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Father refuses to donate kidney to 25-year-old son
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1.       Trudy
7887 posts
 19 Dec 2008 Fri 01:43 pm

Yasin Topaloðlu (25), who lives in the town of Hopa near Artvin and has already lost three siblings to kidney failure, is experiencing the disappointment of a lifetime: His father will not donate his kidney to him, despite the fact that the two men are a biological match.  Topaloðlu, whose kidneys both stopped functioning about five years ago, has been receiving treatment at the Trabzon Training and Research Hospital for the past two months. Topaloðlu has already lost two brothers and one sister to malfunctioning kidneys, and doctors recently decided that a kidney transplant was also necessary for him.

 

After doctors made clear the necessity of a kidney transplant for Topaloðlu, his father, Ali Topaloðlu, who had separated from his mother 10 years ago and since remarried and had two other children, went through the necessary blood tests to find out whether his kidney would be a match for his son. But while Ali Topaloðlu initially accepted the idea of kidney donation to his son, he later changed his mind.

 

And now Yasin Topaloðlu, who undergoes kidney dialysis three times a week, is experiencing deep frustration and disappointment with his father´s decision. "Well, despite everything, he is my father. I can´t get angry with him," Yasin Topaloðlu said in a statement to the Anatolia news agency. "All I really want from my father is that he contribute to my life span."

Topaloðlu, noting that he had a girlfriend with whom he had already made marriage plans, said: "My girlfriend´s father told me, ´I don´t have a daughter to just give to someone with kidney disease.´ And so I was crushed once more. I want someone to help me. Please, let someone hear my cries for help. I want to live."

Yasin Topaloðlu´s mother, Nilgün Erdoðan, talked about the difficulty of watching her own child in this situation. "In these difficult times, I try to be by his side. It is very difficult for him at this age, to try and live his life while being hooked up to dialysis," she said. "From a financial perspective, we do not have the money to pay for a kidney. His father´s kidney would be a match, but they made a family decision not to donate. I tried to convince his father, but it didn´t work. As it is, I have already lost three children to kidney failure. This is a very tough situation. If only my body matched the transplant conditions, I would give my own kidney without hesitating."   

 

More: http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=161528

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Poor son!

2.       Joyce111
276 posts
 19 Dec 2008 Fri 01:55 pm

This is a sad story. I work with kidney transplant patients and know what an amazing difference a transplant can make to their lives. In the UK we have a very active transplant programme but sadly there is a 40% refusal rate from families asked to donate organs. Presently in the UK there are more than 8000 people waiting for a transplant. I know Turkey are tryin to raise the profile of donation and transplantation so that people in this man´s postion will have a better chance of getting a kidney form someone who has died. This is the only option if family members cannot or will not donate.

 

For more information go to

 

www.uktransplant.org.uk 

3.       libralady
5152 posts
 19 Dec 2008 Fri 02:49 pm

I know of a family whose younger son had a kidney transplant then the older son had kidney failure and that father donated one of his kidneys to that son. (In the UK)

 

I am an advocate of organ donation and am on the donation register.  It is the wish of my family also that anything of any use can be used if we die in circumstances whereby this can happen.

4.       vineyards
1954 posts
 19 Dec 2008 Fri 02:55 pm

What if I die and my kidney is transplanted into femme

5.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 19 Dec 2008 Fri 02:58 pm

 

Quoting vineyards

What if I die and my kidney is transplanted into femme

 

I dont think it will matter to you since you wont be around..

But what if you get a kidney from femme and then you live rest of your life knowing that ´some part of femme is in you´?

6.       Trudy
7887 posts
 19 Dec 2008 Fri 03:06 pm

Q: Is there a donor registration system in Turkey? If so, is it like the Belgium one (if you don´t object officially, you are a donor) or like the Dutch one (you have to apply yourself to the system)?

7.       Elisabeth
5732 posts
 19 Dec 2008 Fri 05:24 pm

 

Quoting vineyards

What if I die and my kidney is transplanted into femme

 

 What if??  I am sure her children would be very happy and you would be their hero....That should make you just a little happy!

 

 

8.       girleegirl
5065 posts
 19 Dec 2008 Fri 05:39 pm

A friend of mine donated a kidney to her sister. While it was not an easy process and the recovery was difficult for her, she says she would go through it over and over again to save her sister’s life.

 

Before I went into Human Resources, I was a recruiter for the National Marrow Donor Program. I worked with patients in need of a bone marrow transplant, holding registry drives to get more people involved in the program and commit to saving lives.  I became very close to the patients I worked with, many of them, young children.

 

Although the work was incredibly rewarding, it became increasingly difficult to watch my patients die, which all but one did. The reality of the situation is that there are not enough people who are willing to step up and help out….even when it is for a family member. {#lang_emotions_sad}

9.       Elisabeth
5732 posts
 19 Dec 2008 Fri 05:55 pm

 

Quoting girleegirl

Before I went into Human Resources, I was a recruiter for the National Marrow Donor Program. I worked with patients in need of a bone marrow transplant, holding registry drives to get more people involved in the program and commit to saving lives. 

 

 Wow...what a coincidence.  I used to work for the National Marrow Donor Program in my area!  I would work at the Bone Marrow Drives and collect blood samples from prospective donors!  Maybe we know eachother!!!

10.       girleegirl
5065 posts
 19 Dec 2008 Fri 05:58 pm

 

Quoting Elisabeth

 Wow...what a coincidence.  I used to work for the National Marrow Donor Program in my area!  I would work at the Bone Marrow Drives and collect blood samples from prospective donors!  Maybe we know eachother!!!

 

 Seriously!?!?!?  Were you working through a blood bank?

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