Have you ever considered...(Organ Donation)

AKA2D '91 · #1 06-05-2001, 06:51 PM

becoming an organ donor or donating your organs after you have passed on to someone who may with the use of one of your organs?

I've seen reports and I know personally, that many AA are in a serious plight when it comes to waiting for compatible donors.

Just curious of what you all feel.

nikki25 · #2 06-05-2001, 06:53 PM

I think that many of us have been scared off by the misperceptions surrounding blood banks to really considering giving blood. I think that a public relations effort should be considered for the Black community to try to counter this. The buzz years ago in this regard really hadn't changed very much. A full scale PR campaign underwritten by some major corporations and sponsored by large and traditional African-American organizations.

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AKA2D '91 · #3 06-05-2001, 06:55 PM

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Originally posted by nikki25:
I think that many of us have been scared off by the misperceptions surrounding blood banks to really considering giving blood. I think that a public relations effort should be considered for the Black community to try to counter this. The buzz years ago in this regard really hadn't changed very much.

I think that such a PR effort would be a great idea for the large and traditional African-American organizations to consider undertaking.

I wasn't really talking about blood, I meant like kidneys, heart, lung, etc.

WHOA! I DON'T GIVE BLOOD MY DAYUM SELF!

nikki25 · #4 06-05-2001, 07:02 PM

Can I say Reading is Fundamental?

I see donate and think blood. I think the same suggestion regarding myths and ways to countering them would also apply in the organ donating situation.

I've always heard that if you sign the back of your driver's license, that the doctor's will speed up your dying process. It may sound ignorant, but I've heard it over and over. Its yet another one of those myths. I think that folk tend to be somewhat suspicious of the medical/scientific establishment given their historical use of Blacks for experimentation...but that's just my take.

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MIDWESTDIVA · #5 06-05-2001, 08:22 PM

Interesting topic.

I have made my family aware that I want my organs donated if at all possible. If they don't respect my wishes, I will come back and haunt their behinds.

*What's wrong with donating blood?*

AKA2D '91 · #6 06-05-2001, 08:35 PM

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Originally posted by MIDWESTDIVA:

*What's wrong with donating blood?*

Nothing wrong with it at all! A sista just doesn't like needles!

To eliminate the starting of WWIII, keep me AWAY from needles!

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SweetestDiva · #7 06-05-2001, 09:16 PM

I'm not sure how I feel about this. It sounds nice to say I would do it, but I'm not quite positive. My father died three years ago, and he had mentioned to me in the past that he wanted his body donated to science. However, he never mentioned it again. I was 16 when he died, and all I could think is that I didn't want any med students somewhere doing God knows what to his body!

Now I sometimes wonder if I should have brought it up to the rest of my siblings - who knows what kind of a help it might have been? I know this is kind of different from donating organs, but I'm curious to know how y'all feel about this.

exquizit · #8 06-05-2001, 09:35 PM

I hate to sound real bad or anything...but why not? as long as they leave something for the funeral I really don't mind. I fuigure that if I'm dead anyway why not help to give someone else a shot?

NOWorNEVER · #9 06-05-2001, 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by exquizit:
I hate to sound real bad or anything...but why not? as long as they leave something for the funeral I really don't mind. I fuigure that if I'm dead anyway why not help to give someone else a shot?

I have to agree. My license has the lil' heart on it and I strongly believe in donating organs to help others live. I mean, if I'm dead, why would I need my liver or heart? It's only my body. My soul will be in heaven.

The Original Ape · #10 06-05-2001, 11:44 PM

At this time, I would.

Nick-e · #11 06-06-2001, 01:02 AM

Ezquizit is right in point!! If I don't need my organs any more, why not let some one in need have them? I am an organ donor(or should I say will be one . . . you know what I mean!), and I give blood on a regular basis. For those of you who are "scurred" of needles, let me tell you, giving blood is about as painless as it gets, and for every pint of blood donated, up to 3 lives can be saved. I hate to sound like a walking ad for the Red Cross or organ donation people, but I just don't see why people are so hesistant to do these things.

Poplife · #12 06-06-2001, 01:52 AM

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Originally posted by exquizit:
I hate to sound real bad or anything...but why not? as long as they leave something for the funeral I really don't mind. I fuigure that if I'm dead anyway why not help to give someone else a shot?

*LOL* Basically.

buterscotch1 · #13 06-06-2001, 09:12 AM

I would.

AKA2D '91 · #14 06-06-2001, 09:17 AM

HE HE! NICK-e, I don't care what you say, yeah, I's scurred of dem needles.

PAIN to you may not be PAIN TO ME and VICE VERSA!

I ain't giving no blood! COUNT ME OUT! SORRY!

Donating organs, now that's something different. I can consider doing that, cause either I will be asleep or gone on to Glory!

jazbri · #15 06-06-2001, 10:34 AM

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Originally posted by AKA2D '91:
HE HE! NICK-e, I don't care what you say, yeah, I's scurred of dem needles.

PAIN to you may not be PAIN TO ME and VICE VERSA!

I ain't giving no blood! COUNT ME OUT! SORRY!

Donating organs, now that's something different. I can consider doing that, cause either I will be asleep or gone on to Glory!

Amen and amen... Can't go there with the blood donations; however, I am a registered organ donor.