I agree. I do not want to have to take drugs to suppress my immune system to avoid rejection of the cochleas. When you think about the pros and the cons of a cochlea transplants, the cons outnumber the pros largely due to the necessity of having to take immune suppressants. Uh, no thanks!
A CI is just so much more simpler. No anti-rejection drugs, thus no worrying about getting sick, less susceptible to serious infections, etc. With a CI you pretty much have to only worry about meningitis and the general ear infections. Meningitis can be easily avoided for the most part with vaccinations and the general ear infections can be taken care of with antibiotics.
With a cochlea transplant you would need:
*more complicated surgery to transplant the delicate cochlea
*anti-rejection/immune suppressants drugs that can make you sick and more susceptible to many serious infections because the drugs makes your immune system weaker in order to prevent it from rejecting the cochleas or any other organ transplants
*constant monitoring as is common with many organ transplants
*very expensive over the entire lifetime due to the meds and the constant monitoring and any problems that can most likely pop up as a result of a organ transplant as is common with a kidney or heart transplant. And I'm not talking about $60 grand....I'm talking like $500,000 or even more because this would be so fucking complicated!
*the pros of this surgery beyond just restoring hearing is yet unknown
*there would be so much research that still have to be done before even thinking about doing a trial
*I highly doubt the FDA would approve this procedure based on the given fact that cochlear implants work quite well in many cases and therefore cochlea transplants are not needed.
*It's simply not necessary anyway - it does not save your life.
*you're not going to die if you don't get a cochlea transplant anyway - you also won't be tied to a machine 3 or 4 times a week for 3-4 hours at a time like you would be if you were a kidney failure patient who is most definitely in need of a kidney transplant like my friend N.S. who has been on dialysis for 15 years, ever since she was 10.
*YOU DO NOT NEED A COCHLEA TRANSPLANT. IT'S JUST FUCKING SILLY. END OF STORY. :roll:
Why are you asking us about drphil's state of mind today? Wrong thread, maybe?
