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In April 2011, 17 year old Wang Shangkunsold a kidney to buy an iPhone. When asked why he did this, the man said “Why do I need a second kidney? One is enough,”.
The man subsequently developed complications and now needs regular dialysis to survive. The complications may have been caused by a lack of post operative care. The doctors involved have been arrested.
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Teen Bedridden for Life after Selling Kidney for an iPhone
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TAPPING? You POLITICIANS! Don't you realize that the END of the "Wash
Cycle" is a TREASURED MOMENT for most people?!
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday January 20 2019, @10:33PM (2 children)
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My surgeon for late october's Radical Nephrotomy of my right kidney quiet sternly _warned_ me to "Take good care of your one remaining kidney!"
That I've had chronically high blood pressure for by now a year and a half is _quite_ a problem, as the _specific_ reason High Blood Pressure as known as "The Silent Killer" is that it will _destroy_ one's kidneys with absolutely _no_ noticeable system until it is far far too late them save them.
For my High BP to persist would lead to the Nephrectomy of my _other_ kidney. As I waited my - dead - donor on the Transplant List, my only hope for survival would be dialysis every three or four days. I could very well be on dialysis for the rest of my days.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 21 2019, @01:04AM (1 child)
I also just have one kidney. Had kidney cancer, they caught very early it while looking for something else, so removal of the kidney removed all the cancer. Happy ending.
Not entirely happy. When they take your kidney out, they take out the lymph nodes that hook up to your kidney as well. A small percentage of people who have lymph nodes removed will get lymphedema. That's caused by the lymphatic fluid no longer circulating through the body correctly, and fluid collects in a limb. Think elephantiasis. So I'll wear compression stockings on my legs and do physical therapy for my legs an hour a day for the rest of my life. Beats being dead. Most days.
Whenever I hear someone say "you can live perfectly fine with just one kidney", I want to beat the crap out of them. Sure, you can, as in it's within the realm of possibility, but it doesn't mean you will.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday January 21 2019, @06:02AM
Praise The Baby Jesus that I walk everywhere, I have may have seizures and do not.
I'll come up with the money to join a gym even if I have to knock over a liquor store.
THANK YOU for your warning AC. Were it that your warning not to have been the result of your great pain. :-(
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]