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re: Nick Mangold has passed at age 41
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:37 am to SpartyGator
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:37 am to SpartyGator
Just saw OSU fans tried to donate a kidney to the man and before a call for help could be answered he died! Sigh!
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Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:38 am to SaintlyTiger88
quote:Very true.
Dialysis does not always work though, unfortunately. It seems his situation may have been more severe than simply going on dialysis.
So, so sad, man.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:50 am to tigerfan84
In the past few months, there were stories about Nate Robinson, Nick Mangold, and Scot Pollard all having defects and needing urgent medical treatment.
Nate Robinson needed a kidney transplant because of genetic kidney disease. He was on dialysis for a while and got a kidney transplant. His seemed the least complicated because he is essentially a normal sized human.
His father was a former running back at Washington who also went on dialysis and ultimately got a transplant a few years prior.
And then Scot Pollard had a congenital heart defect and there was a detailed article about his heart transplant process on ESPN. His father died of a heart attack at 53 while on a wait list for a donor.
I believe Scot became the tallest human in the history of the world to get a heart transplant.
Those were both complicated but happy stories. Unfortunately we can’t say the same for Nick Mangold.
May he rest in peace.
Nate Robinson needed a kidney transplant because of genetic kidney disease. He was on dialysis for a while and got a kidney transplant. His seemed the least complicated because he is essentially a normal sized human.
His father was a former running back at Washington who also went on dialysis and ultimately got a transplant a few years prior.
And then Scot Pollard had a congenital heart defect and there was a detailed article about his heart transplant process on ESPN. His father died of a heart attack at 53 while on a wait list for a donor.
I believe Scot became the tallest human in the history of the world to get a heart transplant.
Those were both complicated but happy stories. Unfortunately we can’t say the same for Nick Mangold.
May he rest in peace.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:00 pm to tigerfan84
41. Same age as my sister. Jesus that's too young.
RIP to a great player and even better human.
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:02 pm to Lester Earl
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Saw him on The Yak last week. He did not look or sound on death's doorstep at all. Sad.
It’s crazy. Said he was doing dialysis twice a week or whatever but other than that seemed like he was living a normal life and the dialysis was more of an inconvenience than anything currently
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:04 pm to OWLFAN86
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Was it drinking was he an alcoholic or was it steroid or other supplement abuse?
Surprised at his age and the money available to him he couldn't get a transplant they only refuse to give a transplant in certain situations
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OWLFAN86
If you'd have actually read the entire tweet you'd have known he had a genetic defect.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:43 pm to tigerfan84
As a hospice nurse, kidney failure (ESRD) is the one diagnosis where a patient (who decides to discontinue dialysis ...or simply can't tolerate dialysis bc it drops blood pressure too low) can be talking/sleeping/eating/etc. like normal and can literally die within a heartbeat.
If one of your electrolytes (particularly potassium, magnesium, calcium or sodium) are way too high or way too low, your heart simply will not pump. (ex: Most lethal injections on deathrow btw are just fatal doses of potassium or sodium.)
If one of your electrolytes (particularly potassium, magnesium, calcium or sodium) are way too high or way too low, your heart simply will not pump. (ex: Most lethal injections on deathrow btw are just fatal doses of potassium or sodium.)
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:45 pm to Lexis Dad
Well if it was any of your business I didn't read the tweet I had started my own thread about this before a tweet was even issued
And I just asked a question, don't act like other people weren't thinking similar thoughts
Lastly Rice Owls won their game last night how did y'all do
DVers are soft
y'all watered the field before the game last night and still got beat by aggies
fight me!!
And I just asked a question, don't act like other people weren't thinking similar thoughts
Lastly Rice Owls won their game last night how did y'all do
DVers are soft
y'all watered the field before the game last night and still got beat by aggies
fight me!!
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:49 pm to Cosmo
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You can go decades on dialysis There is more to the story
Yes. Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. My guess is that he got bad sepsis and ended up in the ICU. But that’s just a guess.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:54 pm to tigerfan84
That's terrible news. Way too young. He was such a good player for a decade for the Jets.
May he rest in peace.
May he rest in peace.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:03 pm to LSUlefty
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Genetic Kidney disease
Which presumably crosses off his family as donors.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:07 pm to Bestbank Tiger
Such a nice person too.
Sad.
Sad.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:17 pm to LSUlefty
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Genetic Kidney disease
No such thing. Now if you were trying to say he was born with it, the word is congenital. But diseases are not genetic, they are cellular. Birth defects such as being downsy are chromosomal. Disease isn’t inherited. So the next time your doctor tells you you’re going to die from a heart attack k because your father did, tell him he’s a dumbass. Then tell him your dad smoked 3 packs a day for 40 years and that’s why he had a heart attack.
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 10/26/25 at 3:45 pm to Cosmo
quote:he was an alcoholic, who had kidney disease. Insurance and hospitals don't usually approve kidney transplant for alcoholics, which is why he begged on social media 2 weeks ago.
There is more to the story
What more do you need?
Posted on 10/26/25 at 4:09 pm to mattz1122
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Chronic kidney disease
I was diagnosed with this 3 years ago, but I'm holding steady at 70% function. Scary beyond measure when you first get news like that.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 4:49 pm to DJ3K
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What more do you need?
There is more to the story.
Dialysis can keep people alive for years.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 4:55 pm to GeauxTigers123
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There is more to the story.
Dialysis can keep people alive for years.
Some people are suggesting alcohol, pills, and steroids may have exacerbated his condition.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 5:07 pm to tiggerthetooth
It’s possible. I’ve seen people with terrible alcoholic liver disease in their late 20s. If varies start bleeding they can be hard to stop.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 5:15 pm to tiggerthetooth
quote:read the tweet!!!!
Some people are suggesting alcohol, pills, and steroids may have exacerbated his condition.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 5:18 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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Dialysis does not always work though, unfortunately.
That and you can only be on dialysis for so long before it does not work any longer. That sucks to hear.
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