Organ Donation

[Rudey]

Originally posted by ktsnake
If you've ever met someone that's alive today because of organ donation... well.. I mean, how couldn't you?

Religion.

-Rudey
--Plus it's creepy

[sugar and spice]

I am.

[GeekyPenguin]

I'm an organ donor, but I don't know that too many of mine will be useable. I hope they use them for medical nonsense if they aren't good for transplants.

Also, in case y'all didn't know, there are many religions that do not permit this.

[Honeykiss1974]

I am an organ donor.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by dzsaigirl
Yes, I am an organ donor. And my personal stance on it is that if I would accept an organ, I should be willing to give one. Of course, for people who absolutely cannot donate for health reasons, that would not apply.

I agree. That's why I have implicit instructions that I would not accept an organ under any circumstances.

[James]

I donate sperm on a regular basis, does that count?

[dakareng]

Donating blood or bone marrow would be much more impressive.

[Honeykiss1974]

PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING AN ORGAN DONOR!

Just giving this a quick bump because I just found out today that a friend of mine has died. Allan was only 20, had a girlfriend and like everyone one of us, had much to live for, but died while waiting on a lung (He had CF).

Allan is the second young adult I've known within these last 3 years to die waiting on an organ.

So if you aren't, consider becoming one. Shoot, you can't take it with you.

[CUGreekgirl]

Sorry to hear about Allan My prayers go out to all his friends and family.



I am an organ donor and have been since the age of 16. Unlike many of my friends I didn't decide to do it b/c you get a cheaper license, I did it b/c I'd like to help someone out after I'm gone. I had firmly stated though, that I only want my organs to go to people who need them. I don't want any of my organs to go to science.

[Lindz928]

I actually donated blood today.

I want to be an organ donor, but these days they don't even ask you about that when you get your drivers lisence right? At least, they didn't ask me. I thought I heard something about having to actually have it written in your will for them to be able to take your organs. Does anyone know about this? Until I find out for sure, I just tell my family that if something were to happen to me, this is what I would want.

I completely understand health reasons for not doing it.

I also understand to a certain extent people who are very spiritual and their religion prohibits it. I was under the impression that Judaism prohibited such things because of the rule against desecration of the body. But when I searched, I found this article.... I don't know how accurate it is, but I found it interesting. Maybe there is a Jewish GCer out there who can shed more light on it.

http://www.transweb.org/reference/ar...omarticle.html

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally posted by dzsaigirl
Yes, I am an organ donor. And my personal stance on it is that if I would accept an organ, I should be willing to give one. Of course, for people who absolutely cannot donate for health reasons, that would not apply.

Co-sign!

I also donate blood & am on the list for bone marrow should it be needed.

[WCUgirl]

Originally posted by CUGreekgirl
Unlike many of my friends I didn't decide to do it b/c you get a cheaper license,

Really? I've never heard of that. How much of a discount do you get?

[WCUgirl]

Originally posted by Lindz928
I thought I heard something about having to actually have it written in your will for them to be able to take your organs. Does anyone know about this?

Pretty much. Even if you are designated as an organ donor on your license, the hospitals still have to have written consent from a spouse or a family member before they'll take your organs.

So, if I decide that I don't want Mr. AXiD670's organs donated, even though it says he is an organ donor on his driver's license, I can prevent them from taking his organs.

[gpb1874]

i don't know that it necessarily needs to be in your will. after all, that thing is usually read after you're dead, which won't do any good. now, if you tell your family about it, then that's good. doctors MUST have permission from your next of kin in order to remove organs for transplant or medical use, just like they get permission to perform surgery or anything else.

make sure your family knows your wishes and is willing to follow through. i do want to donate my organs, but my DH does not want to donate his. he thinks it's creepy too. so, as long as he is willing to tell the dr's my wishes, we are all good. if not, i will come back and haunt him forever.

[WCUgirl]

Well, not a will. A living will or a power of attorney, I guess.

I didn't see anyone else bring this up in the previous posts (although I did only skim), but I know I'm not the only one who has heard this and is curious about it.

I dated a paramedic a few years back, and he used to tell me NOT to be an organ donor. He told that if he arrived at the scene of an accident, if the vic was designated as an organ donor, there is a point where they will determine that if the injury is critical enough, they won't try as hard to save the person as they have to start worrying about harvesting the organs, versus someone who is not an organ donor when they will still continue the life-saving effort. Is this true?

(Yep, I see Jill mentioned that. It would be one thing to come up with that theory on my own, but it's entirely another when I heard it from the mouth of a paramedic. Though he was a jackass....)

I've looked for this on snopes but the only thing a search for "organ donor" brought up was about the tourists waking up in a bathtub full of ice, lol.