Have you ever noticed that the survival rates for major organ transplants often give numbers out to five years, but rarely beyond that?
I sometimes wonder if the quality of life is worth it. You're going to start pretty damned sick or you wouldn't be looking at a transplant; then the time post-op is also very miserable and recovery is often stated in terms of years.
Like half of the rest of your life if five years is often the limit.
Patients getting much past five years must be remarkable because the positive and upbeat sites advocating transplants never remark on it. "Needing a transplant must be depressing enough, so let's not dash their hopes."
A factor in this could easily be that really young people don't often need transplants. Young people (on motorcycles) provide transplants...
I sometimes wonder if the quality of life is worth it. You're going to start pretty damned sick or you wouldn't be looking at a transplant; then the time post-op is also very miserable and recovery is often stated in terms of years.
Like half of the rest of your life if five years is often the limit.
Patients getting much past five years must be remarkable because the positive and upbeat sites advocating transplants never remark on it. "Needing a transplant must be depressing enough, so let's not dash their hopes."
A factor in this could easily be that really young people don't often need transplants. Young people (on motorcycles) provide transplants...