Organ Donation - Pro or Con?

[member2686]

Are you an organ donor? Have you ever even considered it? Would you? What are your thoughts on living or post mortem organ donations? Do your religious beliefs prohibit you from doing this, or does it just freak you out thinking about it?

I like the idea (now) and have considered it several times in the past on several levels. I once was an organ donor, then decided against it the last time I was asked (got my driver's license renewed [in the USA this is when they ask you...car crashes, accidents, etc.]), but now, upon reading some of the myths about it, I have reconsidered and am going to donate my organs to help potentially extend or save a life upon my death in an accident.

Seriously, :wtf: use is there in me having healthy or even semi-healthy organs rotting in the ground (assuming I'm buried versus cremated...that's another topic...lol) upon my death when someone else could use them to prolong their life or save their life?

I know it's a morbid topic, but that's partly why people needlessly die each day - many people don't want to contemplate or discuss this issue because it is somewhat uncomfortable to do so.

:2 cents:

Thoughts/discussion?

http://www.google.com/search?source...ls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-42,GGLG:en&q=organ+donation

Official USA Site: http://www.organdonor.gov

 

[incog]

If I'm critically injured my driver's license says organ donor. Why not try to save some teenager or adult that has a bad heart or liver.

 

[McRocket]

Very good thread Nightfly.

 

[member2686]

Thank you, mcrocket. :hatsoff: I'm sure you'll be weighing in on this thread/topic later...lol :thumbsup:

Dammit - I made a typographical error in the poll... It should say "precludes" in the 3rd poll option. :o

Very good thread Nightfly.

 

[Incentive]

Not one, but thinking about being one. I dont need them when im dead

 

[member20672]

I'm not listed as one. And being at my age I don't feel fully informed of everything. And seeing as AZ licenses last 50 some odd years, I'll have some time to decide before renewal. Maybe in so many years I'll change my mind, but for now, I'm not an organ donor. If I die before I decide to be one, well, sorry.

 

[jod0565]

If I was going to be an organ donor, I would have signed up long ago.
Yes, if I ever needed help, I would hope there would be some great person to help me, but then I think, "Why should there be? I'm not donating any organs for somebody." So, I guess I'm stuck in limbo as to how I should feel about the whole thing.
I believe I may go the route my mother did when she passed - cremation.

 

[McRocket]

I'm not listed as one. And being at my age I don't feel fully informed of everything. And seeing as AZ licenses last 50 some odd years, I'll have some time to decide before renewal. Maybe in so many years I'll change my mind, but for now, I'm not an organ donor. If I die before I decide to be one, well, sorry.

Actually, you are the prime target for an organ donor. I am no doctor, but I imagine they would MUCH prefer a healthy organ from a person in their 20's then in their 40's or 50's.
So it's young people such as yourself that should look at it the closest - imo.

As far as I am concerned, when I am dead my body is just an empty shell. Do with it what you will.
I remember when I saw my then terminal mother a month before she died she asked me to write up a codacil (I forget the spelling) - an addition - to her will. She wanted to be creamated and I could do whatever I wanted with the ashes. 'Throw them in a bush if you like' - or words to that effect is what she said.
So when I die, take any organs you can use, burn me up and throw the ashes in a dumpster. But DO NOT bury me. What a ridiculous waste of space a burial plot is.
And if you think your burial plot is safe for the ages - think again. Everytime someone comes across a burial plot from 500 years ago or so - no matter who it is, somebody will dig it up for science or grave robbing or something. Count on it.

 

[4G63]

I got an organ to donate to Veronica Zemanova.. (lil innuendo there)

 

[Dixie Normus]

When I die you can have my organ too.

 

[Smittmaestro]

100% in favor of organ donation!

My brother owes his life to it. He got the big one, the blood pump, the heart.

When I go, take whatever organs from my body that's useful and dump the rest at The Body Farm.

 

[member2686]

Sorry to hear about your mother, jod. I lost my mother in 2000. :crying:

I'm astounded - this has got to be your longest post ever! lol Thanks for giving us more insight about YOU. It's nice to see members sharing their experiences...

THAT'S community, and that's what makes this board so cool. :thumbsup: :hatsoff: BTW, please consider organ donation...you might save a life.

If I was going to be an organ donor, I would have signed up long ago.
Yes, if I ever needed help, I would hope there would be some great person to help me, but then I think, "Why should there be? I'm not donating any organs for somebody." So, I guess I'm stuck in limbo as to how I should feel about the whole thing.
I believe I may go the route my mother did when she passed - cremation.

 

[robertodiaz123]

I totally agree, in my identity card is stated clearly, no matter, we can give life to others...:angels: :angels: :angels:

 

[member20672]

Actually, you are the prime target for an organ donor. I am no doctor, but I imagine they would MUCH prefer a healthy organ from a person in their 20's then in their 40's or 50's.
So it's young people such as yourself that should look at it the closest - imo.

Yes, If I died at this age. But what guy in his 20's really wants to think about death and whether or not they should take his organs?





NF, whats on tap for today, Who here's a DNR?:1orglaugh

 

[spiceworld]

Sure, i've got no problem with it, if my organs can save someone's life after my death.

 

[SeraphiM]

In my line of work I deal with this more times than I really wish I had. Organ donation is a hard thing to think about soon after a loved one dies. It's a hard choice to make while stricken with grief. That's why I urge everyone to let their loved ones know how they really feel about organ donation.
As for me Yes - absolutely!
My organs, and body tissues will just rot away and if I could give the gift of life from my death. :2 cents:

 

[poggy]

Certainly would after all they're no good to me anymore.In my opinion anybody who say's no is just selfish.

 

[member20672]

Certainly would after all they're no good to me anymore.In my opinion anybody who say's no is just selfish.

Why does that make you selfish? Because you choose to keep what God gave you past life? So does that make you selfish if you choose not to give blood? Or donate a kidney, while your alive? There are many reasons for not being an organ donor, and most of them are personal reasons which don't constitute being selfish.:2 cents:

 

[poggy]

Why does that make you selfish? Because you choose to keep what God gave you past life? So does that make you selfish if you choose not to give blood? Or donate a kidney, while your alive? There are many reasons for not being an organ donor, and most of them are personal reasons which don't constitute being selfish.:2 cents:

Easy answer 'what you going to do with it in the ground or in the fire' answer nothing so you're been selfish denying a better life or a life to the other person.

 

[member20672]

Easy answer 'what you going to do with it in the ground or in the fire' answer nothing so you're been selfish denying a better life or a life to the other person.

That may be true, but like I said, its often personal decisions and I'd never look down upon a person who wished to not contribute their organs to another after there dead. There's nothing to force a person to be a donor. If you wish not to, then its your decision and it doesn't make you a worse person or a selfish person. Its simply a decision.