Would you sell your kidney for 75,000$?

[pat venditto]

Assuming you could get that for it? I think I would in my position.

[Capn Morgan]

lol i doubt it, buddy who was on the ultimate fighter, war machine is tryin to sell his for 50 grand haha he put it up on ebay but they took the ad off pretty quick

[Capn Morgan]

actually nvm he was tryin to sell a piece of his liver

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Yes.

[Masu485]

would anyone here sell their appendix for 20k?

[THE PROFIT]

not today

[DrStale]

would anyone here sell their appendix for 20k?

Why would anyone pay for an appendix?

[pat venditto]

Why would anyone pay for an appendix?

Rich cannibals.

[DrStale]

Rich cannibals.

Definitely didn't think of that. Also a good band name.

[iceminers26]

Assuming you could get that for it? I think I would in my position.

sick ****in minds think alike Patty, I was sitting at dinner the other day and contemplating this same thing and I came to the conclusion that ****in rights I would

[pat venditto]

sick ****in minds think alike Patty, I was sitting at dinner the other day and contemplating this same thing and I came to the conclusion that ****in rights I would

[Andy117]

Not for 75K, it'd have to be more than that.

[iceminers26]

Here is what I was thinking, the government does not allow it in the states but if you were to go to somewhere like India, I'm sure you could get a minimum of 30k but think I would only do it if I could get 50k. I think of it like this, I would be helping somebody out and at the current time I only need the 1 so why not help someone out and make a profit in the mean time.

[Masu485]

it would be +EV if you could buy another for 50k

[Masu485]

Here is what I was thinking, the government does not allow it in the states but if you were to go to somewhere like India, I'm sure you could get a minimum of 30k but think I would only do it if I could get 50k. I think of it like this, I would be helping somebody out and at the current time I only need the 1 so why not help someone out and make a profit in the mean time.

the moment you step off the plane in india you'll get kidney disease

[pico]

books might give patty a 100k 2-teamer parlay free play

[pat venditto]

Pico I would take it in a heartbeat.

[Stealinhome]

it would be +EV if you could buy another for 50k

[hoopster42]

hell no. 75K is peanuts in the long run

[PAULYPOKER]

Hell yes I think mine is a lemon

[hoopster42]

Hell yes I think mine is a lemon

[iceminers26]

I'm calling my doc 2morrow to get the scope on this, his son was my linemate in high school and I basically got him his college scholly so he will fill me in on the details, illegal I don't think he really cares after all not planning on doing it in the states anyways.

[Domestic]

No way, I am going to need my second one and I don't even drink much alcohol, just too much Coca Cola.

[Patrick McIrish]

Negative.

[RockyS]

Make that 75k€ and I'm on

[iceminers26]

what's the most profitable country to do this in? I know its illegal in the states, mex, and Europe but it is still legal in India although I know the gov is cutting down on it plus I read the average payout as only $1200, you have to be kidding me that someone would sell their kidney for only $1200 but just shows how bad it is in other parts of the world.

[RockyS]

Believe me, it's possible in Europe also, you just have to know the right people and that's it.

[andywend]

There aren't anywhere near enough organs as compared to the number of people who need them.

The politically correct crowd and their "holier than thou" attitude of frowning upon the idea of paying people to donate their organs is a major reason for the shortage.

If some rich fat cat needs a kidney transplant and is willing to pay a million dollars or more for a suitable donor, why not allow someone else who is down on his luck to take advantage of the situation financially and donate one of their kidneys.

Its a win-win situation for all parties involved.

The only reason why its illegal to sell your organs is because liberal democrats keep whining about how it might hurt the poor who need transplants.

The federal government needs to keep its nose out of the private affairs of individuals.

Unfortunately, there is no chance of that happening right now with the socialist trash occupying the White House and controlling both houses of congress.

[Iwinyourmoney]

90k cash, untaxed, and in a clean nice hospital

[iceminers26]

How can you live without one of your kidneys?


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Mark A.W. Andrews, associate professor of physiology at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, provides the following explanation:
This is an excellent question, especially because kidney disease and kidney transplants are so common (approximately 10,000 to 15,000 Americans receive kidney transplants each year). Most humans are born with two kidneys as the functional components of what is called the renal system, which also includes two ureters, a bladder and a urethra. The kidneys have many functions, including regulating blood pressure, producing red blood cells, activating vitamin D and producing some glucose. Most evidently, however, the kidneys filter body fluids via the bloodstream to regulate and optimize their amount, composition, pH and osmotic pressure. Excess water, electrolytes, nitrogen and other wastes get excreted as urine. These functions maintain and optimize the "milieu interieur" (internal environment) of the body--the fluids in which our cells live.
Life is incompatible with a lack of kidney function (though hemodialysis can act as a substitute). But unlike the case with most other organs, we are born with an overabundant--or overengineered--kidney capacity. Indeed, a single kidney with only 75 percent of its functional capacity can sustain life very well.
This overengineering supplies us with 1.2 million of the basic functional filtering element, the microscopic nephron, in each kidney. Nephrons are tiny tubes that filter the blood plasma, adjust and then return optimized fluid to the body. Under most conditions, though totaling only a few pounds, the kidneys receive about 20 percent of all the blood pumped from the heart. Each day, about 120 liters of fluid and particles enter into the nephron to be filtered.
If only one kidney is present, that kidney can adjust to filter as much as two kidneys would normally. In such a situation, the nephrons compensate individually by increasing in size--a process known as hypertrophy--to handle the extra load. This happens with no adverse effects, even over years. In fact, if one functional kidney is missing from birth, the other kidney can grow to reach a size similar to the combined weight of two kidneys (about one pound).
The kidneys filter this large amount of fluid on a daily basis because nephrons are fairly indiscriminant filters, removing all contents from the blood except for larger proteins and cells. The nephrons, however, are extremely accomplished in processing the filtrate and substances critical to survival--such as water, glucose, amino acids and electrolytes, which are actively reabsorbed into the blood. The water and waste (including urea and creatinine, acids, bases, toxins and drug metabolites) that remain in the nephrons become urine.
In addition to being able to support life with only one kidney, the renal system has other safeguards. Although nephrons stop functioning at a rate of 1 percent per year after 40 years of age, the remaining nephrons tend to enlarge and fully compensate for this demise. Evidence strongly suggests that living kidney donors are highly unlikely to develop significant long-term detrimental effects to their health, as illustrated by donors whose renal function has been assessed for up to 30 years following donation. The main problems with donors are rare instances of complications having to do with the surgery, not the lack of the kidney.