Thursday, September 14, 2006Is she the world's longest surviving kidney recipient?On one of my kidney-related email lists, I posed the question: Who is the world's longest-surviving kidney recipient? I got this Mayo Clinic link in response. I can remember a time when someone who had been transplanted five or seven years had had the transplant a long time. Well, here it is, over... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 2:44 PM Comments (0) (link) The world's longest-surviving heart recipientThis link tells the story of the world's longest-surviving recipient of just one heart transplant (although I imagine there are longer-surviving recipients of several hearts). Stories like this make me (a kidney recipient) want to give him a run for his money! Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 11:07 AM Comments (0) (link) The color of money, in the health-care industryIn earlier posts in this blog, I've discussed the cost of prescription medication. As a transplantee myself, I understand this problem intimately. It's not unusual for a month's worth of transplant meds to cost several hundred dollars - a bargain compared to some anti-cancer drugs, but still steep... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 10:28 AM Comments (0) (link) |
About this BlogThis was originally intended to be written during Organ Donor Awareness Week only, but I felt like writing about transplant-related issues at other times of the year.
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