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saviorofthebroken
· 9 years ago
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Eyeless jack?
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thethirdi
· 9 years ago
This is true I only have one kidney :)
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calmthelovelytits
· 9 years ago
I had an air mattress out for my friend for a sleepover once. Slept on the thing for the next week.
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misakiusui
· 9 years ago
I have my bed and two mattresses (is that the plural form?^^) just so that I could invite friends over anytime. Also I use it the two mattresses as my reading corner :)
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lindsmolinari
· 9 years ago
technicly, you do need both your kidneys. nature didn't put in the second one just because she had a spare sitting on the top shelf.
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gunnerwolf
· 9 years ago
It's mostly there as a failsafe should one kidney fail. However it is true that kidney performance in your body is much better when both are functional.
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thethirdi
· 9 years ago
That's me...
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lindsmolinari
· 9 years ago
It's quite rare for only one kidney to fail, usually in chronic or acute kidney degeneration both go out of function so it's really not just a spare one and the one that does all the work, they both work together. One kidney would fail in cases of some acute inflammation, particularly retrograde inflammation coming from the ureters.
thethirdi
· 9 years ago
Mine failed to form. My mom says that the kidney I do have is a bit larger than normal. She is a nurse so I want to believe her but I have my doubts. I'm not one for anatomy though.
lindsmolinari
· 9 years ago
Then you probably have some sort of renal hypoplasia or aplasia if you were born with a bigger kidney and a non-functional one. I'm happy to know you're okay though. Prooves our bodies are really fascinating for being able to compensate all kinds of things.
thethirdi
· 9 years ago
Yea. I know for a fact that I only have one floating around in me but they day will come when it fails me
lindsmolinari
· 9 years ago
I really really hope that day never comes. Your body could very well learn how to live with just one, specially if you try to live as healthy as possible.
thethirdi
· 9 years ago
Well I've survived 20 years with one and haven't seen a problem arise so I'm going good lol.
bad_wolf_9
· 9 years ago
Especially if they're the wrong color.
