fickle: (almost human)
Fickle ([personal profile] fickle) wrote2005-02-02 11:12 pm

Slightly weird question that I need help with.

Not to freak you all out or anything, but does anyone know a good, reliable place to sell a kidney?

I mean, I wouldn't want to do it black market because I'd be scared of them deciding to just take both and kill me while I'm anaesthesized, but at the same time, I'm pretty sure that selling organs (even your own) is illegal in America so I'm having a hard time coming up with somewhere safe to perform an operation like that. I heard that one guy tried advertising on eBay but it got yanked, so that's out of the question anyway. Oh, and I'm also assuming that if I did it on a patient-client basis (I find someone willing to pay for one of my kidneys), that the patient would pay for the operation.

Of course, problem being that I'd have no clue where to find such a person.

So, I thought that I'd ask you guys instead.

*prods her flist for help*

My blood type is O+ if that helps any.

[identity profile] fickle-goddess.livejournal.com 2005-02-02 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Mhm, I was thinking that would be a problem as well. Though, if someone showed up obviously willing to sell off a kidney, they could run the tests to make sure that person was clean and if the person was there and alive, they could testify it had nothing to do with foul play, and just to do with them wanting quick money.

...A plane ticket to India would wipe out most of the money you'd get from selling the kidney. Besides, the money you'd get there would be less.

Thanks for the help though!

[identity profile] kimetara.livejournal.com 2005-02-02 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome, I was just kidding about going to India. =p And...you could try that, but I think you'd have a hard time convincing them unless they were really short on kidneys. Couldn't hurt if you have the time though, I suppose.

[identity profile] fickle-goddess.livejournal.com 2005-02-02 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
lol, yeah, but it might be a little embarrassing to stand around begging someone to take your kidney... Still though, if people can bid uptop $5,000 on eBay for a kidney, obviously there's a need for it.