Was I right to 'chicken' out?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 4:32 pm
Two days ago I had phone call from my consultant. He said that there was a kidney available, but there had been some complications prior to the donor's death. He said that it was unusual for the transplant team to go via him rather than direct to me. The fact that he himself had some reservations made my refusal easier, but I guess we'll never know whether it was the right thing to do.
When I asked to go on the transplant list a couple of years ago, I thought the choices were basically DBD or DCD or ECD. At that stage I said I'd take anything as I was hoping to avoid dialysis. I've been on APD for a year now and am told I'm coping well. I recently had a form from the transplant team asking for preferences again. This time the choices appear to be DBD/DCD or ECD or dual kidney. My initial thought was to say I'll take anything again, but after the recent phone call, I changed it to DBD/DCD.
I realise that I wouldn't be on the transplant list if I didn't need a new kidney. So I was wondering how fussy other people are when they get asked the question "Do you want this kidney?"
When I asked to go on the transplant list a couple of years ago, I thought the choices were basically DBD or DCD or ECD. At that stage I said I'd take anything as I was hoping to avoid dialysis. I've been on APD for a year now and am told I'm coping well. I recently had a form from the transplant team asking for preferences again. This time the choices appear to be DBD/DCD or ECD or dual kidney. My initial thought was to say I'll take anything again, but after the recent phone call, I changed it to DBD/DCD.
I realise that I wouldn't be on the transplant list if I didn't need a new kidney. So I was wondering how fussy other people are when they get asked the question "Do you want this kidney?"