Would you be dead by now?

[CJ]

I would be fine, but I'd have an extra kidney.

not sure if troll.

[bcoop]

not sure if troll.

He donated a kidney to his sister several years ago.

[CJ]

He donated a kidney to his sister several years ago.

He said extra, I was thinking he was saying he had 3 when he was born.

[Gear_Jammer]

I would probably be dead. I had to have a colon resection in 2002 due to it almost perforating from to chronic diverticulitis. As soon as it perforates you become septic and can die if not treated soon.

[talisman]

He said extra, I was thinking he was saying he had 3 when he was born.

Nah. A kidney is a redundant system, so having two is sort of like having an extra in case you have a problem with your primary.

[CJ]

Nah. A kidney is a redundant system, so having two is sort of like having an extra in case you have a problem with your primary.

How do you feel? Any changes since then? I've always wondered if life goes on completely normal, or if you do have some residual effects.

[SEB]

I apparently had my tongue out like Jordan as my head hit the dirt and the bike fell on me. Somewhere I have pictures of my face, mouth, shirt, pants, neck, arms, etc soaked in blood, plus scrapes everywhere. So I laugh at the guys that ride without gear now - not that it would have stopped what happened, but it damn sure wouldn't have hurt.

I gotta see this shit! Post pics

[talisman]

How do you feel? Any changes since then? I've always wondered if life goes on completely normal, or if you do have some residual effects.

Get a weird little pang down there once in awhile, sometimes coinciding with a weather change, but not often. I piss a lot but I've pretty much always got something to drink by my side, so I did before the transplant anyway. August will make 8 years. She is still going like a champ.

[Wicked98Snake]

Nah. A kidney is a redundant system, so having two is sort of like having an extra in case you have a problem with your primary.

How do you feel? Any changes since then? I've always wondered if life goes on completely normal, or if you do have some residual effects.

Tali is correct, I had the tube from the kidney to the bladder kinked somehow as a child and it backed up with waste and killed the kidney. I had surgery to remove my right kidney and I function fine. I can go longer between bathroom visits when I'm drinking beer too, it's like I'm part superhero!

[CJ]

Get a weird little pang down there once in awhile, sometimes coinciding with a weather change, but not often. I piss a lot but I've pretty much always got something to drink by my side, so I did before the transplant anyway. August will make 8 years. She is still going like a champ.

That's good to hear. Must have been quite an experience.

Tali is correct, I had the tube from the kidney to the bladder kinked somehow as a child and it backed up with waste and killed the kidney. I had surgery to remove my right kidney and I function fine. I can go longer between bathroom visits when I'm drinking beer too, it's like I'm part superhero!

I'm aware of living with one kidney, I was just confused by the extra comment, incorrectly assuming he still had the pair.

[yellowstang]

I'da been dead when I was 7, insulin dependant diabetic.

[GrayStangGT]

<---Dead at 14 from a ruptured appendix


Had to spend 10 days in the hospital, but that is better than kicking the bucket. On the bright side I wouldn't have broke my leg 18.....

[Forever_frost]

When I was born, my blood wouldn't hold oxygen and I spent a lot of time in whatever the newborn ICU is. My family were repeatedly told that I wouldnt' make it the hour, then the night and so forth.

[mikec]

Technically, I died when I was 18 months old, as they lost my heartbeat for approximately five minutes. I was fighting spinal meningitis, which my real dad had brought back from Nam.

Fuck that guy.

[Sean88gt]

I gotta see this shit! Post pics

Let me rephrase, somewhere there are pictures and if I had them readily available, they would have been posted.