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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:12 AM Original message |
Woman undergoes face transplant in Cleveland |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think it's gotta be weird, too |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. This just takes some getting used to. |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. My aunt was a tissue donor |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. The skin is THE "major organ"! n/t |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 03:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. And it's the largest organ. |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. .... |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Everything you just mentioned, including skin IS an organ. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. My dad had a kidney transplant, too. How's your dad doing? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. He died six years ago |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I wouldn't have shared this if your dad were still living, but mine died |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Mine technically died of cancer, too |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. One of the cool things about being an organ donor |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Yeah, it's weird how that happens sometimes |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder if anyone who knew the person whose face it used to be will notice? |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Unless her bone structure is identical to the donor's, the "face" won't look the same. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. I've got cadaver tendon holding my AC joint together. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. Why would someone need/undergo a facial transplant in the first place? n/t |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Many reasons |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Awwww....MJ is *messed up* for sure |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Two right off the bat... cancer or burns. n/t |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. I knew a woman who was shot in the face by an ex-boyfriend. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. didn't any of you see the movie Face/Off |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. But can we use it on Sarah? |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. Unfortunately, the donor was Joan Rivers |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. ROFL - that's a joke worthy of Jay Leno. nt |
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