Would you donate your organs?

I have no problem with organ donations. A good friend received one of my kidneys 5 years ago this month. I actually have this forum to thank for the opportunity to help him out, as this is how we got back in contact with each other. He was one of the first people to show me the value of a quality blade.

As far as someone making a profit off of organ donations, my friend had no out-of-pocket expenses, and neither did I. It was all through an organ donor foundation. Now, if you can afford it, I'm sure you will have to pay something, but if you don't have the money, they're not going to pass you by for someone who does. That's a fact.

Now, when I die, they can have my body. I would even go so far as to donate my body to science, and let them cut me up for their medical training. Saves my family from having to dispose of me using their own money. I would prefer the organs to be used for others, and then take the rest of me to the medical school.

Give the gift of life. God will definitely award you some green chiclets for it. It's been a great tool to allow me to teach others about my beliefs.

Daniel
 
posted by SalN:

When someone flips you off in traffic for example, is the first thing that comes to your mind, "that's OK. you can still have my organs when I am dead."?
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That is one of the most ridiculous excuses I've ever read. I'll stick to my previous statement-help yourselves to whatever still works-even if you flipped me off in traffic.
 
allenC said:
I don't know.
Generally, I try to help others, but I no "hero" either.


I don't know.
I suppose it would depend on how badly I was already burned--to quote a Stephen King movie "Sometimes, dead is better".
And when your time is up, it's up.


I don't know.
Nobody lives forever and I don't especially fear dying (I just don't want it to be too horrific or painful).
I do know this:
I would not want any organ from someone like Hitler.
I would not want any essence of such a person inside my body.
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Meaning no disrespect to your viewpoint, but you wonderously danced by the questions. "If" and "I don't know" are issue avoidance. I am sure that there are some circumstances that almost any one would refuse to receive an organ transplant or would not run up to the burning inferno at great personal risk (of course there is no risk to you as you are...dare I say it already dead.). The questions are in the hypothetical. If there are circumstances where you would help someone out of the burning car, that you would want someone to help you or yours out of the burning car, or that you will accept the organ transplant then you have your answer.
 
"If" and "I don't know" are issue avoidance.
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Not at all.

The fact is this:
Nobody really knows how they will react to such situations until they are confronted with those situations for real.
Sure, you can tell yourself that you would rescue someone from a burning vehicle, but there is no way of knowing for sure until you've "been there".
If someone, who has never had to actually make those tough decisions for real, tells you that they KNOW what they would do, then they are deceiving you or themselves or both.

My answer was not "avoidance", it was the simple truth.



It is also amusing that you said this:
"If" and "I don't know" are issue avoidance.
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And then said this:
If there are circumstances where you would help someone out of the burning car.....
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Absolutly! I wiil be an organ doner. I donated my sons organs when he died, now a girl has new heart valves and a little boy has new corneas...he has site and she has a good heart...how can that be bad?
 
I am an organ donor. Not that I've given away an organ at the present time, but, after I'm gone, what good will it do me?

When that time comes, if my kidney, heart, whatever, is still in good condition at the time of my passing, my very last act on earth can still benefit another human being.
 
It is also amusing that you said this:

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"If" and "I don't know" are issue avoidance.

And then said this:

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If there are circumstances where you would help someone out of the burning car.....
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I acknowledge the faux paus of using "If" though I don't believe that it's use was comparative or substantively flawed.

We are confronted with the decision of whether or not to be Organ Donors, not in the heat of the moment, but in the calm peace of our own consciences, knowing that we risk nothing except the facing of our own mortality.

The people who are really proving their metal are those who make a decision to help others that has a personal cost, whether through a living donation or upon the loss of a loved one. Those people who lose a close loved one and can then, in the face of their grief, look to the helping of others are deserving of the highest level of admiration. You and I only have to pick up a pen and sign the back of a Drivers license and then let our families know of our wishes....that is a pretty easy decision to face.

I have known a couple of people who had an organ transplant, a transplant they needed through no fault of there own. It gave one of them the chance to raise his children, the other had the liver transplant but his body was so depleted from the long wait on the donor list that he never left the hospital. His wife and 18 year old daughter have both signed the back of their drivers licenses even if the transplant for their husband and father came to late.
 
You and I only have to pick up a pen and sign the back of a Drivers license and then let our families know of our wishes....that is a pretty easy decision to face.
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You're right, it is an easy decision to make...and it sounds like you've made yours and I've made mine.
 
allenc,

I was not trying to harass you or criticize your decision, but in retrospect I may have come across that way. I am a member of the TNANG and a military trained EMT, my first response to an accident, whether at work, at the base or out is to ensure that my family (if they are with me) is safe and then to render such aid as I can. That attitude and mindset sometimes comes across a little stronger than is productive in a discussion. Even the EMT training was something picked up to enable me to be of more assistance and out of a desire not to be helpless or ignorant (ignorance scares me, especially my own) in an emergency. My apology if any offense was given.

Respectfully,
 
No apology needed.
These kind of topics can get a little touchy, but no offense was taken.

I really do understand where you're coming from....
I am an X-ray Tech at the local hospital and work mostly in the emergency department.
And I met my wife while we were both in the 101st ABN DIV....she was a Combat Medic.

I can understand that some folks might consider my views on organ donation to be somewhat odd considering that I'm a healthcare provider.
Maybe it's something like the notion "nurses make the worse patients", or when doctors choose to smoke and drink....everything is different when it pertains to your own body.
Does that make any sense?

Allen.
 
I have recieved one kidney transplant, it lasted 4.5 years. I currently need another. I obviously think being a donor is important! By the way, BF member Daniel Dorn (see post above) donated me one of his kidneys. It literally saved my life!
 
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