Comments on: First Mate Doing Well After Kidney Transplant

By: dutchmarbel

dutchmarbel — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:02:51 +0000

I thought James was being sarcastic. *If* he is serious, he probabely doesn't know that the kidney transplant survival rate is rather low in the US. Maybe that is because the care for diabetes (one of the causes for renal failure) is less good in the USA; their health system focussed more on incidents and is less good in chronic care. AFAIK appendectomy is standard with kidney transplantations.

By: kenny

kenny — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:57:26 +0000

"Here in the People’s Republic of Canada with our one payer system this would be routine."

Wouldn't be considered unusual in the UK either.

By: Jay Currie

Jay Currie — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:41:30 +0000

Here in the People's Republic of Canada with our one payer system this would be routine. My mother had an emergency gall bladder removal and part of the routine was a quick check of the surrounding organs. As she was eighty at the time she was delighted to know that everything else seemed in order. "All part of the service, ma'am."

Grand news that the FM came through so well.

By: Transplant Update (Update: Success! Update II: FM Speaks!) at Conservative Times--Republican GOP news source.

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:26:28 +0000

[...] 2:44 - I love this comment by James Joyner, on learning that the doctors did an ad-hoc appendectomy: “Try getting that kind of service under socialized medicine!” If I may borrow from Glenn, who also sent his readers here: Heh. Indeed. And please read this kind note from our good friend King Banaian, who has more people that could use our prayers. [...]

By: jim

jim — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:21:51 +0000

I tried to get them to do liposuction while I was under for surgery on my ankle. My thought was more efficient use of the OR, anesthesia and hospital stay.
They didn’t buy it.

By: Captain's Quarters

Captain's Quarters — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:19:21 +0000

Transplant Update (Update: Success!)...

Note: This has been bumped to the top; newer posts are below. I have a few moments to update everyone on the First Mate's progress. She went into surgery around 9:15 CT, about an hour ago. The donor went into......

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:18:05 +0000

Actually, I would be in a bit of fear on that regard. "While we have him on the table, why don't we do that vasectomy to prevent future unwanted pregnancies and a stomach band to prevent future over eating". Once the decision is made that the government, not I, should make decisions on health care, the logical stopping point is... (please see smoking as an example).

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