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  • Apr 24, 2011, 09:51 PM
    flwpower
    Does anyone know?
    I am looking for any sites out there where people that have a Terminal illness can talk to other people that are terminally ill. If anyone knows of any please me know. I have a friend that is in need of a kidney and should he not make it he would like to donate his other body parts to help save someone else that is also like him in his position. Thanks.
    Flwpower
  • Apr 25, 2011, 07:08 AM
    JudyKayTee
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by flwpower View Post
    I am looking for any sites out there where people that have a Terminal illness can talk to other people that are terminally ill. If anyone knows of any please me know. I have a friend that is in need of a kidney and should he not make it he would like to donate his other body parts to help save someone else that is also like him in his position. Thanks.
    Flwpower


    As far as sites for terminally ill people there are several listed on line. I have no way of knowing which are bad or good and, therefore, am not posting them. Some of those sites take advantage of people.

    I am very familiar with kidney disease and transplants. Kidney failure/disease "usually" causes other organs NOT to be viable, not to be used for transplant purposes. Kidney failure slowly poisons a person's body and that includes all of the other organs.

    Your friend also cannot pick a person to receive other organs. He/she signs up with a transplant clinic, preferably connected to a hospital, and donors are screened.

    What you are suggesting is noble but pretty much impossible.
  • Apr 26, 2011, 01:57 AM
    J_9

    Your friend can draft a durable power of attorney and/or a living will.

    If you are in the states your friend can sign the back of his drivers' license making him an organ donor.

    However, your friend cannot choose who gets his organs. They "go" to the organ transplant committee who determines who needs them most. Well, the organs don't LITERALLY go to the organ transplant committee, but notice of his impending passing does.
  • Apr 26, 2011, 05:10 AM
    flwpower
    Comment on JudyKayTee's post
    I don't understand, if I wanted to give my kidney to someone right now I could, what makes dying any different if it's in my will?
  • Apr 26, 2011, 06:18 AM
    J_9

    Quote:

    I don't understand, if I wanted to give my kidney to someone right now I could, what makes dying any different if it's in my will?
    It's not as simple as that. If you know someone who needs a kidney and you are a perfect match, it's possible to donate your kidney as you can live with only one.

    If you are in the US, your friend may be on the donor list called UNOS. UNOS

    Dying makes it different because there are multiple organs that can be harvested. There are also ethical and legal dilemmas involved with organ donation.

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