Comments on: List of countries & contacts proving living donor kidney transplant…? http://www.themedicalcontacts.com/medical-response-contact/list-of-countries-contacts-proving-living-donor-kidney-transplant Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:45:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: charlyrndr http://www.themedicalcontacts.com/medical-response-contact/list-of-countries-contacts-proving-living-donor-kidney-transplant/comment-page-1#comment-1661 charlyrndr Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:08:59 +0000 http://www.themedicalcontacts.com/medical-response-contact/list-of-countries-contacts-proving-living-donor-kidney-transplant#comment-1661 Are you in the U.S.? Because, if so, your cousin should already have been assessed for the organ transplant waiting list. If you are interested in finding a living donor for your cousin then YOU should get tested, or find another of your cousin's friends or relatives to be evaluated. Why expect a stranger to do for your cousin what you are not willing to do. Also, there are many risks, both physical and psychosocial for living donors. Many cannot obtain health or life insurance afterward, and many suffer from depression and PTSD-like symptoms. In addition, there is no long-term data regarding the health of living donors, so your request may condemn a well-meaning stranger to a shortened life span or one with much difficulty. Please educate yourself at the sites listed below.<br><b>References : </b><br>www.LivingDonor101.com www.livingdonorsonline.com www.unos.org www.kidney.org Are you in the U.S.? Because, if so, your cousin should already have been assessed for the organ transplant waiting list. If you are interested in finding a living donor for your cousin then YOU should get tested, or find another of your cousin’s friends or relatives to be evaluated. Why expect a stranger to do for your cousin what you are not willing to do.

Also, there are many risks, both physical and psychosocial for living donors. Many cannot obtain health or life insurance afterward, and many suffer from depression and PTSD-like symptoms. In addition, there is no long-term data regarding the health of living donors, so your request may condemn a well-meaning stranger to a shortened life span or one with much difficulty.

Please educate yourself at the sites listed below.
References :
http://www.LivingDonor101.com
http://www.livingdonorsonline.com
http://www.unos.org
http://www.kidney.org

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