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Nurse here. The best I ever saw was a woman with an ileostomy that started to put out- I am not exaggerating here- neon green stool. Like a crayon. It's a high up ileostomy, so her usual color is yellowish, and then we gave her a blue icee to eat, so... yellow + blue = green. Kinda freaked us out for a few minutes until we figured out what was going on...

You probably shouldn't.

First off, just having the right blood type is only like part one of a thousand step process to find out if you're a match and an appropriate donor.

Second, your friend can continue to live a healthy life in kidney failure for a good chunk of time- provided he actually listens to his doctors and goes to his dialysis appointments. Dont get me wrong, dialysis fucking blows and takes 4-5 hours out of your day 3-4 times a week, but it's definitely preferable to dying. People in renal failure have time, its not catastrophic heart or respiratory failure, or a stroke. You don't have to rush to donate.

Third, he has time to wait for a cadaver donor organ. He doesn't need to go around begging living people to donate an organ just so he doesn't have to do dialysis.

Fourth, if one of your children ever needs an organ, they have a much better chance of having a successful transplant from a blood related donor.

Fifth, if something happens to you in the future, it might be helpful to already have two good kidneys. If you ever get cancer and need to undergo chemo; if you get in a car accident and have traumatic injuries to your abdomen; if you yourself end up with kidney disease; if you develop diabetes; if you get a bad case of the regular old flu; point is, there's a thousand reasons why it's ok to be stingy about your own freaking internal organs.

Keep your kidneys and dont feel bad about it.

Hey man, first of all I really hope your surgery goes well.

I wanted to ask you what advice you would give to young people who are interested in motorcycles. I have my motorcycle license and I bought a bike, but I have almost no practice riding it and because of a number of issues, I'm going to have to sell it. I really don't want to, and I want to have the time to practice and get better and develop my riding skills, but at the same time, I'm scared of the reality of a crash. I'm a nurse, so I have no delusions about "oh, that'll never happen to me, though," so part of me is relieved that I'm being forced to sell my bike, but another part of me really hates it.

Would you still encourage young riders to continue riding, or would you tell them the risk isn't worth the fun and freedom of having a motorcycle?

Thanks for the advice! I think I'm gonna try taking a few dirtbike classes before making any decisions about continuing to pursue biking or not.

Again, best of luck with your surgery! Hope everything turns out for the best :)