By: Casey Fisher

Casey Fisher — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:13:42 +0000

Well I’ll tell you what your assumption would be correct with me. But you must wonder why so many people who should recieve lung transplants decide that they dont want to deal with it in any way. well because 50% of lung transplant recipeints die anyways. Now if this could help increase the chances of survival I can guarantee that people like me who will one day innevitably be on that donor list will be more willing to choose life over death with lighter amount of complications. Also note that anybody under the age of 18 who recieves a transplant has about a .02% chance of living for 1 whole year after recieving the donation. Can you imagine how much hope parents could have if this increased the chances of survivability for Children. my hat goes off to this doctors discovery if it really does help with these things. I have Cystic Fibrosis I would like my chances to be better in the long run.

By: jko423

jko423 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:01:15 +0000

I agree. A patient with no options, facing hours to days of life left, would most likely pick complications than assured death if given the choice.

By: Dr Doctor

Dr Doctor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:21:58 +0000

Even if there is side effects, the benefits defidently outweigh the negatives. I think if a person on their deathbed had a choice between death and possible complications, then they would take the risk.

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