Today my mom was on the phone with my Aunt and she was telling my mom about one of my cousins who is about to have surgery for dialysis. He's been having kidney problems for awhile and the only other potential family donor ended up having diabetes and couldn't donate. I chimed in that I would donate if it would help me loose weight. It started out as a joke but then I totally believed it would be the right thing to do. I believe we share the same blood type, and my Aunt told me if I was serious that my other Aunt would legitimately fly me down to Belgium to have surgery. That made my heart skip a beat because I really am scared about surgeries, but it made me think more so I started researching online.
The last surgery I had was December 1999 I think. It was for my ankle surgery and it was the worst time of my life!! So much pain..it made me afraid of everything and here I am contemplating another major surgery. However, now the pain would be worth something- to save my cousin's life. I am not afraid of death because Kidney donation is really low risk but I'm afraid of the prodding and the pain and the long recovery time..I have to start working in October. I think I can do it if I take it easy since that is a VERY SELFISH reason to not save my cousin's life. I know my Aunt would pay my rent and she would even pay me for the time I'd have to miss work, if I had to miss work, but I surely don't want to. I think it'll be okay.. it is just MAJOR surgery and I'm afraid for selfish reasons you know.
Any tips advice? You know where to find me.
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How well do you know your cousin? And how old is s/he? Can they get put on a donor list?
I'm a selfish bastard so I don't think I'd do it, especially if it were going to be interrupting your October work.
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