tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121281971913982162.post8826251635537815325..comments2023-07-27T11:14:36.631-04:00Comments on Team Teddy Bear: an open letterBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02683255143632698707noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121281971913982162.post-33487670085354240472009-11-30T20:22:40.723-05:002009-11-30T20:22:40.723-05:00Hi, Miriam. Thanks for the pointer. I think that...Hi, Miriam. Thanks for the pointer. I <b>think</b> that the National Kidney Registry is exactly where I will end up being registered once I have completed this initial process. According to the handout I received last week from the transplant center:<br /><br />"One way to help solve this problem [of incompatable donors] is to enter the incompatible donor and recipient into a larger pool of other incompatible donor and recipient pairs. Then, patients are matched to donors with whom they are compatible. One such pool is the National Kidney Registry, with whom NYP-Weill Cornell has worked." <br /><br />The handout goes on to also mention a Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program of UNOS which they are also a part of.<br /><br />From what I am reading, I am inferring that the transplant center itself will coordinate a lot of this for me, but I will check to be certain. What I should also ask about is whether or not it makes sense to pursue other paired donation registries that perhaps the transplant center does not work directly with (assuming there are others, that is).Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683255143632698707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121281971913982162.post-29137946947444540182009-11-30T20:05:05.880-05:002009-11-30T20:05:05.880-05:00Bob,
Check out the National Kidney Registry if you...Bob,<br />Check out the National Kidney Registry if you haven't already:<br /><br />www.kidneyregistry.orgMiriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508291632773592119noreply@blogger.com