Only 38 people donated organs in 2007

[007XX]

nooooo

his names moby dick.

Hang on, stay where you are...I'm sure Greenpeace will come to help you soon...

[sunhuntin]

im a donor.... chances are, ive screwed all the useful bits, but things like my eyes and veins etc can still be used [cept my left eye is royally fucked, lmfao. doesnt like to face forwards when it gets tired.]

[skidMark]

Hang on, stay where you are...I'm sure Greenpeace will come to help you soon...

i'm more worried about japanese whalers.

like j randoms gsxr1400.

[skidMark]

im a donor.... chances are, ive screwed all the useful bits, but things like my eyes and veins etc can still be used [cept my left eye is royally fucked, lmfao. doesnt like to face forwards when it gets tired.]

and people say i'm retarded.

[Nagash]

Whoa.. not a single one of you actually knows why English people can't give blood? That's somewhat dissapointing.

I believe Mark said it before but it's because of the Mad Cow Disease. Seeing as we don't know what the disease actually looks like we can't be sure if the person may or may not have it and NZ being a big agricultural country can't afford to take the risk.

Hence anyone in the UK between 1980 to 1996 who was there for over 3 months can't give blood in NZ and quite alot of other countries. Not sure about organ donations but I shall research for you.


[EDIT] Ah okay I found it,

"those people who have lived in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland or France for more than three months between 1980 and 1996 cannot donate blood, heart valves and skin but are able to donate organs and eyes for transplantation."


I never knoew you could donate eyes.. that's nasty.

[skidMark]

Whoa.. not a single one of you actually knows why English people can't give blood? That's somewhat dissapointing.

I believe Mark said it before but it's because of the Mad Cow Disease. Seeing as we don't know what the disease actually looks like we can't be sure if the person may or may not have it and NZ being a big agricultural country can't afford to take the risk.

Hence anyone in the UK between 1980 to 1996 who was there for over 3 months can't give blood in NZ and quite alot of other countries. Not sure about organ donations but I shall research for you.


[EDIT] Ah okay I found it,

"those people who have lived in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland or France for more than three months between 1980 and 1996 cannot donate blood, heart valves and skin but are able to donate organs and eyes for transplantation."


I never knoew you could donate eyes.. that's nasty.

that would be buzzy.....seeing the world through somebody elses eye.

beats being blind.

[BuFfY]

I tried to give blood once but they said I couldn't because my boyfriend at the time had haemophilla. Even though I don't quite understand how me having sexual relations with him would make my blood unusable for a year.
It was verrrrry embarrassing!

I have put down that I am a donor but do they actually take your body parts when you die or only when there is someone who needs it right then and there?

[Coyote]

I never knoew you could donate eyes.. that's nasty.

"I've got my mother's eyes, literally"


I'm sure there were more donor's out there, just they weren't up to spec, too messed up or the medics didn't harvest them in time.

[sunhuntin]

they take the cornea i think?

from what i know, you cant actually be DOA for them to take organs... you have to die in hospital, from what i understand. not sure if thats for all organs or just the essentials like heart etc. [ie, im sure eyes could still be used if you were DOA. not sure though]

[yungatart]

The organs are "harvested" while the donor is "alive". (brain dead, but the heart is still beating)
Once a person is dead, the heart stops pumping blood, organs begin to die shortly thereafter as they are no longer receiving oxygen or other essential nutrients, rendering them useless for transplant.

[MotoGirl]

The organs are "harvested" while the donor is "alive". (brain dead, but the heart is still beating)

Hmm, "harvested". I've been led to believe they pillage your carcass for everything they can get.

Does anyone know what they actually leave behind? Do they take everything, or do they only take the organ/s they need at the time?

I'm not a donor because I don't believe that people should play God. Moving organs from one person to another, in my opinion, is just unnatural and I think we've taken the "Plug and Play" concept too far.

I'm sure the recipient of any organ donation is grateful for what he or she received. I do, however, wonder how they cope knowing that an alien organ is living inside them.

[Disco Dan]

Stupid ungrateful cunts...

The best things are made in England and the daft Kiwi's would rather die than have a bit of premium VIP English meat in em.

Feck it.. i'll drink my own blood.

[Pussy]

The worst thing about a lung transplant would be coughing up someone else's phlegm

[Disco Dan]

The worst thing about a lung transplant would be coughing up someone else's phlegm

...a bowel transplant and pooping out a used condom..

[avgas]

I need mine to feed worms, i dont want to keep rich people alive.