Am I selfish to want to skip dialysis & have a transplant?

[highlite36]

That is my thought exactly why cant we just get a transplant if we need one? Why do we need dialysis? I just want my transplant and get on with my life. Dialysis takes so nuch out of us and people just don't get that.
If I could have a transplant and skip this dialysis thing I would be lovin life!!!

Transplants are hard, yo!  It's great to get one and sustain it, but it was HARD!  I was in the hospital every three to six weeks because of acute rejection.  It was just harder to have a normal life after transplant.  Although, I gotta agree.  Dialysis just takes up so much time.....and it's nice to be able to the have those extra 15 hours to yourself.  It's a part time job!  If I got paid for every hour that I spent in dialysis, I'd be a rich woman with my own island in the Caribbean, sipping pina coladas with my sexy man slaves feeding me grapes off the vine and rubbing my feet!!!!

[kellyt]

No.

[mel75]

 

If I got paid for every hour that I spent in dialysis, I'd be a rich woman with my own island in the Caribbean, sipping pina coladas with my sexy man slaves feeding me grapes off the vine and rubbing my feet!!!!

Now That would be the life. !!


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[Chris]

Now are we talking about being paid in American dollars or Euros to lead the good life?

[highlite36]

Well, yen, of course!!!!!

[JerseyGirl]

Selfish?  NOT! If you can get a transplant straight away and avoid any affects of bone disease, organ disease, etc you go for it!  How dare that girl even say something like that?  As far as transplant list for K/P usually people eligible for pancreas transplants are Type 1 juvenile onset diabetics and it is a different transplant list.  It is absolutely wonderful when a pt gets both - no more insulin, no more dialysis.