Bean's Donation

[AQH]

With everyone hyper-focused on Kokomo, KCMQ and expressing outrage over Christmas music, there is a story that deserves more attention, but hasn't been mentioned yet.

http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/bean-376448-mason-one.html

In a story by Orange County Register columnist Gary Lycan, longtime alternative KROQ, Los Angeles morning show co-star Gene “Bean” Baxter of the Kevin & Bean show, announced to listeners that he’s going to miss some time over the next couple of weeks as he’ll be having one of his kidneys removed and donated to CBS Radio engineer Scott Mason.

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Good on Bean for doing that, couldn't ask for a better Christmas gift.


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[345palm]

Bean (Gene Baxter) has done his part of the KROQ morning show via satellite from the Seattle area for years. He's well-known and admired among the local radio community here.

 

[xmtrland]

Correct me if I'm wrong. Gene does his show from Vashon Island, via ISDN. Satellite would have way to much delay to do an effective morning show participation.

 

[Bongwater]

Kudos to Bean. The gift of life is an amazing thing.......

 

[bean9]

Thank you for the mention AQH.

I am happy for the opportunity to raise awareness about the plight of those on the organ donation waiting lists in this country. It's insane that folks are dying (a lot of them) while perfectly usable kidneys, hearts, livers and lungs are being wasted and buried, or cremated.


If anyone is interested in reading more about scott mason's and my surgery, coming up on the 13th, here is my post on kroq.com:

http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2012/11/01/kroqs-bean-on-why-i-am-giving-up-a-kidney/


You say you don't read? Here is my appearance on TMZ Live from Friday:

http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_g4on6ajj/


Miss Tom Leykis? The Professor had me on Friday also. Here's that audio:

http://soundcloud.com/bean9/clyde-tombaugh-tls-nov-02-2012


Or, I am fine if you ignore all that and just go to OrganDonor.gov and sign up to be an organ donor, living
or dead. And please give blood.

Thank you.

Bean

With everyone hyper-focused on Kokomo, KCMQ and expressing outrage over Christmas music, there is a story that deserves more attention, but hasn't been mentioned yet.

http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/bean-376448-mason-one.html

In a story by Orange County Register columnist Gary Lycan, longtime alternative KROQ, Los Angeles morning show co-star Gene “Bean” Baxter of the Kevin & Bean show, announced to listeners that he’s going to miss some time over the next couple of weeks as he’ll be having one of his kidneys removed and donated to CBS Radio engineer Scott Mason.

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Good on Bean for doing that, couldn't ask for a better Christmas gift.


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[EngrFred]

I was an Engineer at CBS Radio in Los Angeles for nearly ten years. For the last five of those years I had the privelege of working with the KROQ Morning Show. For the entire ten years, Scott Mason was my boss. Under Scott I also worked with KLSX/KAMP, KCBS-FM, KRTH. and KTWV.

Scott was the best boss I ever had in my thirty-five years of Radio and TV Engineering experience. He is just a straight-up, decent human being who always treated me with respect and dignity. Of course we occasionally had our differences of opinion as to how a job ought to be done. But the end result was always a good solution, balancing quality, scheduling, and budget.

Unfortunately in February 2011 my career came to an abrupt and unplanned end when, like Scott, I was diagnosed with kidney failure. Mine was related to a rare cancer of the bones and blood marrow. Later last year after getting out of the hospital, I moved to Northern California, my original home. Thanks to radiation treatments, chemotherapy, and dialysis I am clinging to life, but it's honestly not much fun.

There is a glimmer of hope, in the form of a wonderful lady named Deidre, who has volunteered to be a "Living Donor" and give up one of her kidneys for me. The truth is, almost anyone can live just fine with one kidney. And, should a Living Donor ever need a transplant, he or she automatically goes to the front of the line for a donor kidney.

I cannot receive the transplant unless and until my cancer stays in remission for at least a year. Right now, that doesn't look too likely. But, there's always hope. Miracles do happen.

Please listen to ny friend Bean and consider organ donation, if not as a Living Donor then at least after your death. In California, the pledge can be made through the DMV and will be noted on your Drivers License, just in case you are in an accident. I don't know about Washington.

Meanwhile millions of us will stay on dialysis, which keeps us alive, but in its own way also slowly kills us, even as the doctors who own the dialysis clinics get wealthy beyond their wildest dreams.

 

[dunno]

What a gift Fred from you friend Bean! This story is amazing.

To inject a little humor or not..Lets all send Bean on a round trip vacation to Kokomo.

Hat's off to you Bean!!!!