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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Cosmo wrote:
    Question: Would you sell your kidney to a stranger? If not... what is your price? (because everyone has a price). Money is great motivator.
    ...

    not everyone has a price. how gauche is yeah you can have my kidney but itll cost you youre putting a price on peoples lives. ugh.

    having said that how would i feel if id donated a kidney to a stranger and then one of my children needs it and i turn out to be a perfect match? in all honesty id feel pretty fucking shitty. however when im dead please feel free tot ake what is needed.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,975
    catefrances wrote:
    Cosmo wrote:
    Question: Would you sell your kidney to a stranger? If not... what is your price? (because everyone has a price). Money is great motivator.
    ...

    not everyone has a price. how gauche is yeah you can have my kidney but itll cost you youre putting a price on peoples lives. ugh.

    having said that how would i feel if id donated a kidney to a stranger and then one of my children needs it and i turn out to be a perfect match? in all honesty id feel pretty fucking shitty. however when im dead please feel free tot ake what is needed.
    I knew someone who gave her kidney to some person she knew from work. And that's nice and all but yeah, my first thought was :fp: She'd just had a baby. What if her kid needed it? What about her husband? Sister? What if she got sick and her last kidney failed? I thought it was irresponsible more than anything.

    Bone marrow though... totally other story.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    I knew someone who gave her kidney to some person she knew from work. And that's nice and all but yeah, my first thought was :fp: She'd just had a baby. What if her kid needed it? What about her husband? Sister? What if she got sick and her last kidney failed? I thought it was irresponsible more than anything.

    Bone marrow though... totally other story.
    My brother-in-law's coworker donated a kidney to him...don't know the donor's situation, but I'd assume he took into account all of the what-ifs.

    Not irresponsible, but incredibly giving - from this (perhaps selfish) perspective.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,975
    hedonist wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    I knew someone who gave her kidney to some person she knew from work. And that's nice and all but yeah, my first thought was :fp: She'd just had a baby. What if her kid needed it? What about her husband? Sister? What if she got sick and her last kidney failed? I thought it was irresponsible more than anything.

    Bone marrow though... totally other story.
    My brother-in-law's coworker donated a kidney to him...don't know the donor's situation, but I'd assume he took into account all of the what-ifs.

    Not irresponsible, but incredibly giving - from this (perhaps selfish) perspective.
    It IS incredibly giving. No doubt about that. But it doesn't seem like a good option for a parent, that's all.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    hedonist wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    I knew someone who gave her kidney to some person she knew from work. And that's nice and all but yeah, my first thought was :fp: She'd just had a baby. What if her kid needed it? What about her husband? Sister? What if she got sick and her last kidney failed? I thought it was irresponsible more than anything.

    Bone marrow though... totally other story.
    My brother-in-law's coworker donated a kidney to him...don't know the donor's situation, but I'd assume he took into account all of the what-ifs.

    Not irresponsible, but incredibly giving - from this (perhaps selfish) perspective.


    yeah not sure if its irresponsible to donate an organ to a stranger. as you said hedonist, its incredibly giving, i just dont think with 2 of my children so young i could be so magnanimous. but give me time and who knows what im likely to do.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I understand and respect the other side of it too...both of yours - one as a parent, and one who plans to be a parent.

    I get it, with no judgment here at all. It's just been a recurring issue in my family and in that of my in-laws, the love of my life included. Kidney issues - donor issues - are close to the heart.

    Would I do it? Honestly, not sure. But for him, if a match, absolutely :)
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,975
    hedonist wrote:
    I understand and respect the other side of it too...both of yours - one as a parent, and one who plans to be a parent.

    I get it, with no judgment here at all. It's just been a recurring issue in my family and in that of my in-laws, the love of my life included. Kidney issues - donor issues - are close to the heart.

    Would I do it? Honestly, not sure. But for him, if a match, absolutely :)
    Well, I'd be a liver donor. But I feel like I need my spare kidney! ... not sure anyone would want a piece of my liver though. :? :lol:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata

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