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« on: June 28, 2006, 01:13:57 PM »
As of yesterday, hospitals in Ontario will be allowed to use the organs of
heart attack victims as well as those brain dead... Currently only kidneys are
going to be used as they can tolerate more than some other organs.
So far only one hospital is doing the op. but 6 more hopefully by years end..
It's a start..  :)
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2006, 01:25:39 PM »
yeah definately good news for us in Ontario!  ;D
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2006, 02:46:35 PM »
i agree...hopefully it will speed my wait up on the list.....been on for almost 4 years now here in ontario
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2006, 10:18:12 PM »
Let's ALL move to Canada!  AYA?
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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2006, 07:33:36 PM »
AYA??? hahaha I think you meant Eh?
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2006, 11:10:56 PM »
Quote from: toad on June 28, 2006, 02:46:35 PM
i agree...hopefully it will speed my wait up on the list.....been on for almost 4 years now here in ontario
Ya I have been waiting for 5 years myself and was told at a Kidney Symposium in Ottawa that the wait was up to 8 years back in 2001 ...  :'(
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« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2006, 01:01:08 PM »
wow thats a pretty long time, what's your blood type?
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« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2006, 01:26:22 AM »
my blood type is o negative therefore a very long wait for me
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« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2006, 02:08:56 PM »
really? That's kind of odd...I'm O as well and I got a call after 2 years (mind you I didn't end up getting it) but still...that means im close
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« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2006, 06:40:58 AM »
Why were they not doing this all along? 
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« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2006, 07:12:29 AM »
my blood type is O+ so I know what you mean about the long wait. Even though my first one I only had to wait 2 months. But with a 2nd transplant there are more antigens to match.. and harder to match .. so I feel I will be waiting a very long time. especially in Canada the wait is much longer than in the States.
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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2006, 01:19:52 PM »
Unfortunately, at this point it's only a very specific type of heart failure. But it will certainly improve the transplant stats somewhat.

The bad news is that the last I heard (last year) the wait in Ottawa and Toronto for a B kidney is about 12 years. The two cities share B organs because they are rare.
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« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2006, 01:27:34 PM »
Quote from: coravh on July 10, 2006, 01:19:52 PM
Unfortunately, at this point it's only a very specific type of heart failure. But it will certainly improve the transplant stats somewhat.

The bad news is that the last I heard (last year) the wait in Ottawa and Toronto for a B kidney is about 12 years. The two cities share B organs because they are rare.

When I went to an ottawa kidney Symposium I was told back in 2001 that the wait for O+ was 8 years back then ... :(
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