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I successfully went through two stages of compatibility testing when a good acquaintance of mine needed a kidney. His sister finally stepped up. That was back in the mid 90's. The idea of being a live donor has been with me a long time.

March 17/23 marked the end of the Sunset clause on MAiD MD-SUM C, but the feds postponed it. I did apply anyway. On November 25/23: I had a plastic bag over my head and emptied a canister of helium in it (I hoped to just pass out, but I still had the panic effect of CO2 build-up.). Since it is likely I will die by suicide before MD-SUM C becomes available, all my organs will go to waste. So, I applied to donate a kidney. I was turned down: initially, they said it was because of MAiD: "You can give your organs then." I said MD-SUM C does not exist: you are refusing me for a reason that does not exist. (In the Netherlands, the equivalent of MDSUMC has a 95% refusal rate: What happens to those people? To me, if/when I finally get there?) They replied that they also refuse me because of a history of kidney stones. We had previously dealt with that issue: I passed them naturally. And those 2 times were before I got tested for compatibility.

Is there a "review" committee? I sent the email exchange to the Kidney Foundation... Nothing.

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