Man Gives One of His Kidneys to Stranger: Would You?

by The Big Question Posted 2011/04/06 21:59:35

Related Topics: Kidney, Transplant, Organ Donor, Medicine

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Jezzy 2011/04/07 03:05:56

No

+4
My brother will need it in the future, so I'm saving it for him.
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Flickdraw 2012/02/01 18:23:50

No

I wish I was brave enough, but I don't think I have the stomach to do something like this...

Did you spot the pun?! :D

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jellycakes999- BN-8 2011/05/23 21:50:45

Yes

It's a nice thing to do.

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Desi Beck 2011/05/14 23:05:51

No

hell no, i might sell it though

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i<3conanthebarbarian 2011/04/26 00:23:28

No

nope i am not that generous

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Katherine 2011/04/12 00:16:40

No

Sorry, I'm heartless too.

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Crazy Feet 2011/04/07 16:21:18 (edited)

Yes

Ya this one:)

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Flowers 2011/04/07 12:57:45

Yes

It's really quite sad that this is split right down the middle as of right now. 50% said no, and that's your right. I just hope you or your loved ones don't ever need a life saving operation. who knows what tomorrow will bring, I know that today I am healthy and if my sacrifice means someone else doesn't have to go thru another day of dialysis, then I am happy.

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Katherine to Flowers 2011/04/12 00:16:03

If our loved ones needed a life saving operation, we won't have one to sacrifice because we would have given it to a stranger.

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Miko 2011/04/07 12:28:24

No

with regard to this issue, i think it depends on the situation and the receiver who will take my organ.

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Angus 2011/04/07 12:08:43

Yes

+1
Giving someone the chance to live is the biggest gift one can give !

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amcsquizzy 2011/04/07 12:07:47

Yes

but only once ive died

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JGF 2011/04/07 12:06:31

Yes

without a question

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Tigger Too 2011/04/07 11:03:23

Yes

+1
If I were healthy and could save a stranger's life, one who was at death's door and waiting for a transplant, I'd give him a kidney. Unfortunately, I'm NOT healthy, so the question is moot. The reason I'm gung-ho about organ donation is because my sister-in-law had a kidney transplant, although the donor was my niece. And my ex-husband had a successful liver transplant, and it was donated from a stranger who had passed away. The surgery saved both their lives. PLEASE everybody, if you're healthy and able to do so, fill out the "organ donor" portion of your driver's license. It will help save a life!

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Vieuphoria 2011/04/07 10:32:29

Yes

I have a doner card and I give blood. So yes :)

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Miss Bela Rae 2011/04/07 09:54:17

Yes

if they really needed it

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6YamiMarik6Lover6 2011/04/07 08:03:58

Yes

Aw, that's sutcha kind thing to do ^^

Of course I would, why not? =]

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suffy23 2011/04/07 07:42:01

No

+1
No chance

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Quintessentila 2011/04/07 07:20:21

Yes

I don't see why not. If they were dying. I mean, I'm pretty sure I have two, and they probably need it more.

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mrdog 2011/04/07 06:36:24

No

maybe when I was younger......bark

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Willski 2011/04/07 05:58:20

No

+1
i don't think you 48% (at present) would, you probably think you would, but if the oppurtunity arose?

you could do it, just go into hospital now, i'm sure they'd comply.

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Flowers to Willski 2011/04/07 13:03:54

there is testing that needs to be done, blood tests and more indepth analysis of your organs. It's not free, and most insurances won't cover it just cuz you want to be nice. There has to be a reason for the donation as far as I know. I don't have the money to pay for the testing, but if it was proposed to me that I would be a match to a stranger, I WOULD walk into the hospital this second.

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Willski to Flowers 2011/04/07 14:52:15

nothing personal against you, but the vast majority of humans are far to selfish to do that. especially if they get told the risks and repurcussions of it.
(not that i know then in depth...)

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Flowers to Willski 2011/04/07 15:47:27

+1
humans are selish, i completely agree. that is evident when a person lays brain dead in the hospital from an auto accident and the family refuses to donate his completely viable organs just cuz "they are his". people are disgustingly selfish :(

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Willski to Flowers 2011/04/07 20:50:56

hehe, i want to agree with you, and criticize them, because i do.
but i also know i'm one of those people who wouldn't share his spare parts, so that feels awfully hypocritical.

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WshngMchn 2011/04/07 04:35:13 (edited)

No

I was actually thinking about that a couple days ago. It's a very strange question because if I actually met the person and they desperately needed it, I might be guilted into it. But from a distance, no.

Definitely an organ donor, though.

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Raindropkitten™~the author ... 2011/04/07 04:06:07

Yes

If it wasn't anything that I needed, sure why not. I'm apparently not needing it to live.

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dePSyChO 2011/04/07 04:05:40

Yes

I don't know. I mean, it's not that I wouldn't give it to the person out of spite or something, but I don't like "going under the knife", and I don't like operations.

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Miss Be... to dePSyChO 2011/04/07 09:57:38

me neither the thought of someone you don't know cutting you open and taking your guts out is kind of...ugh

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dePSyChO to Miss Be... 2011/04/07 10:29:31

Exactly. And I'm scared of dying on the table when I'm under the Anastasia as well, so....

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Miss Be... to dePSyChO 2011/04/07 20:51:43

yeah

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Anar BN-0 2011/04/07 03:52:39

Yes

After I die you can have it all...(wonder if there will be much left tho)

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notokand 2011/04/07 03:32:25

Yes

+1
I most certainly would... I'd be more inclined if it were 100% covered by insurance.

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lady blue 2011/04/07 03:28:42

No

+1
Not me ! I want to be laid out with all the organs that I was born with. Thank you. Organ
donation is a very charitable act but it is not something that I am interested in doing.

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Muskoka 2011/04/07 03:11:48 (edited)

No

+1
I do not believe in organ donation. You get what you are born with. Everyone dies, it is just a matter of when.

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Juliet to Muskoka 2011/04/07 03:45:51

+4
and if u had a child who needed one?

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Jezzy 2011/04/07 03:05:56

No

+4
My brother will need it in the future, so I'm saving it for him.

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pyromaniaticwhale17 2011/04/07 02:53:16

Yes

+2
I know I'd be happy to receive one, and I know I'll be happy to give one. =)

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Keen Tojones 2011/04/07 02:00:19

No

+1
Just not something that I'd do. Unless it was for one of my children or grandchildren.

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JakobZaborowski 2011/04/07 01:58:14

Yes

+1
I already did.

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gryphon1 2011/04/07 01:57:57

Yes

+1
If compatable I am giving a kidney to a woman I know.

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