Donating Your Organs

[DanP]

As knucklehead says. Having yourself listed and having 'potential organ donor' on your licence does not mean that you will, in fact, donate your organs. It just give the medics a bit more pressure to put on your NOK. You need to make sure your family is well aware of your wishes and have it in your will, allthough by the time they get to your will your organs are cactus.

Dan

[DanP]

PS I don't have it on my licence but my family are well aware that I will donate.

[silentC]

The missus and I have discussed this and other such topics:

1. We will both donate our organs
2. We don't want to be kept on a life support machine
3. We want to be cremated
4. If either of us dies with our livers intact, we have not tried hard enough - the liver is evil and must be punished....

[Ivan in Oz]

The missus and I have discussed - the liver is evil and must be punished....

Easy;
Give your Liver to someone else to flog and Overwork :eek:

Will I ever tire of being a giver, peeves me at times; with ALL the Takers out there :confused:
Once I die, maybe even after that :eek:

[ele__13]

At least I stopped short of saying "Only used by a little old lady on Sundays !"

Mr Gumby r u saying SHMBO is a little old lady???? dearie me ......


mind u HTTHSBO is peeing himself laughing atm reading this one .. cheers all Jules

off on a tangent

why is it that parents are punished when thier kids get suspended from school .. the kids love not having to go to school so we get punished HMMMMMMMMMMM

[Bodgy]

I think that going to one's grave (in my case - a watery one) with a perfectly healthy liver is sheer, profligate waste.

Again from a personal perspective, liver should read deader once middle age threatens

[ozwinner]

Since I don’t have private health care, I want to make sure my good body parts would only go to public patients. I would also like to exclude all vegetarians, cat lovers, real estate agents, and lawyers.

Nice try Scott.


Al

[ozwinner]

I keep trying to donate an organ, but the missus keeps on refuseing.


Al

[AlexS]

The missus and I have discussed this and other such topics:

1. We will both donate our organs
2. We don't want to be kept on a life support machine
3. We want to be cremated
4. If either of us dies with our livers intact, we have not tried hard enough - the liver is evil and must be punished....

Re 1, 2 & 3
SWMBO & I decided the same, & while going through the pre-retirement stuff of wills, EPOs etc, the solicitor suggested that we make living wills & give a copy to our GP to keep in his records, & to the kids so there's no arguments.

Re 4.
Wicked, wicked liver. Take that & that & that!

[savage]

When I'm gone (sorry fella's not for a while yet I hope), they can have what ever is left, simple as that, I would like to think someone gets parts not because they abused thier own but had a stuffed one from the start e.g. a blind child gets my corneas and is able to see for the first time. Not some alcoholic who has abused his/her liver and is just going to do the same with mine, but I'll be gone and won't be able to do much about it, as it is all need to know and only the surgeon knows for sure. I think they tell you that a 30yr old got your liver and two people got a kidney each etc....

savage(Eric)

[Eastie]

I recon there should be a box on your drivers license application/renewal that you have to tick if you DON"T want to donate organs - as oppose to if you do. People are too lazy to tick the donate box.

[maglite]

I havent got a problem with donating....but shouldnt i have a say who they go to?

My reason for saying this......George Best.
He was an Alco before he got his transplanted liver......and from all accounts was back on the booze within 12 months of recieving a transplant.

I can only imagine how the organ donors family may feel knowing that their loved ones liver MAY have gone to a person that didnt appreciate the gift.

If i could choose who could recieve my organs....yep im all for it but if others choose for me...i have a problem.
a donor card is very simplistic, YES or NO, why cant there be a multiple choice, like i dont want alcoholics to get my liver....isnt that my choice...to see someone actually appreciate the donation and

Not get it simply because they fit the PROFILE or are NEXT IN LINE.

Just my thoughts
Steve

[Sturdee]

I havent got a problem with donating....but shouldnt i have a
If i could choose who could recieve my organs....yep im all for it but if others choose for me...i have a problem.
a donor card is very simplistic, YES or NO, why cant there be a multiple choice, like i dont want alcoholics to get my liver....isnt that my choice...to see someone actually appreciate the donation and

Not get it simply because they fit the PROFILE or are NEXT IN LINE.

Just my thoughts
Steve

My thoughts too.


Peter.

[ryanarcher]

...or make some organ oil if you wish.

Put me on the list for some of that Chinese tongue oil! I've heard it works great

[Clinton1]

I've registered and the missus has as well - the family knows our views and "should" respect them as most of them are registered as well.

The missus and I are fairly religious - and we figure that if God can't sort out the odd missing bit, then we've had it all wrong anyway.

I figure its the "gift that keeps on giving", the taxpayer gets to foot the bill, and someone and their family are happy - wins all round.