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Donating A Kidney

Would you donate your kidney?

  • Yes

    Votes: 25 54.3%

  • No

    Votes: 3 6.5%

  • Not Sure

    Votes: 18 39.1%

  • I'd get tested but wouldn't donate regardless of results

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    46
MNCYWX

MNCYWX

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I have a close friend/co-worker that is in need of a kidney transplant. Starting soon, they'll start testing family and friends for matches.

Would you get tested to see if you're a match? If you are, would you donate?

Curious to see the reasoning behind your responses.
 
I would as long as I had fully functioning kidneys. You don't need both your kidneys, and if it meant saving other friends and family from going through the hardship of a death, then it's worth it for me.
 
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I would for family. Not sure how I'd handle friends. I wouldn't get tested if I weren't 100% sure that I'd donate. Seems that decision should be made beforehand.
 
Close family I would. That's siblings, parents, aunts, uncles, and 1st cousins for me. Friends would have to be very close friends. 99th percentile caliber friends. If we were buds in high school but haven't talked much since then, you won't be getting my kidney.

I wouldn't get tested unless I knew I would donate if I was a match.
 
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I chose "not sure".
I'm not sure I'd be a good candidate. I have a tendency toward stones, and ended up hospitalized for four days with sepsis the last time around. Don't think they'd want one of mine.
 
Google says a kidney goes for $262k on the black market. I have O- blood, wonder how much that increases the price.
 
cyclone101 said:
Close family I would. That's siblings, parents, aunts, uncles, and 1st cousins for me. Friends would have to be very close friends. 99th percentile caliber friends. If we were buds in high school but haven't talked much since then, you won't be getting my kidney.

I wouldn't get tested unless I knew I would donate if I was a match.
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2nd cousins, get f***ed!
 
My step brother recently got one through what I think is a pretty unique idea. His wife got tested, but didn't match. So through the hospital or whoever runs the donor program, puts them both into a pool of 6 or 8 people, evenly matched those donating and those receiving.

His wife donates one of her kidneys to someone else in the pool and so on, and each recipient gets a kidney. Pretty cool idea. 6 weeks of bed rest for my brother, but his wife is out for 10 weeks.
 
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Not sure I can do much with the type of blood disorder I have. (Higher chance at blood clots than most)
 
I would do it for close family and maybe 2 or 3 friends.

My blood is O- so there's a decent chance I would be a match.
 
Why would someone get tested but be completely unwilling to donate? That answer doesn't make any sense unless you get satisfaction out of knowing you could help someone and refuse to do so.

I mean, I would think most people have others in their life they care enough about to do that. There are some family and close friends I would say yes without a second thought. Others not so sure. Depends on the situation.
 
I have never been approached but have debated it. Definitely would for close family and friends. Probably would for others...I am already a registered organ donor when I die. My questions would involve risks and time off.
 
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I put not sure because I don't know much about how dangerous, restrictive, etc it would be to donate a kidney.

Do you get a tax deduction for donating a kidney? Seems like it ought to be a fairly valuable thing to be giving away, you should get some kind of credit for it...
 
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