Donating Organs

[Viperidae]

Oh, you can bet your ass that I will be harmful to the environment when I'm done using this husk.

Just release an album before you're done with it.

 

[Krynn72]

No, I dont think it should be mandatory. Your body belongs to you, alive or not. You should only ever be the one who decides what happens to it in your absence.

Though an opt-out would make more sense I think.

 

[Hobostomp]

They can have my organs when I die, but it shouldn't be compulsory - each to their own.

 

[dfc05]

I'd like to be an organ donor, but haven't looked into how to sign up for it.

I really don't care what happens to my body after I die.... as long as it's not left unnoticed, decomposing in a stuffy little room... because that would be gross.

 

[PimpinPenguin]

We should have an opt out policy. Instead of having to sign up to be an Organ donor, we should have to opt out instead. Right now there are loads of people willing to donate their organs yet haven't gotten around to doing so. I myself would not have been one if a didn't agree on my drivers licence.

 

[Warped]

necro bump for obvious reasons

 

[Tyguy]

opt out program ftw. i also want to be set on fire...it's a decent going away party.

 

[Sulkdodds]

I've given blood but I'm not an organ donor. I always meant to be so I suppose I should get right on that.

An opt out would be a good idea - sure, there's a problem with the implication that by default you don't own your own body, but after death there is no you to own anything at all, whereas other yous could benefit. For that principle the loss of what is ultimately a symbolic and nominal liberty is a fair trade. I don't believe that even this government could stop the NHS from saving more lives if there were more organ donors.

 

[PJ]

I will donate my organs, but I've always been wary about wanting to donate blood fro some reason. I probably will though.

 

[MJ12]

How about we just switch from opt-in to opt-out? That way, the people who really, actually care about what happens to their body once they aren't around to experience it can sign away their gift of life to others for post-life esthetics.

I'm sorry, I don't follow?

 

[Sulkdodds]

"By default you will leave my organs alone but I would like you to take them when I die, yours sincerely, John A Citizen"
vs
"By default you will take my organs when I die, but I would like you to leave them alone, yours sincerely, John A Citizen"

 

[CyberPitz]

I agree with the "Op-Out" thing. The reason I'm not on the list is because I can't be assed to go and sign up....no matter how easy it is.

 

[VirusType2]

I've given blood but I'm not an organ donor.

Blood donation is a great idea. You should donate blood once a year. It's a great way to get fresh new blood and is suspected to reduce the risk of heart and cardiovascular disease.

Here's why. Each time you give blood, you remove some of the iron it contains. High blood iron levels, Sullivan believes, can increase the risk of heart disease. Iron has been shown to speed the oxidation of cholesterol, a process thought to increase the damage to arteries that ultimately leads to cardiovascular disease.

Sullivan has long suspected that blood iron levels help explain why a man's risk of heart disease begins earlier than a woman's. Women lose blood -- and lower their iron levels -- each time they menstruate. Men, on the other hand, begin storing iron in body tissues starting in their twenties, which is just about the time their heart attack danger begins to climb. According to Victor Herbert, MD, a hematologist at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, there are normally about 1,000 milligrams of iron "stored" in the average adult man's body but only about 300 milligrams in a premenopausal woman's. Once women stop menstruating, however, their iron levels -- and their heart disease risk -- begin to climb, eventually matching that of men.

Swedish scientists found that men with a genetic abnormality that causes slightly elevated blood iron levels had a 2.3-fold increase in heart attack risk. A second study published in the same journal found that women with the abnormal gene were also at greater risk of cardiovascular disease. Together, Sullivan believes, those studies offer new support for his iron hypothesis.

Take, for example, a study of 2,682 men in Finland reported in the September 1998 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Men who donated blood at least once a year had an 88% lower risk of heart attacks than nondonors. Another study published in the August 1997 issue of Heart found that men who donated blood were less likely than nondonors to show signs of cardiovascular disease.

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51031

So, if not a selfless act to save lives, then do it for yourself.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

That's amazing. I'm going to start donating blood as much as possible.

 

[Tyguy]

So technically if you get your ass kicked your entire life and bleed alot you are at less risk for a heart attack compared to the guy kicking your ass.

 

[ThunderDawg]

I keep seeing "Donating Orgasm" as the thread title, and wondered if they need volunteers.

 

[Tyguy]

I keep seeing "Donating Orgasm" as the thread title, and wondered if they need volunteers.

i'd rather keep my orgasms thank you very much

 

[ThunderDawg]

Do they age well?

 

[PvtRyan]

I would be an organ donor, but unfortunately my organs only have a 15% drop chance. However, there is also a 25% chance I'll drop a kickin' rad sword.

Also, in before: "Your balls only have 1% chance to drop".

 

[Kadayi]

My father died rather unexpectedly earlier in the year and although he was quite old we allowed the transplant people to take his retinas as well as skin sample for grafts as they said they could use them. Hopefully someone benefited from them. It was a bit weird seeing him in state as they put caps over they eyes (though the lids were shut) afterwards. However I think he'd of been happy with the decision we made.

I'd never really given much thought to transplants or organ donation before then, but after than I pretty much signed up straight away. If someone can benefit when I die then I think there is an obligation to give them the opportunity. However I'd like to hope that whomever does, is someone who has ended up where they are by misfortune rather than their own stupidity.