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I almost spit my coffee all over the place. Seriously...
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:44 pm
by Harrison
In what is being heralded as a "first-ever procedure," surgeons removed a healthy kidney through a donor's vagina, the Johns Hopkins Medical Center has announced.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/ki ... topstories
Re: I almost spit my coffee all over the place. Seriously...
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:06 pm
by leah
hah, i saw that at work today. i made this face:
the story on msn included a picture of the woman, too . . . i don't think i'd want to go public with that information if it was me :P
Re: I almost spit my coffee all over the place. Seriously...
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:21 pm
by Arlos
I guess doing it that way means there's no visible scars, which I suppose could be a consideration depending on your vanity level. Might mean less long term pain as well.
That said, if I ever donate a kidney, and a doctor asks if I'd like them to remove it through my ass, I will most emphatically tell him "NO FUCKING WAY", and happily deal with having a scar.
-Arlos
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:11 am
by ClakarEQ
I think it is also a less stress on the body as you don't have to move a bunch of other organs around and shit when you take it out that way. Sort of like several new ops that enter through the belly button (ugg).
Re: I almost spit my coffee all over the place. Seriously...
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:59 pm
by KaiineTN
I wish it was legal to sell organs. I'd totally ebay a kidney.
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:13 am
by Kramer
"IT WAS LIKE HAVING A TOOTH REMOVED" 
Re: I almost spit my coffee all over the place. Seriously...
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:16 am
by leah
the fark headline for this was something like "woman gives birth to a healthy baby kidney" hehe
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:42 pm
by 10sun
KaiineTN wrote:I wish it was legal to sell organs. I'd totally ebay a kidney.
Brasil, Israel, China. Legal to sell there.
-Adam
Re: I almost spit my coffee all over the place. Seriously...
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:04 pm
by leah
in college, i very seriously considered driving to colorado or wherever (i don't think nebraska has anywhere for such things) and selling an egg for $$. sometimes i still think about it but i don't think i could.
Re: I almost spit my coffee all over the place. Seriously...
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:27 pm
by Harrison
I would. That's some serious fucking money...
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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:54 pm
by araby
Me too. In fact, their number is programmed in my phone.