He's turning into his wife

[okarol]

He's turning into his wife

    November 06 2006 at 11:05AM

A man says he is turning into his wife after receiving one of her kidneys.

Ian Gammons's wife Lynda donated one of her kidneys to Ian when he became ill with Nephrotic Syndrome.

Before the transplant Mr Gammons hated cooking, shopping and gardening reports the Daily Mail.

Now he enjoys all those pastimes and has even begun to share his wife's love of dogs, an animal he previously despised.

Mr Gammons from Spalding, Lincolnshire said: "It sounds absolutely ridiculous but I think I've inherited some of Lynda's personality traits since I got her kidney.

"I've started to enjoy cooking quite a lot - particularly baking - which I was never interested in before. I love making scones and cakes and stuff like that. My daughters tell me that they are very good. I never liked shopping. But since the transplant I like going round the shops and looking for bargains.

"I was never very keen on pets. I never wanted a dog. After the operation Lynda suggested we should get a dog, and I jumped at the chance."

Mrs Gammons said: "I noticed it after a few months. He said something and it just struck me, that he said exactly what I would have said."

Many scientists are sceptical that transplant patients can inherit character traits from the donor known as 'cellular memory.'

This is the notion that living cells 'memorise' and recall characteristics of the previous body. - Ananova.com

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1162802161461H215

~Karol

[Sara]

Maybe he's just feeling closer to his wife since she donated her kidney, and he subconciously is picking up on her habits as a way to connect even more??  I don't know if I buy the "cellular memory" stuff.

[susie q]

If it is true.. I'm hoping I get one that likes to cook and clean because I suck... 

[Fox_nc]

I'm not sure about the cellular memory either, but after I received my mother's kidney in 95 I noticed some similar stuff.  At first it was funny stuff like we would get up at the same time every night to pee.  As time went on I began enjoying some of the same things that I did not like before.  Sometimes I thought it could be the kidney, but I may have been in denial about turning into my mother when I was 17.  Now at 28 I know I've turned into my mother, but was it destined by DNA or was it the kidney?  I guess I'll know when I get my next transplant ... I hope it comes from a good dancer 

[kitkatz]

I want a party girl kidney!   

[Epoman]

Very interesting article, I have heard of cellular memory and it is interesting. In fact I believe I saw a movie one time about a man who received a organ from a serial killer and he himself became a serial killer. I know it was just a movie, but the idea of "Cellular Memory" is intriguing.

[goofynina]

Ooooh,  I want Oprah's kidney then, lol, nah, just her money will do 

[okarol]

Yeah, it would be interesting... it's the middle of the night... the phone rings...
it's your transplant center... they've got your kidney... how long will it take you
to get here..? but wait... I need to know... the donor... could she waterski..?
I've always wanted to learn!... No? ....well, I'll pass this time. Thanks.

[Fox_nc]

 

[Joe Paul]

Ooooh,  I want Oprah's kidney then, lol, nah, just her money will do 

Money is nice, but what I need according to my wife is a personality. Maybe I can share with Oprah..a personality I mean. *sidenote... Wife says i need a heart too*

[Ken Shelmerdine]

If in the future I start to take a military offensive against someone else's country I'll know that either George W Bush or Tony Blair became kidney donors. By the way I keep seeing on this sight the word 'lol' what does it mean?

[kitkatz]

lol- laugh out loud.

[Ken Shelmerdine]

lol- laugh out loud.

  Thanks Kitkatz