Sun Jan 27, 2013, 10:58 PM

Anyone in Oregon with a spare kidney?

Found on the Miss R•EVOLutionaries Facebook page

"Earl Martinez is a 28-year-old Oregonian suffering from Alport Syndrome, a genetic kidney disorder that has forced him to undergo dialysis treatments for the past year and a half. In order to survive, he needs a new kidney, but the hereditary nature of his disease makes it impossible for his family to provide it. So, after waiting on a transplant list for over a year, Martinez has taken a more active role in addressing his medical needs — by begging for a kidney donor on the side of an Oregon road"
Money is no obstacle for Martinez, who has health insurance. “My insurance would cover all medical costs on my side and the donor’s side,” Martinez told local CBS affiliate KOIN. “The donor would have no medical costs at all.”

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/01/23/1483691/oregon-man-begs-for-kidney/

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Anyone in Oregon with a spare kidney? (Original post)	Playinghardball	Jan 2013	OP
This might work..	pipoman	Jan 2013	#1
I work with a woman who acted as a kidney donor	BainsBane	Jan 2013	#2
He's at risk of Alport anti-GBM disease from transplant	REP	Jan 2013	#3
Somebody with good Net access help this guy.	longship	Jan 2013	#4
There is a donor site like that.	hedda_foil	Jan 2013	#5
My husband has first dibs on my	ohheckyeah	Jan 2013	#6

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Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:05 PM

pipoman (10,561 posts)

1. This might work..

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Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:07 PM

BainsBane (10,946 posts)

2. I work with a woman who acted as a kidney donor

to a complete stranger. What an amazing soul she has. I hope Mr. Martinez can find a donor.

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Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:13 PM

REP (18,494 posts)

3. He's at risk of Alport anti-GBM disease from transplant

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The linked article is terrible. Untreated high blood pressure and diabetes have long been the the #1 and #2 causes of ESRD, long before the obesity "crisis." Not only does it fail to mention those things, it doesn't give his blood type; if he's B-, he's got a snowball's chance in hell of getting a tx (slightly better if he's O-) and if he's unmarried and childless, he's been given a low priority by UNOS. The obesity "crisis" has little to do with having a blood type shared with a tiny fraction if the populace ( B -) or how UNOS ranks people by reproductive status and disease, etc.

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Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:47 PM

longship (18,204 posts)

4. Somebody with good Net access help this guy.

There ought to be Net resources for this.

Like Match.com or Christianmingle.com, but unlike them, this would do good. Everybody has two kidneys. If mine weren't so fucked up with stones every seven years, I would donate one of mine to save a life. Alas, I am a poor candidate.

But this guy is using social networking of a somewhat crude nature. Kudos to him. I wish him luck.

Kidney transplants are very successful. Go for it, guy.

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Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:59 PM

hedda_foil (7,347 posts)

5. There is a donor site like that.

It's been advertised on Chicago's progressive talk radio WCPT. I can't recall its name,but it should be findable via google.

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 12:03 AM

ohheckyeah (6,009 posts)

6. My husband has first dibs on my

2nd kidney. He only has one.

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