ORGAN DONATION: A FOUR PART TRIP REPORT NSFW

[Supermoon]

Damn dude! That’s amazing. Good on ya for doing this and the entertaining write up along with it.

[riser4]

Tgapp, brother from a different mother. I can't help but being a wise ass too. Must be I use it to diffuse my anxiety. And it sucks when I run into folks who don't have a sense of humor. I've been seeing more medical professionals than usual lately and it seems like a lot of doctors get their funny bone removed before they get handed their credentials. Of course, I'm not a quitter, I just try harder. Which sometimes makes it worse. Rinse lather repeat. However, once I finally get someone to crack that smile, we're good.

[riser4]

I think we should invent a new cocktail called the butthole sharpie.
Thought about making it a band name but, too close to that other band.

Heartfelt kudos to you tgapp

This. All of it. Now to listen to some Hairway to Steven.

[detrusor]

I’m privileged to do anesthesia for liver transplants (kidneys as well). You are an amazing dude Thomas. I can second that D is a good person.

I wish you all the best!


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[CallMeAl]

Tgapp, brother from a different mother. I can't help but being a wise ass too. Must be I use it to diffuse my anxiety. And it sucks when I run into folks who don't have a sense of humor. I've been seeing more medical professionals than usual lately and it seems like a lot of doctors get their funny bone removed before they get handed their credentials. Of course, I'm not a quitter, I just try harder. Which sometimes makes it worse. Rinse lather repeat. However, once I finally get someone to crack that smile, we're good.

Next time you're at a pharmacy, hold up a box of condoms and ask the person behind the counter if they have a fitting room. Gets a smile at least 30% of the time.

[tgapp]

This is truly amazing. Do you get to meet the person you saved?

What ended up happening with my kidney is quite complex, and not really a happy ending story.

The long and short of it is that I became good friends with the woman I donated on behalf of (CloudedEyeCat's friend - I only met her after donating) but my organ actually went to someone else, a guy in Washington who I need to send a letter to. The woman - I'll call her K - basically got a 'free kidney' coupon, but she's yet to find an organ which matches her immunosensitivity profile. I went to her wedding, am good friends with her mother, and feel very blessed to have them in my lives. Holding out hope for a miracle, but things aren't in a great place for her.

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You are amazing!

Also...

"It's a boy! And, what a boy!"

[hatchgreenchile]

BBBS, organ donations, superb coffee for mags, I'm sure there is more...
You're a giving person. Thanks for sharing ~!

[cspringsposer]

Fuck yeah! That is legit. Definitely something I have thought about but never really looked into the mechanics of actually doing. Good on you brother!

[schindlerpiste]

FKNA...good on you. +++++VIBES+++++......Thoughts and prayers.
You are THE MAN!

[TNKen]

So being an aging dentist, what if I need stuff later, i.e. a kidney? Does the fact that I donated bump me to the top of the list if I need a transplant?

About half serious on the question, as many folks in their later years need working organs.

[tgapp]

So being an aging dentist, what if I need stuff later, i.e. a kidney? Does the fact that I donated bump me to the top of the list if I need a transplant?

About half serious on the question, as many folks in their later years need working organs.

Yeah you get put on the very top of the list for available organs.

The extensive screening process ensures that you do not have CKD and are not prone to developing it (as a consequence of, say, diabetes) but there's always a risk of kidney damage (especially from trauma like in a ski accident), so they just put you at the top of the list so to speak.

My kidney numbers (GFR) are so good that my PCP said that unless I had disclosed I was a kidney donor he would not have known at all - my labs are absolutely consistent with a healthy male in his 30s, so I'm pretty lucky in that regard.

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[AK47bp]

Tgapp is one helluva person.

I gave an old lady my seat on a bus once so I can relate.

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[AK47bp]

You are amazing!

Also...

"It's a boy! And, what a boy!"

Dude!

Funniest shit I read all week. Lol


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[Meadow Skipper]

Thanks, but what I struggle with is that if (healthy, capable) people saw kidney donation for what it is (a minor inconvenience with limited health consequences), more people would do it. So aggrandizing the act as some sort of huge humanitarian sacrifice isn't really helpful.

Truth be told, I'm a pretty selfish guy. I make good money and buy a lot of toys and spend my time doing things I want to do. And organ donation is definitely self-serving, don't let me tell you otherwise.

Well, I’m a solidly misanthropic guy so I have a different outlook. In any event, I admire you for what ya done. I’ll pick up the tab if ever we meet.

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Dude!

Funniest shit I read all week. Lol


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Credit for that pun goes to the Simpsons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO5gJqH8U7Q

[zion zig zag]

Huge props to tgapp, quite a commitment to helping people.

[Brownski]

I was afraid to click on this thread cause I figured you’d lost somebody in a car accident or something. This is a way way better organ donation story than I was expecting. Thanks for sharing it, Tgapp. It’s good to know there are folks like you out there.

[SumJongGuy]

Only way this TR could have been better would have been for OP to wake up with a sharpie up his butt.

FKNA!

[jm2e]

Good stuffs.

[bennymac]

nothing to see here except another Hall of Fame contender thread from tgapp

from butt sharpies to saving lives in one step - and to top it off you went and made turns with your surgeon

porn, goodwill, and skiing - that's a TGR trifecta

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[skinipenem]

Tgapp. Strong work. I'm glad to hear donation has filled your heart with content. I too wish more folks would donate.

Thanks for the butt-sharpies link. That'll be educational.

Please continue the TR with #2 on your list.

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Edited for: holy shit the buttsharpie thing is real. What's the allure? How bizarre. Seriously weird.

[SumJongGuy]

Holy shit I clicked on that butt sharpies link, suddenly felt dizzy, passed out, and woke up missing a kidney FKNA!

[Danno]

Butt sharpies and kidney donation was not on my TGR bingo card this morning. FKNA!

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Tgapp, you seem to find ways to improve humanity…thx for making the effort…we are better for your efforts



I’ve made a point to not start a Reddit account…don’t need any of those rabbit holes. I’m not starting for butt sharpies, but i did go as far as the age limited login page…lol