I'm Dr. Dinee Simpson, abdominal transplant surgeon, and I'm here today to answer your questions from the internet.
This is Transplant Support.
@MrAnni11 asks, "How much do you think I can get for my kidneys? I suddenly need money."
In the United States, getting money or any other type of gift, or coercion to donate is illegal.
You cannot get a raise, you can't get a brand new car, you can't get a house, you can't get a money gift to donate an organ.
We don't want people to feel pressured to donate their organs.
And actually, in the case of living donation, when a living donor comes forward to any transplant center thinking about donation, they actually have to meet separately with a psychiatrist and a living donor advocate to determine if there is any coercion going on behind the scenes.
Unfortunately, outside of the United States, that's not always true.
Coercion, or even deception to donate organs is fairly common.
A Reddit user asks, "How long does the process of liver transplant last from when the doctors decide to go the liver transplant route to the actual surgery?"
