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@nypara66

I would NEVER knowingly donate something that I knew was possibly unsafe for anyone. My husband is also a transplant recipient. He had a liver transplant. I’m happy yours was not given the Hep C kidney. That is unbelievable that that even happened. On a good note, they can now cure Hep C but the meds are 80k. I truly think my doctor just wanted me to “Dump” my blood before my final diagnosis because my hematocrit and platelets were crazy high. Insurance won’t cover phlebotomies until deemed medically necessary, meaning I had to have the diagnosis first.

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@nypara66 My husband's donor did not have Hep C. It turned out the other kidney recipient from the same donor, had latent Hep C, that was stirred up when he got his new kidney! So, the transplant team tested everyone to find where that hep c case came from.
Ginger