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Pretty lie: Oh of course!
Not as pretty truth: Uh, no?
People might answer oh, maybe bone marrow... it's just like giving blood right? But a kidney is serious business!
Donating bone marrow is also a surgical procedure. The donation can take 40-46 hours over a period of 4-6 weeks, and while it can be done under general or localized anesthesia... the lingering ache can last several days to several weeks.
People also don't get paid for their donation. Realistically would someone go through this for a total stranger? I'm sure some people do, and I applaud them for it. But the people who answer 'oh sure, the bone marrow but not the kidney!' might be lacking in information.
And yeah, I do think that giving a kidney is serious business, and certainly more serious than the bone marrow donation.
But for me, would I do this for a total stranger? No. After I'm dead you can harvest organs from me, but before that? I'd only give to loved ones.
Pretty lie: Oh of course!
Not as pretty truth: Uh, no?
People might answer oh, maybe bone marrow... it's just like giving blood right? But a kidney is serious business!
Donating bone marrow is also a surgical procedure. The donation can take 40-46 hours over a period of 4-6 weeks, and while it can be done under general or localized anesthesia... the lingering ache can last several days to several weeks.
People also don't get paid for their donation. Realistically would someone go through this for a total stranger? I'm sure some people do, and I applaud them for it. But the people who answer 'oh sure, the bone marrow but not the kidney!' might be lacking in information.
And yeah, I do think that giving a kidney is serious business, and certainly more serious than the bone marrow donation.
But for me, would I do this for a total stranger? No. After I'm dead you can harvest organs from me, but before that? I'd only give to loved ones.
