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Coldbeam14 karma

I think you'll get better answers here. This person is pretty much straight up lying. For example "Discomfort and side effects vary from person to person. Most marrow donors experience some side effects after donation. Common side effects of marrow donation include: Back or hip pain, Fatigue, Muscle pain, Headache, Bruising at the incision site. Some donors said the experience was more painful than they expected; others said it was less painful. Some donors describe the pain as similar to achy hip bones or falling on their buttocks. Others say it feels more like a strained muscle in the back. The ache may last a few days to several weeks."

They are mild, but to say there is no pain and no risks is simply not true. And I hate that they are lying when there really isn't any need to.

Coldbeam10 karma

What do you think has led to the increase? America had plenty of access to guns back in the 70s and 80s, but didn't see this type of behavior until more recently.

Coldbeam8 karma

(Also had a cateract as an infant). You don't put a lens in someone who isn't fully grown yet, because the eye develops and grows as you do. If you put a lens in, it can't change along with your eye, and will cause problems, or at the very least not work like it should. I used a contact lens in that eye through my whole life until I had a lens implant in my 20s and have 20/50ish vision in that eye, which the doctors said was pretty good. As wanna_be_doc said in a comment below though, it can't be fixed beyond that, because the problem isn't my eye, it's my brain.

Coldbeam6 karma

I wonder why they didn't have you use a contact lens until you were old enough to have the implant surgery, as they did with me.

Coldbeam3 karma

I wish you would be more honest in your answers. Side effects are not serious, but they are common. You really don't have to lie to get people to sign up, especially if they are trusting you to be a knowledgeable (and truthful) source for them. Between this and roping guys in from Tinder, to be honest you guys seem like you're more interested in getting as many sign-ups as possible, instead of being ethical and caring about these potential donors. It seems kind of shady, which is really unfortunate since it is such a good cause.