I spent some time on hold with the good folks at Emory University Hospital today. While I'm waiting to talk with Nuclear Medicine about my treatment options I am subjected to a number of adds. Do I suffer from uterine fibroids? Am I a 40 year old male in need of a prostrate screening? Fine, good, whatever... I'd rather not listen to this prattle but I can at least tune it out. Then comes another add....Are you a woman between the ages of 21 and 34? (As a matter of fact I am.) And just what are the good folks at Emory suggesting to me based on that? Well they think it would be swell if I'd sell my eggs to infertile couples at their baby making center. They would even pay me up to $6000 for my effort.
I don't know what is scarier. That they would subject someone to an advertisement seeking their eggs....or that they would suggest someone on hold discussing radioactive treatment options should be the donor. No couple in their right mind would want my eggs...and I'd run screaming if I new they were being solicited this way.