Is it horrible I don't want to donate my organs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not horrible that you don't want to donate your organs.

It's horrible that you're talking smack about transplant teams, who work harder than you can possibly imagine to save lives.

Grow up.

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Yes!

I find it incredibly wasteful. Like throwing out clothes or dishes in the the trash rather than sending it to goodwill.

[Anonymous]

I'm not an organ donor. I don't generally have a problem with the whole thing. But I don't have an advocate for myself. I don't have family that would advocate and fight for me and I don't trust Drs to do what they can to save me or keep me alive when I don't have anyone there.
So I'd rather not be one. If they do wait and find my mom, she knows my wishes. At that point, I assume there is nothing else left to do and my mom can direct my organ donation (I told her what I'm want donated).

I thought about going on the bone marrow donor list but I was worried about the time commitment if I'm matched. It would be devastating if I was matched and could t do it.

I used to donate blood in Germany every 3 months and tried a few times here and was sent away every time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not an organ donor. I don't generally have a problem with the whole thing. But I don't have an advocate for myself. I don't have family that would advocate and fight for me and I don't trust Drs to do what they can to save me or keep me alive when I don't have anyone there.
So I'd rather not be one. If they do wait and find my mom, she knows my wishes. At that point, I assume there is nothing else left to do and my mom can direct my organ donation (I told her what I'm want donated).

I thought about going on the bone marrow donor list but I was worried about the time commitment if I'm matched. It would be devastating if I was matched and could t do it.

I used to donate blood in Germany every 3 months and tried a few times here and was sent away every time.

For what reason?

But please consider getting on the bone marrow registry. Being matched is unlikely, but it really could save a person's life. Procedures are getting less and less invasive and time consuming.

[Anonymous]

To use your organs, don't they need to take you in when you're just "brain dead" as opposed to all the way dead?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not an organ donor. I don't generally have a problem with the whole thing. But I don't have an advocate for myself. I don't have family that would advocate and fight for me and I don't trust Drs to do what they can to save me or keep me alive when I don't have anyone there.
So I'd rather not be one. If they do wait and find my mom, she knows my wishes. At that point, I assume there is nothing else left to do and my mom can direct my organ donation (I told her what I'm want donated).

I thought about going on the bone marrow donor list but I was worried about the time commitment if I'm matched. It would be devastating if I was matched and could t do it.

I used to donate blood in Germany every 3 months and tried a few times here and was sent away every time.

For what reason?

But please consider getting on the bone marrow registry. Being matched is unlikely, but it really could save a person's life. Procedures are getting less and less invasive and time consuming.

I grew up in Germany and if you lived in Europe for a while (I think it used to be 3 or 6 months) they won't let you donate blood because of the mad cows disease in England.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To use your organs, don't they need to take you in when you're just "brain dead" as opposed to all the way dead?

It depends on the organ they need. Certainly brain dead and on life support will have the best chances of being able to use more organs. They work hard to find a match and scour through medical records/prep the person receiving the organ for surgery, and have helicopters waiting to move (if the organ has to travel). In our case, they also had to helicopter transplant surgeons in, who typically do the work as volunteers (at least in that state). I wrote above about my father being a donor who was kept on life support so they could find a match.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To use your organs, don't they need to take you in when you're just "brain dead" as opposed to all the way dead?

It depends on the organ they need. Certainly brain dead and on life support will have the best chances of being able to use more organs. They work hard to find a match and scour through medical records/prep the person receiving the organ for surgery, and have helicopters waiting to move (if the organ has to travel). In our case, they also had to helicopter transplant surgeons in, who typically do the work as volunteers (at least in that state). I wrote above about my father being a donor who was kept on life support so they could find a match.

It freaks me out a bit that they take you to cut up before you're completely dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To use your organs, don't they need to take you in when you're just "brain dead" as opposed to all the way dead?

Brain dead IS dead.

Brain dead does not mean "in a coma," or "in a persistent vegetative state."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/06/health/brain-dead-basics/

http://www.neurology.org/content/74/23/1911.full.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To use your organs, don't they need to take you in when you're just "brain dead" as opposed to all the way dead?

Brain dead IS dead.

Brain dead does not mean "in a coma," or "in a persistent vegetative state."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/06/health/brain-dead-basics/

http://www.neurology.org/content/74/23/1911.full.html

But that's not what Miracle Max said!

[Anonymous]

If you are worried about your organs being diseased, consider donating your body to science so med students or researchers can learn how to help others. I have three chronic conditions. Two are rare. I can't even donate blood anymore, but I do donate my biopsied tissues for research and two different programs will get my mortal remains (if cures are found by the time I kick the bucket).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To use your organs, don't they need to take you in when you're just "brain dead" as opposed to all the way dead?

It depends on the organ they need. Certainly brain dead and on life support will have the best chances of being able to use more organs. They work hard to find a match and scour through medical records/prep the person receiving the organ for surgery, and have helicopters waiting to move (if the organ has to travel). In our case, they also had to helicopter transplant surgeons in, who typically do the work as volunteers (at least in that state). I wrote above about my father being a donor who was kept on life support so they could find a match.

It freaks me out a bit that they take you to cut up before you're completely dead.

If you are brain dead, you are completely dead.

[Anonymous]

Please seriously consider the toddler who can't see properly unless there is a cornea or lens donor. There are so many parts of you that have use and can save a life...truly. Please donate.

[Anonymous]

For those of you who have "made arrangements" to have your body donated to science or a medical school, what did you do? Like, what process is there to ensure this happens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To use your organs, don't they need to take you in when you're just "brain dead" as opposed to all the way dead?


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Brain dead is dead.

[Anonymous]

Please still consider being a donor, as there is a need for tissue donors as well as organ donors. Please think about this...your donation could help someone, a child perhaps, to live a normal life.