter!  In the meantime, I found a personal doctor/physician's assistant who appreciates my concerns and does a yearly work-up for me, also including anything that might show problems with my remaining kidney.  So far, so good. 

I would love to hear from anyone who has had a similar experience . . . anyone out there?