caniborrowyourkidney

I got a call in June saying I was top 20, other than that, it was a complete surprise. As for derailing it, if they are taking someone off life support and they don't die right away, the organs become unusable, that happened last time I had a transplant. If it does happen, I just get the next kidney of my blood type that comes available. Last time that took an extra day.

Thanks!! I was born with my bladder basically outside my body, this ruined my ureters,which caused damage to my kidneys and slowly killed them off.
The last 4 years I have been working. I originally did dialysis at home 6 days a week, but on my own schedule, so I was able to still work 60+ hours a week as an EMT. I had 3 seizures 2 christmas' ago, so I had to stop doing dialysis at home and start going to a center for it every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Now I still work 40-50 hours a week at a bank. I go to dialysis at 6pm, so I am able to work during the day. I'm going to the same hospital that I had my transplant at last time. I trust the doctors there. They all seem very intelligent and caring. I don't know exactly who will be doing the surgery because it all depends on who is on call when it's time, but it will be one of 3 doctors and I know them all pretty well and like the all.

1.) It's not so weird having someone else's organ in me. (giggity) The weird part has been more thing like when it's rain gin and I say something like, oh good, there should be a few accidents tonight, a few more kidneys available. or like I said about the person being removed from life support having to die right away, it's weird hoping for someone to die. 2.) I get why it's illegal, but in all honesty if I had the $$, I would have flown to china and bought myself a kidney when I first needed it. I understand that the people who are giving up their kidney are being taken advantage of and I wish there was a way to regulate an organ trade, but there isn't. It's always going to be there until they start 3d printing organs.

I've only told my parents and 1 friend so far. I'll let my sister know when I am actually on my way to the hospital. She was currently getting tested to donate to me, so I want to let her know as soon as everything is finalized.

I haven't thought about it, last time it was Mike, because the donor was a 20 something y/o white guy and that was the first name that came to mind. If anybody has any ideas for a name, I would love to hear them.