I’ve had an organ donor card in my wallet for as long as I can remember and I’ve always made it very clear to my loved ones that I want all my organs to be used when I die.

My question is, given that I only need one kidney, would it be better if I were to donate the other one right away rather than after my inevitable demise?

Obviously, my organs won’t be used in the unlikely event that I die in some unrecoverable way, like being lost at sea or something. And there’s always the possibility that a close relative might need a kidney at some point, so I should arguably save it for them.

Is there some other reason to do it now?

  • n0x0n@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    You’ve got 2 kidneys. You generously give one to someone in need.

    You have 1 kidney. You now have a single point of failure, where you had redundancy before.

    IT guy here, just in case that might have gibt unnoticed.