Random stuff - the anything else thread
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Hong Kong
Vancouver
Sydney
Top 3 least affordable city's in the world apparently for homes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-for-10th-year
Vancouver
Sydney
Top 3 least affordable city's in the world apparently for homes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-for-10th-year
#6998
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Anyone fancy being a living donor?
"Ferguson needs someone who is blood type O, around 170 to 200 pounds and willing to make trips to Edmonton for consultations and surgery."
https://globalnews.ca/news/6446224/c...Fkpq5KqzP2QXB8
"Ferguson needs someone who is blood type O, around 170 to 200 pounds and willing to make trips to Edmonton for consultations and surgery."
https://globalnews.ca/news/6446224/c...Fkpq5KqzP2QXB8
#6999
Anyone fancy being a living donor?
"Ferguson needs someone who is blood type O, around 170 to 200 pounds and willing to make trips to Edmonton for consultations and surgery."
https://globalnews.ca/news/6446224/c...Fkpq5KqzP2QXB8
"Ferguson needs someone who is blood type O, around 170 to 200 pounds and willing to make trips to Edmonton for consultations and surgery."
https://globalnews.ca/news/6446224/c...Fkpq5KqzP2QXB8
I'm afraid I wouldn't donate part of my liver to a stranger while I'm still alive. I have too many responsibilities to a couple of family members, including one with a disability. I'd do it for a family member or close friend.
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Sometimes job listings are amusing to read.
"Dealing with irate visitors, and protestors."
Not everyday is there a job posting with the bold bit listed...ha ha
"Dealing with irate visitors, and protestors."
Not everyday is there a job posting with the bold bit listed...ha ha
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I have had a liver transplant, unfortunately it had to be from a deceased person. While waiting in hospital I met a few people who received a live donor transplant from family members. It is, of course, the easier method because of blood group matching. I heard it said it can be tougher on the donor than on the recipient, but even to a family member it is a very brave and commendable thing to do. I urge everyone to sign a donor card. When we’re dead our organs are no longer of use to us but if donated can provide life to many people who are leading unhappy, very sick lives.
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I have had a liver transplant, unfortunately it had to be from a deceased person. While waiting in hospital I met a few people who received a live donor transplant from family members. It is, of course, the easier method because of blood group matching. I heard it said it can be tougher on the donor than on the recipient, but even to a family member it is a very brave and commendable thing to do. I urge everyone to sign a donor card. When we’re dead our organs are no longer of use to us but if donated can provide life to many people who are leading unhappy, very sick lives.
Organ donation is one of the most valuable yet easiest things we can do. I'm really glad you made it through the transplant and I'm sure the donor's family got some comfort from knowing their loved one saved a life (or maybe more than one).
#7004
An old colleague of mine in Calgary donated one of her kidneys to a complete stranger after seeing a TV appeal. Probably the most selfless act I've seen in my life.
#7005
Absolutely, the donation is amazingly selfless, but everyone should fill out the card and put the sticker on your license. I have a tendon in my leg that came out of a cadaver, and I suspect my life would be quite a bit different without it.



