[majormajor]

Everyone I've ever talked to dealing with conditions that often end in transplant knows and shares that they're big-deal, serious-business, forever-life-altering treatments that are ultimate last resorts. But for some things we simply don't have any alternatives.

And for some of those - for instance one of the super-obvious ones is alchoholism-induced cirrhosis - "don't drink so much that you kill your liver" is VERY discussed, not just considered "lucky." You might even get yourself disqualified from a transplant if you can't get it under control. Everyone would MUCH rather you not need it.

Where are you seeing "get a transplant" pushed as a shiny panacea? They aren't even new anymore... lots of newer-shinies out there.