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"Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« on: October 04, 2007, 10:44:23 AM »
BBC headline.

So why would you want to do that then? rubschin:
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2007, 10:44:56 AM »
Umm so your wife/partner/husband doesn't die?


Ahhh right.  redface:
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2007, 10:46:07 AM »
NO. it appears to a be a straight swap.
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2007, 10:51:22 AM »
Quote from: Nick on October 04, 2007, 10:46:07 AM
NO. it appears to a be a straight swap.

I saw it on the news this morning.

Couple one - wife needs kidney, husband not compatible
Couple two - husband needs kidney, wife not compatible.

Husband one is compatible with husband two. Wife two is compatible with wife one.

It's the first kidney exchange not within family or close friends.
There is a special database for this sort of thing now.
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2007, 10:52:01 AM »
Nope!

Quote from: BBC Web Site
Two British couples have donated and received kidneys from each other in the first paired transplants in the UK.
They are part of a new scheme aimed at increasing the number of donor organs.

Peter Horrell, from Cambridgeshire, donated one of his kidneys to a man from Lothian, while the man's wife gave a kidney to Mr Horrell's wife Roma.


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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2007, 10:57:12 AM »
Quote from: Bar Wench on October 04, 2007, 10:51:22 AM
Quote from: Nick on October 04, 2007, 10:46:07 AM
NO. it appears to a be a straight swap.

I saw it on the news this morning.

Couple one - wife needs kidney, husband not compatible
Couple two - husband needs kidney, wife not compatible.

Husband one is compatible with husband two. Wife two is compatible with wife one.

It's the first kidney exchange not within family or close friends.
There is a special database for this sort of thing now.


Couldn't they just divorce and cross-marry? This is very confusing.
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2007, 11:08:46 AM »
Quote from: Nick on October 04, 2007, 10:57:12 AM
Quote from: Bar Wench on October 04, 2007, 10:51:22 AM
Quote from: Nick on October 04, 2007, 10:46:07 AM
NO. it appears to a be a straight swap.

I saw it on the news this morning.

Couple one - wife needs kidney, husband not compatible
Couple two - husband needs kidney, wife not compatible.

Husband one is compatible with husband two. Wife two is compatible with wife one.

It's the first kidney exchange not within family or close friends.
There is a special database for this sort of thing now.


Couldn't they just divorce and cross-marry? This is very confusing.

Perfect situation for a "cut and shut".

Make one completely healthy married couple from the four of them and dump the damaged bits in a layby.
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2007, 11:09:27 AM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on October 04, 2007, 11:08:46 AM
Quote from: Nick on October 04, 2007, 10:57:12 AM
Quote from: Bar Wench on October 04, 2007, 10:51:22 AM
Quote from: Nick on October 04, 2007, 10:46:07 AM
NO. it appears to a be a straight swap.

I saw it on the news this morning.

Couple one - wife needs kidney, husband not compatible
Couple two - husband needs kidney, wife not compatible.

Husband one is compatible with husband two. Wife two is compatible with wife one.

It's the first kidney exchange not within family or close friends.
There is a special database for this sort of thing now.


Couldn't they just divorce and cross-marry? This is very confusing.

Perfect situation for a "cut and shut".

Make one completely healthy married couple from the four of them and dump the damaged bits in a layby.
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2007, 11:44:43 AM »
why have we got 2 kidneys when one would surfice ? Is this our Lords way of saying one might fuck up so you'd better have a spare ???
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2007, 11:45:52 AM »
Quote from: Berek on October 04, 2007, 11:44:43 AM
why have we got 2 kidneys when one would surfice ? Is this our Lords way of saying one might fuck up so you'd better have a spare ???
And why only one liver then?  rubschin:
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2007, 11:47:01 AM »
That does seem cruel, we have 2 of most things ( rubschin:) but only one of those things that seem to be the most important (head, liver, willy* etc.)





* I am of course referring to boys here.
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2007, 11:48:23 AM »
Quote from: Nick on October 04, 2007, 11:47:01 AM
That does seem cruel, we have 2 of most things ( rubschin:) but only one of those things that seem to be the most important (head, liver, willy* etc.)





* I am of course referring to boys here.

What would you swap around then?  rubschin:
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2007, 11:48:58 AM »
Nothing thank you. I am pretty much perfect as I am. eyes:
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2007, 11:50:37 AM »
Quote from: Nick on October 04, 2007, 11:48:58 AM
Nothing thank you. I am pretty much perfect as I am. eyes:
Of course, of course...  ::)

But if you could swap your 'spare' kidney for an extra willy for instance...  rubschin:
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Re: "Couples swap kidneys in UK first"
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2007, 11:53:18 AM »
I believe you can donate part of your liver. I don't think you need all of it to survive.
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