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Are you an Organ Donor?
Mr Teacake
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I gave consent for every organ when I was 23. Before this, I was happy to be a donor but never got round to signing up, which apparently applies to a lot of people not on the register.
Are you an Organ Donor? 287 votes
Yes, I gave consent for all organs.
52%
151 votes
Yes, I gave consent for some organs
9%
28 votes
No, but I intend to sign up all organs
3%
11 votes
No, but I intend to signup some organs
5%
17 votes
No, I have no intention to be a organ donor.
27%
80 votes
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But that is only because I have a medical condition so my organs wouldn't be any good I have asked My doctor before and he said even if I had a organ donor card they couldn't use them.
If I could though I would
If my organs are any use to someone after I'm gone, then that's exactly what I want to happen. I've got no use for them when I'm rotting in the ground or being cremated.
There's something quite special in thinking you could help someone in need.
Exciting idea. Though not true in the slightest of course.
Ooer I didn't know they did that but imagine if somebody had Jimmy Savile's face and then all this came out :eek:
Things like skin and corneas can be taken after death
I am also on the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register.
yes you are, If there is no brain activity you are dead your organs are kept going by a machine until a transplant team gets to your location , But they only have a very small period of time Some organs can be transplanted whilst you are alive such as kidneys and skin
I gave my consent years ago when I got my driving license the thought that I could help up to 50 people after I am dead is a good thought to have
Not allowed to use the word harvest anymore as apparently it's too cheerful sounding
It's retrieval now!
(unless there is a medical reason why you cannot donate): if you opt out you can't be a recipient.
There seems no rule at all against using organs from sexually active gay men. All I can suggest is that organs are more extensively tested than blood. There was a case recently of a young woman who received a lung transplant from a heavy smoker, then developed lung cancer though. That didn't sound brilliant. Evidently smokers are not prevented from donating lungs.
There was a bit of a mess a few years ago where people had been registered as a donor against their wishes or their donation wishes had been unknowingly altered, eg. they had wanted to donate their heart but not their eyes but the register showed the reverse.
The post above about not being taken from a "dead" body is partly true, as confirmed the person is still being kept artificially alive but there are organs that don't rely on this.
I'll never understand those people who object to it and won't do it (unless on good medical grounds, that is). Strikes me as the height of selfishness to prevent somebody else having something that you certianly don't need and which would do them some good. But that's just me.
Just another point to bear in mind, it's YOUR wishes that will be respected. If your family objects when you've consented it will be your decision taken over theirs.
I won't do it because I'm very :eek: about people rooting around in my body even when I'm dead
Have you ever had surgery of any kind?