Organ Donation

[AOcutiePi4ever]

i'm an organ donor.
not to sound mean, but i think its useless (and selfish) to keep your organs after death if you are otherwise able to donate them.

[RioLambdaAlum]

I should be, but I'm not. My roommate has had a heart, double lung, and kidney transplant.

[phisigduchesscv]

I am listed on the CA DMV website for being an organ donor. Since I've got my driver's license I have always marked I want to be an organ donor. Also my family knows I wish to be a donor if anything happens. Please speak with your family if you wish to be an organ donor. In some states the family can still override the wishes of someone who has indicated they want to be a donor.

One of my good friends is a recipient of a donor kidney. She got it last year and is doing great.

Phi Sigma Sigma was just a sponsor of the transplant games this past couple of weeks. If you go to the Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation website some sisters and members of the Foundation kept a daily blog from the games. Some of the stories about donor families and recipients families just had me crying. I think I may have copied and pasted one of the blogs in to the Phi Sigma Sigma forum on greekchat.

Save a life - be an organ donor. Depending on the organ and your condition you won't need the organs anymore

Carolyn

[Drolefille]

I was an organ donor, and I guess I still am under Illinois' old registry but I need to sign up for their new one.

Under the new registry it's a binding contract. If I sign up, the decision is not left up to my next of kin. People think that on one hand this will take some of the pressure off of the family. It's a difficult decision to make after/while suffering a loss. On the other, it helps make sure that the wishes of the deceased are followed. Many people signed up on the registry only to have their next of kin change their minds.

[PhoenixAzul]

When I renewed my DL to an adult DL, I signed up for organ donation. I'm type 1 diabetic as well. I am a firm believer in blood donation as well, but Central Blood Bank will not let me donate since the medication I take for my diabetes makes me give a false HepC positive (yeah, that phone call was weird.."yea you test positive on the rapid test, but you don't have it"...meanwhile I was in tears thinking I was dying).

Seriously, I'm dead. What good are my organs? Theyre just going to rot in the ground (more creepy than someone else having them, in my opinion). I know lots of people who need kidneys, livers, lungs, hearts...and if I can give a family a few more years with someone they love, then I'd love to do that. I don't want to be burried, I think it is a waste of land and I don twant people to come to a stone and cry about it. My hope is that I'll be cremated, my ashes spread somewhere in a ceremony, and rather than a headstone, have someone donate the money that would go to a funeral to a good cause, and maybe put up a wee plaque. That's it. That's all I want.

And I'm glad someone else saw the "Don't take your organs to heaven.." sticker.

[fuzzie]

I am an organ recipient. My transplant was just about a month and a half ago. I was lucky enough to have a living donor. My mom was a perfect match and was willing to do it. I am also an organ donor. Later on I may need a cadveric kidney to replace the one I just got if it fails. I feel organ donation is important and have been a donor since I got my first driver's license at 16. You just never know when the person who needs the organ may be you or someone you know.

[tunatartare]

Originally Posted by fuzzie

I am an organ recipient. My transplant was just about a month and a half ago. I was lucky enough to have a living donor. My mom was a perfect match and was willing to do it. I am also an organ donor. Later on I may need a cadveric kidney to replace the one I just got if it fails. I feel organ donation is important and have been a donor since I got my first driver's license at 16. You just never know when the person who needs the organ may be you or someone you know.

Congratulations to you for having someone close to you that was a perfect match and on a succesful transplant!

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by fuzzie

I am an organ recipient. My transplant was just about a month and a half ago. I was lucky enough to have a living donor. My mom was a perfect match and was willing to do it. I am also an organ donor. Later on I may need a cadveric kidney to replace the one I just got if it fails. I feel organ donation is important and have been a donor since I got my first driver's license at 16. You just never know when the person who needs the organ may be you or someone you know.

Congratulations on your transplant; it really is amazing what they're able to do these days in the world of medicine.