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I’m keeping both my kidneys for if someone I love needs one. When I am dead however, they can take my kidneys, heart, lungs, liver and whatever else that is sa

I’m keeping both my kidneys for if someone I love needs one. When I am dead however, they can take my kidneys, heart, lungs, liver and whatever else that is salvageable and give them to whoever needs them (assuming I die in the right circumstances that this is possible).

silveraxe93 3y ago
He covers that in the post. If you donate your kidney, you can nominate up to 5 people to be first in line if they (or you) ever need a transplant. Given compatibility concerns, it's probably safer for your family member for you to donate than not.
- Quinzel 3y ago
  If you donate a kidney knowing that if something goes wrong to the one you have left you can skip the queue of people who have been suffering potentially longer than you have with end stage renal failure, is your donation truely an altruistic one?
- benjaminikuta 3y ago
  But can you change the names later? What if you divorce and remarry, or have a kid later?
sadtoot 3y ago
just so you know, around 1% of people die in conditions where their organs are elligible for transplantation. then there's the factor that kidneys from living donors generally last longer for the recipient
- Quinzel 3y ago
  My grandmother donated both her kidneys before her life support was switched off she was brain dead tragically due to having a brain aneurysm at 51, but she was technically living when she donated since they keep people alive until they’ve completed the organ harvest. She also donated her heart, but unfortunately the transplant wasn’t successful at all. One kidney failed after 3 years, the other kidney is still going strong. That person she saved has gone on to have 17 years of good health and counting, our family get’s anonymous letters letting us know the kidney is still going strong. It’s kind of nice. If I don’t get to donate my organs to save lives, I’ll still donate them to science. I was Born with two kidneys and I like to think wanting to keep them for myself isn’t being greedy. If someone I love needs a kidney, I’ll donate to either them, or someone else so they can hopefully receive a kidney quicker, but otherwise, I have no desire to have a major surgical procedure, recovery etc. maybe I’m selfish, but I’ll at least be honest about it.

silveraxe93 3y ago

He covers that in the post. If you donate your kidney, you can nominate up to 5 people to be first in line if they (or you) ever need a transplant. Given compatibility concerns, it's probably safer for your family member for you to donate than not.

Quinzel 3y ago
If you donate a kidney knowing that if something goes wrong to the one you have left you can skip the queue of people who have been suffering potentially longer than you have with end stage renal failure, is your donation truely an altruistic one?
benjaminikuta 3y ago
But can you change the names later? What if you divorce and remarry, or have a kid later?

sadtoot 3y ago

just so you know, around 1% of people die in conditions where their organs are elligible for transplantation. then there's the factor that kidneys from living donors generally last longer for the recipient

Quinzel 3y ago
My grandmother donated both her kidneys before her life support was switched off she was brain dead tragically due to having a brain aneurysm at 51, but she was technically living when she donated since they keep people alive until they’ve completed the organ harvest. She also donated her heart, but unfortunately the transplant wasn’t successful at all. One kidney failed after 3 years, the other kidney is still going strong. That person she saved has gone on to have 17 years of good health and counting, our family get’s anonymous letters letting us know the kidney is still going strong. It’s kind of nice. If I don’t get to donate my organs to save lives, I’ll still donate them to science. I was Born with two kidneys and I like to think wanting to keep them for myself isn’t being greedy. If someone I love needs a kidney, I’ll donate to either them, or someone else so they can hopefully receive a kidney quicker, but otherwise, I have no desire to have a major surgical procedure, recovery etc. maybe I’m selfish, but I’ll at least be honest about it.