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I heard sth about pancreas transplant.
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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1558338" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>Are you about to die because your pancreas has failed and no other therapy can reasonably prolong your life?</p><p></p><p>If not, you are not in line for a transplant because there is a critical shortage of donors for all organs and a long waiting list.</p><p>This is made even harder because the tissue type of the donor has to match yours.</p><p></p><p>In an ideal world with dead bodies strewn around just waiting for their organs to be harvested a healthy diabetic might be able to have a transplant.</p><p></p><p>I would still think long and hard about it, because transplant surgery is non-trivial and you are also at risk of infection for the rest of your life because you are having to suppress your immune system.</p><p></p><p>Surgical techniques make a transplant possible.</p><p></p><p>Morality in general makes sure that the truly needy are at the front of the queue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1558338, member: 6467"] Are you about to die because your pancreas has failed and no other therapy can reasonably prolong your life? If not, you are not in line for a transplant because there is a critical shortage of donors for all organs and a long waiting list. This is made even harder because the tissue type of the donor has to match yours. In an ideal world with dead bodies strewn around just waiting for their organs to be harvested a healthy diabetic might be able to have a transplant. I would still think long and hard about it, because transplant surgery is non-trivial and you are also at risk of infection for the rest of your life because you are having to suppress your immune system. Surgical techniques make a transplant possible. Morality in general makes sure that the truly needy are at the front of the queue. [/QUOTE]
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