Organ donor?

[avgas]

Which reminds me; women are like pianos, when they're not upright they're grand.

When out of tune they sound terrible
A bigger piano is not always a better one
high strung
Ones from Japan are small, smart and light where the rest are big and dumb
It will try and dominate the house
It takes more than one man to deal with it let alone move it
You have to be skilled to play
Hollow on the inside
Some of your friends will be unimpressed......


i could go on

[hayd3n]

organ donar signing in or is it signing out???

[Strike]

Hi all, yeah im a donor and give blood regularly. ya damn straight id take them if i ever needed them, and if i was to have an accident and not make it thru (knock on wood, salt over the shoulder, break a mirror...oh wait, not that last one) , its not like im gunna need my organs, so they may as well be put to good use saving the life of someone who still has a chance.

[Number One]

this thread is useless without pics

[Curious_AJ]

I'm a donor. I'd rather have other people harvest what's good than let it go to waste. because well.. in a way... I'd live on with a little piece of me inside everyone though I don't know what my family and friends would say to having my organs harvested! lol.

[doc]

'tis worth a thought - good point! If the powers that be ever think up a scheme as genius as mine, I have complete faith they will think of things like that too ...... so maybe non-donors who are otherwise eligible to donate go right down the ranks. I'm sure someone will find out it's against the bill or rights or something though ..... It's just too hard. Let's just all donate if we can!

Totally disagree here, next the beauracrats, would downgrade you from receiving lifesaving treatment because you had tooooo.... many speeding infringements.

After all it gives the bean counters another method of cutting back on operations, which leads to costs savings, so they get more bonuses. But isn't the health dollar thru taxation meant to be spent not saved.

Pretty loose sort of thinking , but starting to lose faith in the system.

[BIHB@0610]

Totally disagree here, next the beauracrats, would downgrade you from receiving lifesaving treatment because you had tooooo.... many speeding infringements.

After all it gives the bean counters another method of cutting back on operations, which leads to costs savings, so they get more bonuses. But isn't the health dollar thru taxation meant to be spent not saved.

Pretty loose sort of thinking , but starting to lose faith in the system.

I agree there is always scope for the system (any system be it government bureaucrats or private insurance companies) to screw us over. Perhaps getting too complicated is not a great idea - as I said, let's just all donate if we can!

I lost faith in the public system years ago - now I have gold plated private health insurance and get wine with my dinner in hospital

[SpeedyGirl]

My logic is that if they actually think that any of my organs are still serviceible - they can have them!!!

I have already told the family this as well and they agree to let them take what they can....

[BOGAR]

I am a donor btw But not a blood donor anymore as they think I'm a mad cow

Same here and the same thing about being a mad cow (or my case a bull). Funny thing is the week befor the cut off date i was giving blood. go figure. and it's not like they didn't know, they were just happy to get as much blood as they could.

[007XX]

My logic is that if they actually think that any of my organs are still serviceible - they can have them!!!

I have already told the family this as well and they agree to let them take what they can....

What this gorgeous creature above said

My thinking: if enough of us are willing to give, it might just put a damper on the organ black market, which is one of the most atrocious concept the disturbed human psyche ever came up with (IMHO).

[klingon]

I used to be a blood donor until they decided they didn't want my blood any more. I'm also registered as an organ donor.

The unfortunate thing is that most of us won't get the chance to donate our organs - you have to die in hospital under very controlled conditions so your organs can be kept fresh and 'alive' until they are needed. This usually only happens after you've been in a major accident of some kind and you're declared brain dead in hospital while still on life support.

And of course your organs are no use if you've died of a slow, degenerative disease.

So when you think about it, only a tiny fraction of those registered as donors will actually get the opportunity to donate. I have spoken with my nearest and dearest, and hope that they will allow my organs to be donated if I get the chance to save someone else.

By the way, I can't post photos as my organs are currently in use. However I can assure you that they are all pink and plump and pumping!