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Father refuses to donate kidney to 25-year-old son
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19 Dec 2008 Fri 07:07 pm |
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Yes...I worked for the Rhode Island Blood Bank!
Small world!!! Blood banking is such a unique niche, I don´t come across many people on the outside who work, or have worked at them. 
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19 Dec 2008 Fri 09:35 pm |
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Small world!!! Blood banking is such a unique niche, I don´t come across many people on the outside who work, or have worked at them.
HoHo! I worked at one too! But I was in the purchasing section and seconded to the blood bank at Addenbrookes in Cambridge, UK not Massetusets (or how ever it is spelt) hehe
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19 Dec 2008 Fri 09:40 pm |
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HoHo! I worked at one too! But I was in the purchasing section and seconded to the blood bank at Addenbrookes in Cambridge, UK not Massetusets (or how ever it is spelt) hehe
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19 Dec 2008 Fri 11:50 pm |
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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
I know it sounds harsh, but I prefer to keep all my body parts. I might donate to a relative or loved one a part I could live without, but I have no desire for any part of my body be taken out after I die. I prefer to be buried whole.
I think we are in a dangerous territory where bodies have become commodoties where the parts are used for a lucrative trade in body parts.
Why isn´t more R&D done on artificial parts? Anyway, it´s something to think about.
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19 Dec 2008 Fri 11:56 pm |
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I know it sounds harsh, but I prefer to keep all my body parts. I might donate to a relative or loved one a part I could live without, but I have no desire for any part of my body be taken out after I die. I prefer to be buried whole.
I think we are in a dangerous territory where bodies have become commodoties where the parts are used for a lucrative trade in body parts.
Why isn´t more R&D done on artificial parts? Anyway, it´s something to think about.
Would you accept a part from a dead person if it could save your life? To me it´s simple: don´t want to be a donor? Great, than no transplants as well.
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19 Dec 2008 Fri 11:59 pm |
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Would you accept a part from a dead person if it could save your life? To me it´s simple: don´t want to be a donor? Great, than no transplants as well.
very black and white. If only life were like that! Life makes you take decisions you previously thought you wouldn´t, but everybody´s judgements and opinions are coloured by life´s experiences. Maybe we shouldn´t be so quick to judge??
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 01:06 am |
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One of the difficulties faced in encouraging people to join the marrow registry is the hurdle of cultural beliefs. I was in charge of recruiting Native Americans and they believe that donating blood, tissue or organs keeps their soul from moving on after death. It was a challenge. The numbers of Native donors on the registry is abysmal…….meaning someone who is Native and needs a transplant has incredibly low odds of finding a matching donor. 
It takes a lot of educating about the need for marrow donors within certain ethnic groups. It is quite a balancing act to respect their beliefs but at at the same time, try to make them understand the need.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 01:30 am |
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion and to make their own decisions. Just tell your family what that decision is - it makes it so much easier when families know what your decision would have been.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 01:57 am |
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Would you accept a part from a dead person if it could save your life? To me it´s simple: don´t want to be a donor? Great, than no transplants as well.
No, I would not want a body part from a dead person, even if it could save my life.....but I also would not want any part of my body stolen like happened to Alistair Cook without permission....
"reports that a body-snatching ring, operating illegally to sell tissue for use in transplants, managed to obtain and distribute the bones of famed British broadcaster Alistair Cook after his death in 2004. Bill Sherman of the Daily News fills Madeleine Brand in on a bizarre story."
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 05:37 am |
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion and to make their own decisions. Just tell your family what that decision is - it makes it so much easier when families know what your decision would have been.
The problem with this is that sometimes families are not in tune with the decision, even if they know it is what the deceased wanted. If it is something you feel strongly about you should have your wishes in writing to ensure they are followed.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 12:00 pm |
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heck with such idiot father! but according to traditions the poor boy must respect him, even if hes such a piece of shit.
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!
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