Interesting read about some of the issues discussedhere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_...son_population
Interesting read about some of the issues discussedhere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_...son_population
Knowledge is power! Wisdom is using it to make good decisions!
Sangell,I am very sorry that you are in this terrible situation of needing a Kidney transplant.The numbers you have given in your opening thread for the odds of getting a kidney transplant are very sobering.I know this would be giving me a wide range of emotions if it were me.Will kidney dialysis help you.At age 64 which I believe you are,maybe you don't have any family members to donate a kidney to you.I will pray for you like many others on this forum.The idea of using a prisoner as a donor,other than the organ being donated to their own family member is much too complex for me to even consider.Good luck to you.Keith.
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"You can tame anything,except the human tongue"
I agree with this point of view, that the person in need of a transplant should be whom we are most concerned about here. I'm not under the impression that all family members would be suitable donors, though psychologically, that would be the most comfortable and least stressful situation. The one person I know who got a kidney transplant (not a weggie) was apparently unable to find a compatible one, or a willing donor, until a close non-related co-worker got tested and was found to be a match, and donated. I'm not sure if the issue is blood type, or what. I need to be educated. But 15 years later, that kidney is still going strong. I don't blame Sangell for trying to think of whatever ethical resources might exist for finding a new kidney. I would agree the prisoner idea would not be at the top of anyone's list, but if it's a matter of life and death, it might seem less of a negative. I pray that you find a good match, Sangell, and one that involves as little stress and complication as possible.
Anne, dx'ed April 2011
Average life expectancy for a 55 year old American is 26 years
Average life expectancy for a 55 year old American on dialysis is only 5 years
Average life expectancy for a 55 year old American with kidney transplant 15 years.
Not only is dialysis a massive change in lifestyle which ranges from 3 days/week for a few hours to EVERY day a few times a day of treatment, dependant on which type of dialysis, but it doesn't prolong life that much.
The mean average life expectancy for an American on dialysis is LESS THAN 3 years. This is due to many elderly who survive for a very short period on dialysis.
If sangell was given the option of taking a donor kidney from a prisoner so that he could expect to live around 15 years in "relative" good health, or the option of being tied to a machine for his remaining few (5) years on earth, I would not have any ill feelings for him if he chose to accept a donor from a prisoner.
I do wonder if the lack of people donating kidneys is due to the idea that the patient can go on dialysis, without the potential donor realising that dialysis isn't usually a permanent solution and just a bit of an inconvenience.
Sangell, I'm still not with you on forcing deathrow inmates to donate, but can understand why you feel that way. I truly hope you get a transplant. Have you heard of pooling? If you have a friend or family member willing to donate, but aren't a match, your donor can offer there kidney to someone who has a match. All transplants are done at the same time and are swapped around. This greatly increases chances of a match. My wife has offered to do this for me. I am not in a good position asI have had many blood transfusions which means I have built up a large "database" of antibodies. Therefore a tissue match that my body won't fight against is going to be hard to find.
Diagnosed April 1995
When my beautiful Phil was is the hospital in his last months on earth, we had few meetings with the transplant team, discussing the possibility of lung transplant. When Phil understood that the donor might be someone who's brain is considered to be "dead" and then they unplug the donor, Phil said that he prefer to die and not to be the one that for him, someone else was killed. Brain death is not death. There are many cases of recovery. Unplugging patient is killing him.
I cried like hell when Phil said so. Not because I didnt agree with him, but because I understood, accepted, and knew, in pure conscience, that Phil was right. I cried like hell because I understood that my sweetie was dying with not much chance to heal him. As much as I miss him, as much as I want him to live and to be with me, I wouldnt want him to be responsible or participent in someone else's death. I think the same about myself.
All people are equal. No one's life should be prefered over another one's life. No matter if it is a prisoner or a saint. We are not allowed to take other people's life. Unless it is a war and then one has no choice but to defend himself.
I am always shocked from the fact that you, poor americans, have death sentence, which in itself seems unethical to me. The only time that there was death sentence in Israel, was for Eichman, the Nazi who was responsible for the death of millions jewish in aushweitz.
Hang in there Sangell. They are working on 3 dimensional printed kidney or something like that.
Last edited by Alysia; 04-21-2016 at 04:32 AM.
Alysia
dx 2008
Here, in this forum, I have found my sweet eternal love, my beautiful Phil.. :
https://www.wegeners-granulomatosis.com/forum/threads/4238-pberggren-memorial-thread
"You are my sunshine", he used to sing to me... "you make me happy, when skies are grey" I still answer him.
Rest in Peace, my brave Batman and take care of your weggies from heaven, until we meet again.
Alysia, as far as I know, having the death penalty or not is determined by the voters of each state. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that there was no death penalty in California for a number of years, and then it was voted back in at some point. That is why Charles Manson is still alive and I believe Sirhan Sirhan, the convicted assassin of Robert F. Kennedy. Both of them were sentenced to their prison terms when there was no death penalty in effect. I can't say I'm in favor of the death penalty, but we are skating on thin ice to discuss it much, because it does enter into the realm of politics and religion, or we could call it ethics, but in any case, it is potentially as controversial as either of those forbidden subjects, it seems to me.
Anne, dx'ed April 2011
Alysia, this thread is specific to kidney donation. The type of transplant Phil needed would indeed mean the living donor would have to die, but this is not the case with kidney donation.
I have seen my nephrologist today and he is organising the pre dialysis team to visit my home to prepare me for dialysis. There is a lot of choices to be made in regard to which type of dialysis I should chose, but not are as effective as a transplant. I am not currently eligible for transplant as Wegeners needs to be fully in remission for at least 12 months.
My wife is getting blood tests tomorrow to, hopefully, find she's compatible with me.
She stole my heart......now I get her kidney! That's a fair deal!
Diagnosed April 1995
Alysia
dx 2008
Here, in this forum, I have found my sweet eternal love, my beautiful Phil.. :
https://www.wegeners-granulomatosis.com/forum/threads/4238-pberggren-memorial-thread
"You are my sunshine", he used to sing to me... "you make me happy, when skies are grey" I still answer him.
Rest in Peace, my brave Batman and take care of your weggies from heaven, until we meet again.
Dear Pete.
I am so sorry that you will have to be back on dialysis. Who knows, maybe you will be able to recover from it like you did in the past ?
I hope your wife can help. It will be so beautiful. I wish I could have share my lungs with my sweetie.
I keep you in my prayers ♡
Alysia
dx 2008
Here, in this forum, I have found my sweet eternal love, my beautiful Phil.. :
https://www.wegeners-granulomatosis.com/forum/threads/4238-pberggren-memorial-thread
"You are my sunshine", he used to sing to me... "you make me happy, when skies are grey" I still answer him.
Rest in Peace, my brave Batman and take care of your weggies from heaven, until we meet again.
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