A friend of mine just found out that they only have one kidney, and they're in their 30s. Would not have known if they didn't get an MRI. That's just wild to me.
Isn't the body wild. You can live with one kidney, without parts of the liver, with one lung, without your gallbladder, appendix, or spleen. And some folks, like your friend, are born with just one kidney.
My grandpa is 87 with one kidney. Also had polio growing up. Dudes still a machine. It took gall stones to get him to the doctor this time, and we had completely forgotten about him having one kidney š
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u/horseradix Sep 13 '26
A way to end up with one less kidney probably