Are you an Organ Donor?

Mr Teacake · 15/02/13 - 02:59

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.

annette kurten · 15/02/13 - 03:12

what happened to that poster called brian donor? gets me every time.

vosne · 15/02/13 - 03:14

Right, I'm giving this 4 minutes max until Joe comes in with his own particular brand of organ donation.

James Frederick · 15/02/13 - 03:16

The closest one to me would be No, I have no intention to be a organ donor.

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

KieranDS · 15/02/13 - 03:20

I consented to all my organs being taken when I applied for my provisional driving license at 17 years old.

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.

[Deleted User] · 15/02/13 - 03:58

Hope you realise that you're not dead when the organ is removed. A dead organ is no use to anyone.

vosne · 15/02/13 - 03:59

Dozyrosie wrote: »

Hope you realise that you're not dead when the organ is removed. A dead organ is no use to anyone.

Exciting idea. Though not true in the slightest of course.

exlordlucan · 15/02/13 - 04:03

There isn't an option for haven't really thought about it, which I haven't.

user1234567 · 15/02/13 - 04:13

I don't mind being an organ donor. Feel uncomfortable about a face transplant though. Don't know why as I'd be dead so it wouldn't matter if someone else was walking around with my face. How do others feel about donating their face?

exlordlucan · 15/02/13 - 04:20

mary patricia wrote: »

I don't mind being an organ donor. Feel uncomfortable about a face transplant though. Don't know why as I'd be dead so it wouldn't matter if someone else was walking around with my face. How do others feel about donating their face?

Ooer I didn't know they did that but imagine if somebody had Jimmy Savile's face and then all this came out :eek:

Hugh Jboobs · 15/02/13 - 06:07

I don't really understand why anyone wouldn't want to donate their organs to be honest. If you're as good as dead anyway, what is the point of your healthy organs going to waste, when they could be used to save people's lives?

shmisk · 15/02/13 - 06:36

Dozyrosie wrote: »

Hope you realise that you're not dead when the organ is removed. A dead organ is no use to anyone.

Things like skin and corneas can be taken after death

[Deleted User] · 15/02/13 - 07:15

I asked about organ donation as a 5 year old and decided I wanted to do it, my parents agreed, it makes death quite positive, knowing that hopefully my death will give someone else another chance at life. My sister in law has said that she would like my 3 year old nephew to be one too.

[Deleted User] · 15/02/13 - 07:28

I am. One thing I have always wondered though; I can't give blood because I like to shag men but they will harvest me when I am dead?!

I am also on the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register.

spookyLX · 15/02/13 - 07:35

Dozyrosie wrote: »

Hope you realise that you're not dead when the organ is removed. A dead organ is no use to anyone.

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

molliepops · 15/02/13 - 08:15

I had to say no, but I did carry a donor card from the age of 18 to 45, then the doctor told me they can't use my organs so I stopped

shmisk · 15/02/13 - 08:17

ylomyloh wrote: »

I am. One thing I have always wondered though; I can't give blood because I like to shag men but they will harvest me when I am dead?!

I am also on the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register.

Not allowed to use the word harvest anymore as apparently it's too cheerful sounding
It's retrieval now!

MrsWatermelon · 15/02/13 - 08:18

I'm diabetic so I don't know if any of my organs will actually be useable, but I've consented to any of them being taken so I'll let the doctors decide when I die.

LostFool · 15/02/13 - 08:19

As long as I'm dead when the donation happens, they can take whatever they want.

theid · 15/02/13 - 08:29

I think we should operate an "opt-out" scheme rather than "opt-in" - with a very simple proviso
(unless there is a medical reason why you cannot donate): if you opt out you can't be a recipient.

[Deleted User] · 15/02/13 - 09:14

mary patricia wrote: »

I don't mind being an organ donor. Feel uncomfortable about a face transplant though. Don't know why as I'd be dead so it wouldn't matter if someone else was walking around with my face. How do others feel about donating their face?

I wouldn't mind. The recipient wouldn't look particularly like you because their bone structure would be different. I assume that someone needing a face transplant might hope for someone younger though. (than me, not you, you understand).

ylomyloh wrote: »

I am. One thing I have always wondered though; I can't give blood because I like to shag men but they will harvest me when I am dead?!

I am also on the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register.

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.

jeffiner1892 · 15/02/13 - 09:33

The only people who can't donate their organs are those who are HIV + or have variant CJD. Other than that anyone can do so, even if they can't give blood.

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.

SpamJavelin · 15/02/13 - 09:40

I'm on the register stipulating that they're fully welcome to take anything and everything that might be usable. I'd say my liver is beyond hope, but that would be a medical decision.

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.

jeffiner1892 · 15/02/13 - 09:44

There are a lot who don't want to donate their eyes because they "want to see where they're going next" but most people when this mix up occurred seemed happy to continue to remain on the register.

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.

xorosetylerxo · 15/02/13 - 09:45

SpamJavelin wrote: »

I'm on the register stipulating that they're fully welcome to take anything and everything that might be usable. I'd say my liver is beyond hope, but that would be a medical decision.

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.

I won't do it because I'm very :eek: about people rooting around in my body even when I'm dead

SpamJavelin · 15/02/13 - 09:56

xorosetylerxo wrote: »

I won't do it because I'm very :eek: about people rooting around in my body even when I'm dead

Do you recognise that that's an utterly irrational notion, though?

Have you ever had surgery of any kind?

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