Donor Register

[boldie]

Opt-out when you're old enough to vote - 18.  Opt-in before then.  Surely that's the simple solution?

I for one could not give a toss what happens to my remains when I'm dead.  Cut up and used for medical science, dog food, landfill - not my concern once I'm dead.

They feed fish to cats though don't they

or just flush em down the toilet?

[Sheriff Fatman]

I think its a very personal decision, particularly as it crosses a lot of religious boundaries for some people.

Opt-in is the only way to handle it, for me.

I had a card for a while, then felt a bit weird about it and stopped carrying it (can't remember exactly why now).  Now I can't see a problem again, so I suppose I should get signed up once more.

Sheriff

[marcro]

You cannot take something away from someone without specific permission - defaulting to if you do not check the box then you are automatically a donor has no legal standing.

[Colchester Kev]

Personally, I think it is more worthy to give blood than carry a donor card.

[Sheriff Fatman]

I practically pass out when they take a blood sample from me.  I really hate it for some reason (the needle doesn't bother me, its the tapping for a vein that makes me start to feel sick).

The prospect of taking more than 10ml out of me is something I can't bring myself to go through.

[Zebediah]

So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
how amazingly unlikely is your birth,
Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,
because there's bugger all down here on Earth.

So can we have your organs then???

[Rod Paradise]

So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
how amazingly unlikely is your birth,
Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,
because there's bugger all down here on Earth.

So can we have your organs then???

Classic!!!

I'm on the Donor register, but the card fell to bits in my wallet - my folks know that anyone's welcome to anything salvagable from my sad carcass anyway. I've exercised my liver religiously for years - so it's probably a cracker....

[Zebediah]

I am uncomfortable with people cutting me up when I'm dead to save another person life.

I find that thinking quite bizarre personally, but in today's society, not surprising sadly.

[patman]

mmh
although i am a donor i think the opt in is still the best way to go....the right to choose to do something should be paramount over the need to tell someone you dont want to...simple really

apart from my clenched left hand with middle finger in the upright position cos thats getting posted to my bank manager

[Rod Paradise]

mmh
although i am a donor i think the opt in is still the best way to go....the right to choose to do something should be paramount over the need to tell someone you dont want to...simple really

apart from my clenched left hand with middle finger in the upright position cos thats getting posted to my bank manager

Probably better just sending a picture of it mate

[patman]

naaahh rod...i`ll be dead and cut up and parcelled out to make bionic men....

i want him to follow me to the afterlife and see me laughing when he opens up the parcel

[The_nun]

No i have no problem with it at all for me, i myself have a card but i would not like my kids to have one.
Rightly or wrongly just the thought of my kids having their organs "harvested" upsets me greatly, i know that folks will say "but what if your kids needed a transplant?" etc. and i understand the argument i just couldn't cope with it personally.
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I totaly understand what you are saying Ifm, I  felt this way up until our circumstances changed. I  felt i could never donate my childrens organs, it must be hard enought to lose a child never mind having to make a hard decision like that.

I hope you and yours and anyone reading these posts, never have the missfortune to be in our position, i truly do , but our thoughts have changed soooo very much since Reece was born. You start to think so very differently, this has woke me up and changed my way of thinking. Yes , i guess you are thinking ..ahh well , would she have changed if it were not for Reece's possible transplant needs, well i can not answer that but I know that without donors so many children i have meet over the last 2 years would now be long gone. The way i look at it is, if my organs stay with my body they will either be burnt to a cinder or 6ft under and no use to anyone, but if i let them stay here they have the chance of saving the life of someone and making a whole family life happy again. If that is the last thing i do on this earth , i would be a very happy soul.

[kinboshi]

I'm on the Donor register, but the card fell to bits in my wallet - my folks know that anyone's welcome to anything salvagable from my sad carcass anyway. I've exercised my liver religiously for years - so it's probably a cracker....

Still got my card from 1993.  It's looking a little worse for wear, but then again, it's only relfecting the holder's state.

Just interested why people are bothered about what happens to their remains when they're dead.  I'd love to think that my miserable body is acutally of use and could save someone's life. I'm not religious, but surely this is a very 'religious' thing to do - to do something to help others.  The ultimate Christian act is to give your life to save another - and this is the non-'giving up your life way' of doing that.

I give blood, not as often as I should (and I need to sort that out really) - but more people are needed as the blood supplies never last long.  I'm O- as well, which is the sort they can give to anyone, so I should be giving it as often as I can.

I was considering going onto the bone-marrow register.  Slightly bigger deal than giving blood, and something that I probably won't end up doing (I really respect people who are on it).

[kinboshi]

I hope you and yours and anyone reading these posts, never have the missfortune to be in our position, i truly do , but our thoughts have changed soooo very much since Reece was born. You start to think so very differently, this has woke me up and changed my way of thinking. Yes , i guess you are thinking ..ahh well , would she have changed if it were not for Reece's possible transplant needs, well i can not answer that but I know that without donors so many children i have meet over the last 2 years would now be long gone. The way i look at it is, if my organs stay with my body they will either be burnt to a cinder or 6ft under and no use to anyone, but if i let them stay here they have the chance of saving the life of someone and making a whole family life happy again. If that is the last thing i do on this earth , i would be a very happy soul.

 

[boldie]

I'm on the Donor register, but the card fell to bits in my wallet - my folks know that anyone's welcome to anything salvagable from my sad carcass anyway. I've exercised my liver religiously for years - so it's probably a cracker....

Still got my card from 1993.  It's looking a little worse for wear, but then again, it's only relfecting the holder's state.

Just interested why people are bothered about what happens to their remains when they're dead.  I'd love to think that my miserable body is acutally of use and could save someone's life. I'm not religious, but surely this is a very 'religious' thing to do - to do something to help others.  The ultimate Christian act is to give your life to save another - and this is the non-'giving up your life way' of doing that.

I give blood, not as often as I should (and I need to sort that out really) - but more people are needed as the blood supplies never last long.  I'm O- as well, which is the sort they can give to anyone, so I should be giving it as often as I can.

I was considering going onto the bone-marrow register.  Slightly bigger deal than giving blood, and something that I probably won't end up doing (I really respect people who are on it).

the bone marrow thing takes a LOT of erm..dedication so to speak. My Nephew was a donor for my uncle..and man that did not look comfortable. I give blood (aswell not as often as I should really but giving blood in this country is a pain in the arse..why not just have blood drives?..anyways...as often as I remember to) I would really have to know someone to go through the bone marrow thing though.