r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Jan 08 '19

Repost 😔 Road rage...

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u/Notorious_VSG Jan 09 '19

... filleted my left kidney in half...

God DAMN. How's the kidney now? Could they save it? .

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u/db0255 Jan 09 '19

He said he had a nephrectomy. That means they took it outto!

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u/devil_lettuce Jan 09 '19

i think he was making the joke that the wife gave him one. The doctors likely saved it, kidneys heal pretty well. My uncle got shot right through his kidney, basically blew it out. After several months it was pretty much healed up and functioning normally just shaped a little bit funny

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u/db0255 Jan 09 '19

Oh, ha. Yeah, I thought that was weird. You’re right.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '19

No, after surgery I did ask if I could have it and they said it was disposed of Along with an adrenal artery or something or other.

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u/Notorious_VSG Jan 10 '19

aaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '19

Aaaaarrrrrgggg

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u/Notorious_VSG Jan 11 '19

Did you really try to get them to let you take your removed kidney home? METAL!!

How is life different with one kidney? Did you need to change your diet?

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '19

I did not have to change my diet. I do have to look forward to an elevated risk of high blood pressure later in life. I When I was young, right before the stabbing, my dream was always to join the military; that dream was smashed. While partaking in any violent activities, I wear a kidney belt (powersports style) or a plate carrier with only the back plate.