Kidney Donation
Mayo Clinic Poll: Half of Americans Would Consider Donating a Kidney to a Stranger
Great news. And here’s the link to my kidney donation story.
Read MoreBillboard Helps Man Find Kidney Donor
Too bad it has to come to this (in countries where the default is that you donate your organs, not that you don’t there’s no waiting list), but I’m glad he found someone. Kudos to the donor.
Read MoreThere’s No Reason Seniors Can’t Qualify as Organ Donors
A good article questioning the current medical bias against accepting donors beyond age 65. I understand that health, generally, declines with age, and that transplant doctors tend to be super careful about whom they use as donors. As my transplant doctor said, donating is one of the few medical procedures that violates the Hippocratic Oath…
Read MoreMy Big Fat Vegan Kidney Donation
What’s the awesomest gift you can give someone? Their life back, right? That’s what I had been thinking for a while. And so, I had been looking into donating a kidney. From my research I knew that the surgery was really safe (only 2/10,000 fatality rate, lower than for appendectomies), and that you can survive perfectly well with just one kidney. Really what you’re looking at is a bit of inconvenience in exchange for…saving someone’s life.
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