Max needs a kidney

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 20th, 2008

Got a bulletin from comedian/friend Max Alexander:

It’s 100 per cent safe and healthy to donate a kidney– Google to find out– and it will give me back my life to help others and to make people laugh. Almost impossible to do on dialysis. Please spread the word. Giving me the gift of life will be greatly appreciated in many ways. My insurance covers every thing. Please spread the word if you don’t mind.

Sincerely,
Max

Contact Max via his Myspace profile.


That’s Max on the left, with Joey Elias. (From JFL 2006)

He speaks the truth. From the New England Journal of Medicine:

In the five decades since the first renal transplantation from a living donor took place, in 1954, donating a kidney has become common; according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, 6647 people became living kidney donors in the United States in 2004. Indeed, donating a kidney is sufficiently safe that the emotional benefits to the donor generally far outweigh the risks. During my career as a pediatric nephrologist, I have discussed kidney donation with scores of potential donors, helping the transplantation team to explain to the potential recipient and donor the procedure and its associated risks and benefits.

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