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Should I feel hurt or am I being selfish?
Need some advise or at least someone else perspective on my situation....
Three years ago I was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney disease. Over those three years my kidney functions decreased more and more and this past December I was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Failure. The doctors said that I would need a Kidney transplant and in the meantime will have to start dialysis treatments until I find a donor for the transplant. I was put on the national organ transplant list but was told that the wait could be anywhere between 2-6 years for a kidney. My sister and my best friend volunteered to be tested to see if they were a match to donate a kidney to me. My bff was tested but not a match. My sister was tested and she was a perfect match. After she found out she was a match she went ahead with all the other test to make sure she was healthy enough to be a donor. All test were coming out fine and we were both excited. She started testing back in February and we were looking at possibly having the transplant done by late March or early April if all went well. At first she was doing everything right away, getting all necessary test done but then things started to slow down. Then summer came and all of the sudden she didn't have time to proceed with the last phase of the process to become a donor. I would ask her how it was going and she will just say that she needs to schedule time to do the rest of the testing but she couldn't find the time. She tells me she doesn't have the time yet she took 2 weeks off of work to go on vacation and takes a day off here and there to go to water parks and amusement parks. On top of that she volunteered to help out a friend coordinate her wedding which takes alot of her time as well. How do you tell me you have no time yet you have time for all of these other things? I'm starting to believe she doesn't want to go ahead with the transplant anymore. I'm hurt because if that's the case she should just tell me instead of leaving me in limbo.
3 Answers
- House825Lv 78 years ago
I had a kidney and pancreas transplant in 2005. Your sister is not being fair to you. If she has changed her mind, she needs to tell you. I assume she does understand that you need this transplant sooner rather than later, and she can't just take her time. If my family member had needed one, and I had been committed to being the donor, all the tests would have been done so that we could see if you were a match, and scheduled your transplant asap, hopefully before you had to start dialysis.
It seems like something has happened, and maybe she's gotten scared about surgery, or somebody told her some kind of myth about organ donation. I hope maybe you can sit down and talk with her one day when she's in a good mood. I sure hope this works out. How sad that a sister who so far is a perfect match would rather go out and do fun things instead of keep you off a dialysis machine.
- 8 years ago
I personally think you should ask her if she's still okay with going through with the procedure. If she says she is then reschedule times together and make sure she is completely free, maybe have someone else there to confirm that she said she can do it for a certain time. Otherwise i would suggest you leave her be and work on finding a good transplant and focus on anything positive. Make a bucket list and try to complete as much as you can. I really hope you get your transplant, Good Luck! xx
- Anonymous8 years ago
Its your sisters kidney so she can do whatever she wants but i agree she should tell you. It seems to me she doesnt want to give her kidney up so tell her with a serious face that she does have time and if she doesnt want to give her kidney up to tell you and not keep you waiting because you could be looking for other people to donate their kidney