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Considering you don't even have the courage to post your real name and
e-mail, and your address being anonymous, I think this is nothing more than
a bunch of tripe. not that these things may indeed happen, but do have the
courtesy, and the cohones to show who you are rather than hiding behind a
wall of anonymity.

Care to cite which dialysis unit, transplant center, state, etc? You get the
picture?

Unless of course your John Birch Society membership doesn't allow you to do
such things. Of course, if this is all BS, which I suspect it is, take your
xenophobia elsewhere.

--
David Spiro EMT-P


Liver transplant recipient- 8/1/97
RECYCLE YOURSELF! BE AN ORGAN DONOR!

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled
was convincing the world he didn't exist."
                                Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey)
                                The Usual Suspects

Kidney Patient wrote in message ...
>This is a true story about how a recent immigrant to this country leaped
>ahead of his fellow patients on the cadaveric transplant list and grabbed
>the brass ring while citizens continue to wait.
>
>A staff member at the dialysis unit remarked that Mr. .... received a
>cadaveric transplant last week after only a year on the waiting list in a
>part of the country where the traditional cadaveric kidney wait time is
>normally 5-7 years.
>
>Now as a fellow patient I know a little bit about Mr. ....  He arrived in
>the U.S. about two years ago from a Middle Eastern country to join family
>members already here under the "family unification" provisions of  U.S.
>immigration law.  As Mr. .... was unemployed and basically indigent, all of
>his medical costs related to dialysis, ongoing treatment, and ultimately
>transplantation were paid for by the state of ..  His anti-rejection
>medication and follow-up will continue to be paid for by the state of ..
>
>Now as I and other fellow transplant wait listed patients trudge off to
work
>each day, pay our taxes, and attempt to lead lives as normal as possible
>despite the problems associated with end stage renal disease,  people like
>Mr. .... who have never worked a day in this country and contribute
>absolutely nothing to it receive the ultimate second chance courtesy of
>taxpayers and patients like you and me.  Americans wait and wonder if the
>"call" will ever come while foreigners like Mr. ... live well at taxpayer
>expense.
>
>Now just another fact for you...Mr. ....'s blood type is the same as mine,
>I have been listed longer and I am a citizen of this country.  Diversity is
>a wonderful thing for the rest of the world...if you happen to be an
>ordinary American its not such a good thing.
>
>

On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:40:29 -0800, "Kidney Patient" <anon@anon.com>
wrote:

>This is a true story about how a recent immigrant to this country leaped
>ahead of his fellow patients on the cadaveric transplant list and grabbed
>the brass ring while citizens continue to wait.


Perhaps you can point us to your source for this story?  A link,
perhaps?

Mara

There is a whole lot more to be matched than just blood type when you get a
transplant.   So you can't use the argument that just because you were the
same blood type as he was that you should have gotten the transplant.  If
that were the case it would have been wasted because you would have rejected
it immediately if not very shortly because obviously he was a better match
since he received it.

Celeste

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"Kidney Patient" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message
news:Ldkm6.748$vx6.154982@news.pacbell.net...
| This is a true story about how a recent immigrant to this country leaped
| ahead of his fellow patients on the cadaveric transplant list and grabbed
| the brass ring while citizens continue to wait.
|
| A staff member at the dialysis unit remarked that Mr. .... received a
| cadaveric transplant last week after only a year on the waiting list in a
| part of the country where the traditional cadaveric kidney wait time is
| normally 5-7 years.
|
| Now as a fellow patient I know a little bit about Mr. ....  He arrived in
| the U.S. about two years ago from a Middle Eastern country to join family
| members already here under the "family unification" provisions of  U.S.
| immigration law.  As Mr. .... was unemployed and basically indigent, all
of
| his medical costs related to dialysis, ongoing treatment, and ultimately
| transplantation were paid for by the state of ..  His anti-rejection
| medication and follow-up will continue to be paid for by the state of ..
|
| Now as I and other fellow transplant wait listed patients trudge off to
work
| each day, pay our taxes, and attempt to lead lives as normal as possible
| despite the problems associated with end stage renal disease,  people like
| Mr. .... who have never worked a day in this country and contribute
| absolutely nothing to it receive the ultimate second chance courtesy of
| taxpayers and patients like you and me.  Americans wait and wonder if the
| "call" will ever come while foreigners like Mr. ... live well at taxpayer
| expense.
|
| Now just another fact for you...Mr. ....'s blood type is the same as mine,
| I have been listed longer and I am a citizen of this country.  Diversity
is
| a wonderful thing for the rest of the world...if you happen to be an
| ordinary American its not such a good thing.
|
|

Sounds like a bad case of Sour Grapes.

Judanne
Enjoy better Health, more Money & Time Working from Home:
www.wellthmaker.com/ja
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http://users.penn.com/~brionc

"Kidney Patient" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message
news:Ldkm6.748$vx6.154982@news.pacbell.net...
> This is a true story about how a recent immigrant to this country leaped
> ahead of his fellow patients on the cadaveric transplant list and grabbed
> the brass ring while citizens continue to wait.
>
> A staff member at the dialysis unit remarked that Mr. .... received a
> cadaveric transplant last week after only a year on the waiting list in a
> part of the country where the traditional cadaveric kidney wait time is
> normally 5-7 years.
>
> Now as a fellow patient I know a little bit about Mr. ....  He arrived in
> the U.S. about two years ago from a Middle Eastern country to join family
> members already here under the "family unification" provisions of  U.S.
> immigration law.  As Mr. .... was unemployed and basically indigent, all
of
> his medical costs related to dialysis, ongoing treatment, and ultimately
> transplantation were paid for by the state of ..  His anti-rejection
> medication and follow-up will continue to be paid for by the state of ..
>
> Now as I and other fellow transplant wait listed patients trudge off to
work
> each day, pay our taxes, and attempt to lead lives as normal as possible
> despite the problems associated with end stage renal disease,  people like
> Mr. .... who have never worked a day in this country and contribute
> absolutely nothing to it receive the ultimate second chance courtesy of
> taxpayers and patients like you and me.  Americans wait and wonder if the
> "call" will ever come while foreigners like Mr. ... live well at taxpayer
> expense.
>
> Now just another fact for you...Mr. ....'s blood type is the same as mine,
> I have been listed longer and I am a citizen of this country.  Diversity
is
> a wonderful thing for the rest of the world...if you happen to be an
> ordinary American its not such a good thing.
>
>