A living donation has an entirely different set of rules, although, to the best of my knowledge, 73 years old wouldn’t necessarily preclude one from a cadaveric transplant. I do understand your point, though.
This is a good deal for him; if he takes care of it, being that his new kidney is “younger” than he is, the kidney will probably be good until he dies.
I just had a transplant last year. I’m 45 (44 at the time), and I received a 16 year old kidney (cadaveric). I had been on the list for almost 3 years, and had 6 prior “calls” for a potential kidney before the 7th, which was the “charm”.
please correct me if i’m wrong in my prior post.
I was involved with an alcoholic who had acute renal failure. That was how her situation was handled.
Glad your still around.... :)
My GF gave one of her Kidneys to her Mom.