Have you ever considered...(Organ Donation) - Page 2

Ideal08 · #16 06-06-2001, 10:52 AM

I'm an organ donor, and my sister knows it. My body is just a shell to hold my soul temporarily. When I'm done, they can do what they want with my insides. Just make sure I'm pretty for the funeral! LOL!

What I don't understand is how the organs still function after I'm dead. You would think that they die, too. Like, do they jump start them when they put them in someone else or what? How exactly does that work?

I mean, I know that our brains tell them what to do, but then will the organs listen to someone else's brain? That's just wild. I'm trippin'. LOL, I know yall think to yallselves sometimes, Ideal08 got issues!

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nikki25 · #17 06-06-2001, 11:11 AM

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Originally posted by Ideal08:
I'm an organ donor, and my sister knows it. My body is just a shell to hold my soul temporarily. When I'm done, they can do what they want with my insides. Just make sure I'm pretty for the funeral! LOL!

What I don't understand is how the organs still function after I'm dead. You would think that they die, too. Like, do they jump start them when they put them in someone else or what? How exactly does that work? I mean, I know that our brains tell them what to do, but then will the organs listen to someone else's brain? That's just wild. I'm trippin'. LOL, I know yall think to yallselves sometimes, Ideal08 got issues!

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You've got a point there.....how does this whole "jump starting" work? Do they remove your organs before you die, or immediately after? I hope some of our science-knowledgeable GreekChatters will give some insight!

Eastcoast Sunshine · #18 06-06-2001, 11:25 AM

Hello to the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Sistafriends, and everyone.

I have posted a few times in the past but have been away for quite sometime. I am trying to catch up.

Anyway, getting to the issue at hand, there was an episode of THE MONTEL WILLIAMS SHOW, where these families didn't know that organs were being removed from their loved ones (upon death) until it was time to prepare the body for burial.
It was horrific to hear these stories....many very gruesome, and I won't go in to detail about other stories but my point is, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY does with our organs when we die anyway.

toocute · #19 06-06-2001, 01:00 PM

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Originally posted by nikki25:
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'm sorry to say that it is not a myth. This happened to my cousin. He was shot in the head and in a coma. The doctors asked his wife if he had a donor card. When she said yes they told her there was no hope, that he would not be the same, he would never wake up yada, yada. After she signed some form they were ready to wheel him away or something he WOKE UP and asked for his wife. He lived a week or so after that but she thanks God that she was able to have him for those few days. She always says that she almost killed her husband. I tell her God wasn't ready for him yet and let him stay a little while longer.

I also saw a show (Dateline, 20/20 one of those) that had people sharing similar experiences. Not all doctors and hospitals are like this but it's scary to know that some are out there.

toocute · #20 06-06-2001, 01:03 PM

Oh, I forgot to answer the question. Yes I would donate my organs...just make sure I'm DEAD.

nikki25 · #21 06-06-2001, 01:12 PM

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I'm sorry to say that it is not a myth. This happened to my cousin. He was shot in the head and in a coma. The doctors asked his wife if he had a donor card. When she said yes they told her there was no hope, that he would not be the same, he would never wake up yada, yada. After she signed some form they were ready to wheel him away or something he WOKE UP and asked for his wife. He lived a week or so after that but she thanks God that she was able to have him for those few days. She always says that she almost killed her husband. I tell her God wasn't ready for him yet and let him stay a little while longer.

I also saw a show (Dateline, 20/20 one of those) that had people sharing similar experiences. Not all doctors and hospitals are like this but it's scary to know that some are out there.

Thanks for sharing that story. Okay, now I'm certainly convinced of the speedy death of those holding organ donor cards. The mere fact that the doctor told her there wasn't hope after hearing of his release sounds really fishy.

I'm happy that, through the grace of God, that he was able to say goodbye and quell what could have been a torrentous storm raging in your cousin's wife.

AKA4MJ · #22 06-06-2001, 01:47 PM

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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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Soror, I am with you!!! I HATE NEEDLES!When I had my son my mom and friend had to hold me down to get IV in my arm that took longer to da than my whole labor!

AKA4MJ · #23 06-06-2001, 01:49 PM

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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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Soror, I am with you!!! I HATE NEEDLES!When I had my son, my mom and friend had to hold me down to get the IV in my arm. That took longer to do than my entire labor![/B][/QUOTE]

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Shelacious · #24 06-06-2001, 05:08 PM

Yes, I would be an organ donor. I would hope I was dealing with ethical medical experts, but I think unethical treatment comes not only with regard to organ donation, so...

And let's not forget bone marrow (Judy Davis bone marrow drive)donations for people of color...and you don't even have to be dead to donate

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AKA2D '91 · #25 02-24-2006, 01:04 PM

CHICAGO (AFP) - Two women will go under the surgeon's knife to donate their kidneys to each other's husbands.

The couples met through an organization that arranges paired living donor exchanges after both wives were told they had the wrong blood type to donate their kidneys to their own husbands, the Chicago Tribune reported.

To date, 80 donor-recipient pairs have registered with the Paired Donation Consortium and 12 kidney swaps have been completed.

The operations will mean a new life for both families. The typical wait for a donated kidney in the Chicago area is about five years.

"Let's talk about what's happening here," Carl Chandler, a minister, told the Tribune. "A black woman is donating to a Hispanic man, and a Hispanic woman is donating to a black man, and there's no fear or cause for concern.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060223...e_060223184045

honeychile · #26 02-24-2006, 01:18 PM

Please forgive me for crashing, but I'm also leary about organ transplant, even though I'm a regular blood donor. Just a couple thoughts, though:

-In a partial liver transplant (when a live donor gives part of his/her liver to someone who needs it), the morality rate for the donor is much, much higher than the one who benefited. My brother will need one eventually, and I praise the Lord that we're not tissue compatible! And,

-If anyone in your family has macular degeneration, you may want to contact Johns Hopkins' Wilmer Eye Institute. They're looking for family based experiments. I'm fairly certain that both the person who has MacDeg and the family members have to donate for this experiment, but you MUST contact the Wilmer first, so they will send their doctor to retrieve the eyes of the dead - you CANNOT have just any doctor remove them. I do know that it's already been proven that, once in the family, there's a tendency towards it. So, if you have MacDeg in the family, you may want to start taking Preservision now, and save as much of your eyesight as possible!

TheEpitome1920 · #27 02-24-2006, 01:23 PM

I am an organ donor. I just asked that they not take my eyes. I know it sounds weird but I want to keep 'em,lol.

nikki1920 · #28 02-24-2006, 01:28 PM

Honeychile: how is the mortality rate higher for the donor if the liver regenerates itself? I dont get that.

I'm donating what can be donated. I won't need it.

I've donated blood several times and it hurts a lot less than a shot

honeychile · #29 02-24-2006, 01:45 PM

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Honeychile: how is the mortality rate higher for the donor if the liver regenerates itself? I dont get that.

I'm donating what can be donated. I won't need it.

I've donated blood several times and it hurts a lot less than a shot

I wish I could give you a medical answer. When we first found out that my brother's liver was damaged, everyone started looking at me, and I read a lot of information on the process. I wish I had retained it. It's not from the liver itself, it's the surgical procedure, that much I can remember. The weird thing is, I've never heard that about other living donor operations, such as kidney or lung.

StarFish106 · #30 02-24-2006, 02:26 PM

Been an organ donor ever since I had my license...don't have an issue with that.

I had to do an autologious(sp) blood donation once and it was not pretty so sorry the red stuff stays inside for as long as possible. I so did not enjoy the procedure and that was for me!