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I need a transplant (seriously I actually do) or I will die much younger than expected. What can I do to reduce my demand for an organ?

adminscoffee 5y ago
very valid point, outside of technological investment not much. we've come a long way in medicine but there's still a ton of research and regulations that goes along with that. i hope things change in a positive way for you. i know it must be difficult
dustymcp 5y ago
Maybe a test person for growing organs from pigs, sounds awful i hope you find a donor and recover, best of luck to you.
whoknowswhat11 5y ago
In the current system - where the do gooders only try to stop things instead of help -> maybe there is a question. Is there a net positive to someone selling an organ, getting let's say 100K, and another person then having a much longer and higher quality life? The dirty secret the do-gooders won't tell you. Even as they stop others from getting money, they work to rake it in. Seriously. "Amateur" college football athletes (many minorities). The do-gooders say they can't earn any money - nothing for families or themselves, even though they may have a career ending injury playing in college. Meanwhile, I'm sure the coaches, athletic directors and others are absolutely RAKING it in. Same thing with transplants. A kidney transplant for which donor get's nothing (currently) is paying / billing out for $500K easily. I'd love to know what the transplant network CEO's are raking in. So we have a system. Donors don't get paid (for the "higher good") - resulting in all kinds of shortages and delays. Meanwhile - the folks running this show and flying around in private jets are raking it in. $1,000 per year for anyone who signs up for an organ donor registry? $100K to your estate if you are a heart / liver / etc donor after death? $100,000 for anyone who donates a kidney? How about bone marrow donations etc? The dirty secret is some hospital chain is already raking in the big bucks on those heart transplants. Anytime you see someone saying someone else should not be able to get paid for something - worth looking at who is free-riding on others kindness / generosity / health / poverty etc.

adminscoffee 5y ago

very valid point, outside of technological investment not much. we've come a long way in medicine but there's still a ton of research and regulations that goes along with that. i hope things change in a positive way for you. i know it must be difficult

dustymcp 5y ago

Maybe a test person for growing organs from pigs, sounds awful i hope you find a donor and recover, best of luck to you.

whoknowswhat11 5y ago

In the current system - where the do gooders only try to stop things instead of help -> maybe there is a question. Is there a net positive to someone selling an organ, getting let's say 100K, and another person then having a much longer and higher quality life? The dirty secret the do-gooders won't tell you. Even as they stop others from getting money, they work to rake it in. Seriously. "Amateur" college football athletes (many minorities). The do-gooders say they can't earn any money - nothing for families or themselves, even though they may have a career ending injury playing in college. Meanwhile, I'm sure the coaches, athletic directors and others are absolutely RAKING it in. Same thing with transplants. A kidney transplant for which donor get's nothing (currently) is paying / billing out for $500K easily. I'd love to know what the transplant network CEO's are raking in. So we have a system. Donors don't get paid (for the "higher good") - resulting in all kinds of shortages and delays. Meanwhile - the folks running this show and flying around in private jets are raking it in. $1,000 per year for anyone who signs up for an organ donor registry? $100K to your estate if you are a heart / liver / etc donor after death? $100,000 for anyone who donates a kidney? How about bone marrow donations etc? The dirty secret is some hospital chain is already raking in the big bucks on those heart transplants. Anytime you see someone saying someone else should not be able to get paid for something - worth looking at who is free-riding on others kindness / generosity / health / poverty etc.