tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post4815478929723113836..comments2024-03-28T14:30:35.655-04:00Comments on The Abode of McThag: GrimAngus McThaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-76370178291789243292016-04-22T02:35:08.789-04:002016-04-22T02:35:08.789-04:00Ok,my wife had maybe 45 -60 days to live when she ...Ok,my wife had maybe 45 -60 days to live when she got her transplant. If I get 5 years, I'll take it. We've been together27 years and I'm not ready to let her go. Yeah, I'm broke and in hock to the gills, but I've got my wife. And yes,it was down to days.I'll take it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606449443058466194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-68878055669141415372016-04-21T18:42:26.862-04:002016-04-21T18:42:26.862-04:00I remember reading that 5 years is the average tis...I remember reading that 5 years is the average tissue replacement time in the human body, so it could be that if the tissue wasn't rejected by then, it was honorary birth tissue. <br /><br />To be fair I read it outside a biology class, so it could be non-science crap, or averaged with stomach lining making a really dumb number. Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-14522389542698346352016-04-21T11:01:55.534-04:002016-04-21T11:01:55.534-04:00I know that they do five year survival for cancers...I know that they do five year survival for cancers because by five years, a cancer patient's chance of getting cancer goes down to the same as pretty much everyone's. Could it be the same reasoning for transplants? By five years, their chances of organ failure goes down to background. <br /><br />Considering the nasty immunosuppressants they put transplant patients on, it's rough to guess. <br /><br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.com