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  1. Thread: Kidney donors?

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    And "ethics committees that you know about" have...

    And "ethics committees that you know about" have the final word? Based on what, that they self define themselves as 'ethics committees'?

    Let's be honest, there is no independent standard by which...
  2. Thread: Kidney donors?

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    I don't think you do. There is a world of...

    I don't think you do. There is a world of difference between 'volunatary' and forced donation although I admit I would also favor compulsory organ donation for condemned inmates. No point in letting...
  3. Thread: Kidney donors?

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    Kidney donors?

    I went to Tampa Hospital Tuesday for my initial screening for the transplant program. The facts are these. Over 92,000 people in the US are awaiting kidney donors and 4000 will die this year waiting....
  4. I hear you Annekat. The insurance and medical...

    I hear you Annekat. The insurance and medical industry is so complex does anyone really understand it? How a person with a serious illness can be expected to keep on top of the financial aspects of...
  5. I'd be very cautious about losing your private...

    I'd be very cautious about losing your private healthcare. Don't know your age or the plan you have from work but if you work at a med school I don't imagine it is a bare bones policy. There is COBRA...
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    When I was growing up most TV commercials were...

    When I was growing up most TV commercials were for beer, cigarettes, soft drinks, coffee and headache remedies. I still remember the ads and the jingles. Today, at least in the US, TV advertising has...
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    Good for you but if you've ever spent any time in...

    Good for you but if you've ever spent any time in a hospital there is no way you can really keep track of the billing. You have no idea what services are being done or by whom except for the bills...
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    I inquired the other day ( on the hospitals,...

    I inquired the other day ( on the hospitals, clinics etc thread) about having a colonoscopy done if you have renal failure because of all the liquids you have to dirink to clean your bowels out. Well...
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    Something occurred to me as I perused this thread...

    Something occurred to me as I perused this thread and read PJ's comparison of his diarrhea to a colonoscopy exam prep. On my last visit to my primary care physician prior to being diagnosed with...
  10. Thread: Me Too!

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    Thanks Jen ( and all) for your reply and info. ...

    Thanks Jen ( and all) for your reply and info.

    Good to know Wegener's is not disqualifying for a transplant and happy to hear you have had 16 years without dialysis from yours. Dialysis, if not...
  11. Thread: Me Too!

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    Yes, I was diagnosed with Wegerners/GPA after I...

    Yes, I was diagnosed with Wegerners/GPA after I was admitted to the hospital AND after the butchers in the ER for unknown reasons stuck a catheter down my urinary tract and got my bladder bleeding....
  12. Thread: Me Too!

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    Me Too!

    I had been feeling unwell for sometime and went to my semi annual doctors checkup. I had the usual bloodwork done and to my shock got a a phone call from his office to report to the Emergency Room!...
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