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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 05:32 AM Original message |
Medical travesty... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Illegal Drug Use of Any Kind Takes You Off the UNOS List |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 05:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes, the dispensation for your "childless" situation... |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 05:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Correct, doing drugs sabotages the transplant. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. My childless brother |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 03:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. B- Is The Worst Group For Tx |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. He's B+, which I gather |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. Bizarre |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 05:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Any toxic substance destroys the liver. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 06:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That Wasn't The Question |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Do you give the new liver to a drug addict? Someone who is going to blow out the new liver |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yes they do. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 03:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I am the kind of person who makes the decisions dear . :) And yes the rich can ruin as many livers |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 06:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I'D RATHER DIE THAN KISS YOUR ASS FOR A LIVER, DEARY! |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 04:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Just Because Some Cheat The System Doesn't Mean All Should Be Able To |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 06:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. So someone who has ever used heroin shouldn't get an organ. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Since I Didn't Write Those Words, No, That's Not What I'm Saying |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Okay. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Actually I just went to Erma's wake on sunday.... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. user....USER.... Not past User. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Exactly. Compliance and judgment are a HUGE issue here. nt |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Was she told by her doctors not to smoke, or drink, or do other drugs?. . . |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 05:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I agree, the patient could have abstained, and probably should have... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. willing to wager |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's not the criminal aspect |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 06:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Excellent points... |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. No it wasn't too visceral. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Would she be disqualified... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 04:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. If She Wasn't Prescibed It, Yes She Would |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
11. They gave new livers to Mickey Mantle (cirrhosis) and to David Crosby |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 07:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. They both had/have Hepatitis C |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. Recommend. It's so wrong. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 06:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Texas... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. there is a chronic shortage of spare livers |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
32. It is discrimination |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. this has nothing to do with marijuana's potential benefits |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. What if the cannabis keeps her alive? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. no, I am going under the premise that her doctors know a bit more |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Then she might not need the transplant. I'm on a UNOS list, |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
34. As unfortunate as it is |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm on the UNOS list for a different organ. It's a fair "compliance" issue, for one. |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That's pretty much what I was thinking... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I have an insulin pump and had to prove I could be medically compliant |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-27-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. I suppose it depends... |
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