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It's a good read. It's very pro organ donation but also talks about the dark side of this practice, of potentially killing patients to harvest their organs, amo

It's a good read. It's very pro organ donation but also talks about the dark side of this practice, of potentially killing patients to harvest their organs, among other things. I am more familiar with the emotional toll organ donation takes on potential recipients who are basically waiting and hoping for someone young and healthy to die in a tragic accident that they might live. Because of the focus of this piece, I will leave this link to two previous comments of mine: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=DoreenMichele%20heart%20lung%20beer&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

XorNot 2y ago
I can find absolutely no mention of this, anywhere, of this event happening from a quick Googling of those words, nor references to it either. However a German study in 1992 of 47 heart transplant patients found no substantial personality changes[1]. If this was a real thing, then you would expect to find it fairly commonly. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1299456/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1299456/
- DoreenMichele 2y ago
  I see zero reason to assume that it needs to be common in order for one woman to be telling the truth about her experiences.
  - bitzun 2y ago
    I guess the idea is that the psychological burden of having received a donated heart caused the woman to have hallucinations? I don't know what to do with that information, but I wanted to look at a charitable interpretation of the suggestion.
    - justinclift 2y ago
      > ... caused the woman to have hallucinations? Wonder if it could be prion transfer instead? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
- strogonoff 2y ago
  Personality changes after organ transplantation is a fairly known phenomenon that appears to be currently studied[0]. [0] https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3943/5/1/2 https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3943/5/1/2

XorNot 2y ago

I can find absolutely no mention of this, anywhere, of this event happening from a quick Googling of those words, nor references to it either. However a German study in 1992 of 47 heart transplant patients found no substantial personality changes[1]. If this was a real thing, then you would expect to find it fairly commonly. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1299456/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1299456/

DoreenMichele 2y ago
I see zero reason to assume that it needs to be common in order for one woman to be telling the truth about her experiences.
- bitzun 2y ago
  I guess the idea is that the psychological burden of having received a donated heart caused the woman to have hallucinations? I don't know what to do with that information, but I wanted to look at a charitable interpretation of the suggestion.
  - justinclift 2y ago
    > ... caused the woman to have hallucinations? Wonder if it could be prion transfer instead? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
strogonoff 2y ago
Personality changes after organ transplantation is a fairly known phenomenon that appears to be currently studied[0]. [0] https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3943/5/1/2 https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3943/5/1/2