Posted on 08/08/2016 9:45:09 AM PDT by Kaslin
As I recall, most of the platelets went to chemo patients.
I showed up every three weeks like it was a job. Always on time, never complained about aching arms (2 hour procedure, needles in both arms).
It drained calcium out of your recirculated blood, so a lot of paid donors would start passing out and have to suck on big indigestion tablets to re-calcify.
Bottom Line - they never had a platelet shortage, and they had a waiting list of people who wanted to be paid donors!
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there are no guarentees if you donate that your health will stay good...if you do any kind of physical sport or work, you are at risk to injury the only kidney you have.
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True regardless if one DONATES or one SELLS. In a FREE society, one can make either choice; We lost ‘owning’ ourselves *years* ago.
Agreed. The Urologist who did my surgery back in the 80’s said at one time he had performed the youngest kidney transplant at the Mayo clinic I believe. Kid was under 6 mos. old. My guess is the child needs to be older for other reasons.
This issue requires careful thought.
I used to be a regular blood donor as well. Especially, I made it a point to go when the blood drive was at my local Lutheran Church. The Lutheran ladies made awesome sammiches— tuna salad and the good stuff, not el cheapo PBJ, prepackaged cheese and crackers and the like.
My husband is a heart transplant recipient, six years ago. He was on the transplant list for seventeen days. He was graded as an A1 which meant he was in excellent health, except for his heart which was rapidly failing and he could not leave the hospital. He was perfect weight, every other organ, healthy. All this meant, he was a viable candidate, in great health, the chances of recovery were excellent and the heart wouldn’t be wasted. There are people who die waiting for organ transplants and this is primarily because they have other health conditions which prevent them from receiving a transplant. As an example, why would a recipient be given a perfect heart if they had lung issues, or a kidney if they were forty pounds overweight and borderline diabetic? So when we hear there are thousands who die every year waiting for an organ it is extremely misleading, because the truth is they are usually waiting for an additional illness to resolve or waiting because they are overweight, or have to quit smoking, drinking etc. This article, to me, is just as misleading.
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