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

[Anonymous]

Tomorrow I will be meeting with my lawyer to complete my healthcare directives and POA. I've gone over everything and am pleased, but I'm not sure how to handle the organ donation question. I had cancer in my early 20s, my brother had cancer and died at 19, mom had cancer and died at 37, dad had cancer and died at 62. My kidney function is damaged. I have a congenital heart defect. None of that makes me comfortable with someone else trying to use my crappy organs. I also would prefer my family have some peace immediately after my dead rather than be abused by donation people trying to get confirmation and doctors rushing me away to begin hacking me apart.

Is it horrible if I prohibit organ donation?

[Anonymous]

I thought your motives were purely alturistic until I got to the last line about hacking you apart.

But no, under your health circumstances, I don't think its selfish. I also think there are other circumstances under which it would not be selfish.

[Anonymous]

It is your body. You have them do whatever you want with it.

[Anonymous]

How are your eyes? Maybe you'd be down to donate corneas?

[Anonymous]

I think you'd be rejected as an organ donor. But why do you need to take a giant crap on organ donation itself? To make yourself feel better?

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

It's only horrible if you are pro-life.

[Anonymous]

I thought they still had to ask the next of kin anyway?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's only horrible if you are pro-life.

Huh?

[Anonymous]

You may not be a great candidate, but as someone whose loved one's life depends on receiving a donor heart you would do well to learn about the donation process. Nobody abuses anyone in their time of grief and nobody is getting hacked up. Have a little empathy for both those whose loved ones have chosen to give that precious gift and for those whose lives depend on it.

[Anonymous]

Do what you want.

[Anonymous]

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.

+1. Also, as to your family's peace, as someone who has lost a loved one whose organs were donated, I actually found great peace in knowing that his organs were donated. While I was still devastated to have lost him so sudden and unexpectedly (brain aneurysm), the idea that his death might at least save a whole bunch of other people from suffering similar devastation from the untimely loss of their loved ones (multiple organs were donated) was a great comfort.

[Anonymous]

I never felt comfortable with organ donation...until my friends 6 year old life was saved when he was almost out of time. A SIX year olds life was saved. The brother of a FOUR year old. Someone's CHILD.

I am now a registered organ donor. Do what feels right to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's only horrible if you are pro-life.

Huh?

Not pp, but it'd be a major mark of hypocrisy. ie, why the "pro-life" folks get a bad rep for caring about fetuses, and stop caring about "life" after birth.

[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.

+1. Also, as to your family's peace, as someone who has lost a loved one whose organs were donated, I actually found great peace in knowing that his organs were donated. While I was still devastated to have lost him so sudden and unexpectedly (brain aneurysm), the idea that his death might at least save a whole bunch of other people from suffering similar devastation from the untimely loss of their loved ones (multiple organs were donated) was a great comfort.

+1
My cousin died in a stupid, tragic, teenaged accident and it brought my aunt so much peace to know her son lives on in many different people, improving or saving their lives.

But agree that nobody wants your damaged organs.