Do living people donate their hands?! - Off-Topic

#1 Posted by Aegon (3511 posts) - 3 months, 21 days ago

So in this article, a soldier received new hands for a transplant from a donor. At first I thought the donor must be dead, but then a quote from the soldier relates how he's also received bone marrow from the patient in order to prevent rejection. That seems strange and the way it's phrased makes me unsure of whether the person is alive or dead. Is such a thing done?

#2 Posted by Demoskinos (8973 posts) - 3 months, 21 days ago

I'd donate my hands if it meant I could get bad-ass Adam Jensen arms.

#3 Edited by Zomgfruitbunnies (377 posts) - 3 months, 21 days ago

If all participating parties are willing, something could possibly be arranged, I guess.

But I wouldn't give up my arms while alive for anything.

Well, maybe almost anything.

EDIT: In this particular story, I'm going to guess the two procedures were conducted either in a single session or close succession. The article didn't specify.

#4 Edited by audioBusting (493 posts) - 3 months, 21 days ago

The article did say "from the same donor", so I'm going to guess that it's a dying person who's donating as many organs as they can.

edit: I found this, another hand transplant case but pretty much what I said.

oh I didn't read that properly the person died months before the transplant so probably a dead person donated those organs.

#5 Posted by I_Stay_Puft (1039 posts) - 3 months, 21 days ago

Yes, yes they do. Just yesterday I donated 10 of my newly grown hands to "Caring Hands."

#6 Posted by bennyboy (286 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

no because how would they choke the chicken if you know what im sayin

#7 Posted by killacam (1131 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

Ideal age to donate one's hands?

#8 Posted by mandude (2520 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

I read the same news on the BBC, and I think it said that the donor was dead.

#9 Posted by Colourful_Hippie (2611 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@Demoskinos said:

I'd donate my hands if it meant I could get bad-ass Adam Jensen arms.

#10 Posted by ImmortalSaiyan (4186 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

I doubt someone would donate their hands. Those are kind of important.

#11 Posted by RollingZeppelin (1364 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

I'm pretty sure it is not legal for a doctor to amputate a living person's arm and transplant it. Also, you can harvest bone marrow from a dead person, it's not like it instantly disappears as soon as they're dead.

#12 Edited by believer258 (7839 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

The person whose hands were donated was most likely dead, but there are people who have willingly had limbs amputated, or at least want their limbs amputated.

#13 Posted by MarkWahlberg (3958 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

I think the dude was still already dead. Probably separate donations, hands post-mortem. Not sure what the shelf life is on bone marrow.

#14 Posted by ShaggE (4430 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

Jewel doesn't seem to think so.

#15 Posted by Ravenlight (7044 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@believer258 said:

The person whose hands were donated was most likely dead, but there are people who have willingly had limbs amputated, or at least want their limbs amputated.

I can tell I'm going to be lost in Wikipedia for a few hours just based on that link.

#16 Posted by believer258 (7839 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@Ravenlight said:

@believer258 said:
The person whose hands were donated was most likely dead, but there are people who have willingly had limbs amputated, or at least want their limbs amputated.
I can tell I'm going to be lost in Wikipedia for a few hours just based on that link.

Isn't knowledge grand?

#17 Posted by Hitchenson (4579 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@Demoskinos said:

I'd donate my hands if it meant I could get bad-ass Adam Jensen arms.

Totally.

#18 Posted by SirOptimusPrime (1555 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@Colourful_Hippie said:

@Demoskinos said:
I'd donate my hands if it meant I could get bad-ass Adam Jensen arms.

#19 Posted by Brodehouse (7119 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@Demoskinos said:

I'd donate my hands if it meant I could get bad-ass Adam Jensen arms.

Well now when it happens you won't be able to say you didn't ask for it.

#20 Posted by Jimbo (8850 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

Is this a serious question? Have you donated your brain?

#21 Posted by Demoskinos (8973 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@Brodehouse said:

@Demoskinos said:
I'd donate my hands if it meant I could get bad-ass Adam Jensen arms.
Well now when it happens you won't be able to say you didn't ask for it.

HA!

#22 Posted by Fattony12000 (4377 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

Give them a round of a hands.

#23 Posted by downtime58 (218 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

Of course. What else am I supposed to do with the hands that grow out of my back.

#24 Posted by Icemo (535 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@believer258 said:

@Ravenlight said:
@believer258 said:
The person whose hands were donated was most likely dead, but there are people who have willingly had limbs amputated, or at least want their limbs amputated.
I can tell I'm going to be lost in Wikipedia for a few hours just based on that link.
Isn't knowledge grand?

I feel violated after reading the paraphilia wikipage.

#25 Posted by living4theday258 (585 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@Demoskinos said:

I'd donate my hands if it meant I could get bad-ass Adam Jensen arms.

nuff said.

#26 Posted by Kerned (1119 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@Jimbo said:

Is this a serious question? Have you donated your brain?

Amen. What the hell, people?

#27 Posted by MikkaQ (9709 posts) - 3 months, 19 days ago

You wouldn't want my hands, trust me. You don't know where they've been.