Anyone ever donated a kidney?

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jms wrote:

Also your last physical exam is very comprehensive. I was at the hospital all day doing interviews, x rays, labs, ekg and a cat scan. I think I was there from about 8am til 4 pm. Most of the time I was just sitting in a waiting room so hopefully you won't have to wait as long

Yeah, I heard about that part. It's good that they are so thorough.

PureandEasy

I think it's great that you're considering this. I'm on the bone marrow donor list and I'm a regular blood donor, it's my way of helping others. I'm not rich, so I can't always donate money, so I donate a part of myself.

It's a great feeling, and I wish more people would do it.

Good job to jms for doing his part.

DangDang

No.

unlost dogs

Nothingman54 wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

I worked in a transplant ICU my first year as a nurse. Transplant centers in the US have a whole team, including social services, who will help you sort this out and answer all your questions... And having someone here who can give you a donor's perspective is huge.

They'll do a detailed screening to figure out if you are able to donate. It's helpful if you are prepared to give details of your own, and your family's, medical history. At least back to grandparents, and including cousins.

In my experience, the urinary catheter is placed in the OR, after the induction of anesthesia. It's unfortunate your grandmother had such a bad experience, also somewhat unusual. The catheter is removed as quickly as possible postoperatively. The balloon anchoring it in the bladder is deflated and it slips right out.

Good luck working this out!

Why do you always have to have a catheter? Having a tube shoved up my.... But that's not all, they blow up a balloon once it's up there. Fuck that. Let me die at home.

The catheter is so you won't pee all over yourself and the OR table (and potentially surgical field) during the procedure. You always get IV fluids intraoperatively, so even if you empty your bladder right before you get anesthesia, you'll still make urine during the operation (assuming you have a healthy renal system). It's essential in some procedures, like the nephrectomy, because it's not a quick procedure, and because measuring urine output and performing testing on urine samples is important for the assessment of postoperative kidney function.

The balloon is at the tip of the catheter, inside the bladder. It's inflated gently with about 10cc of fluid. The balloon then acts as an anchor of sorts because it's too big to fit in the urethra so the catheter can't slip out.

Urinary catheter-associated infections are increasingly less frequent because so much attention is now being paid to preventing them by only placing the catheters when absolutely needed, using meticulous sterile technique, and then removing them at the earliest possible opportunity.

Thus concludes today's lesson on the draining of bodily fluids.

Now, tell me you don't feel the urge to pee...

Nothingman54

unlost dogs wrote:

Nothingman54 wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

I worked in a transplant ICU my first year as a nurse. Transplant centers in the US have a whole team, including social services, who will help you sort this out and answer all your questions... And having someone here who can give you a donor's perspective is huge.

They'll do a detailed screening to figure out if you are able to donate. It's helpful if you are prepared to give details of your own, and your family's, medical history. At least back to grandparents, and including cousins.

In my experience, the urinary catheter is placed in the OR, after the induction of anesthesia. It's unfortunate your grandmother had such a bad experience, also somewhat unusual. The catheter is removed as quickly as possible postoperatively. The balloon anchoring it in the bladder is deflated and it slips right out.

Good luck working this out!

Why do you always have to have a catheter? Having a tube shoved up my.... But that's not all, they blow up a balloon once it's up there. Fuck that. Let me die at home.

The catheter is so you won't pee all over yourself and the OR table (and potentially surgical field) during the procedure. You always get IV fluids intraoperatively, so even if you empty your bladder right before you get anesthesia, you'll still make urine during the operation (assuming you have a healthy renal system). It's essential in some procedures, like the nephrectomy, because it's not a quick procedure, and because measuring urine output and performing testing on urine samples is important for the assessment of postoperative kidney function.

The balloon is at the tip of the catheter, inside the bladder. It's inflated gently with about 10cc of fluid. The balloon then acts as an anchor of sorts because it's too big to fit in the urethra so the catheter can't slip out.

Urinary catheter-associated infections are increasingly less frequent because so much attention is now being paid to preventing them by only placing the catheters when absolutely needed, using meticulous sterile technique, and then removing them at the earliest possible opportunity.

Thus concludes today's lesson on the draining of bodily fluids.

Now, tell me you don't feel the urge to pee...

F that. I'll wear a diaper. If they want a pee sample they can wait until I'm awake or before I wake they can open the diaper and blow cold air on my willie until I pee everywhere. No tube!!!

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unlost dogs wrote:

The catheter is so you won't pee all over yourself and the OR table (and potentially surgical field) during the procedure. You always get IV fluids intraoperatively, so even if you empty your bladder right before you get anesthesia, you'll still make urine during the operation (assuming you have a healthy renal system). It's essential in some procedures, like the nephrectomy, because it's not a quick procedure, and because measuring urine output and performing testing on urine samples is important for the assessment of postoperative kidney function.

The balloon is at the tip of the catheter, inside the bladder. It's inflated gently with about 10cc of fluid. The balloon then acts as an anchor of sorts because it's too big to fit in the urethra so the catheter can't slip out.

Urinary catheter-associated infections are increasingly less frequent because so much attention is now being paid to preventing them by only placing the catheters when absolutely needed, using meticulous sterile technique, and then removing them at the earliest possible opportunity.

Thus concludes today's lesson on the draining of bodily fluids.

Now, tell me you don't feel the urge to pee...

Thanks for the lesson. When my great-grandmother was catheterized recently she had what seemed lik a constant urge to pee. So how long is the procedure anyway?