| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/5/2009 1:24:54 AM | yes i would.
One doctor finally got a good idea in the states, they did 6 organ transplants from donors mostly family memebers who didnt match their sick love one but one of the others who needed an organ. It was an exchange so all the people who needed an organ got one. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/5/2009 3:47:21 PM | Speaking from experiance the reward from donating isnt about being paid.Its the feeling you get when you get to see your friend or family memeber with a new chance at life.There is no feeling like it.As for missed time off work I was back to work in 2 weeks it was like being on vacation.
I only received 2 things for what I did and I wouldnt have wanted anything more.
1) was a very large extended family
2) a great story on how I spent my 40th birthday | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/6/2009 3:16:40 PM | Okay so which woman is looking for a good organ??
Oh crap thought this was some horny naughty woman loking for a good organ for play !
As for the would I donate a body part for some else !
What the hell you thinking ??
I only have one set of body parts and they don't grow back like a frogs legs do.
So no I'll keep all mine till I die. And then they'll be too screwed for anyone to steal them or buy from a rental store ! | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/6/2009 6:50:20 PM | you are an ass......
If i could donate organs i would but because of my medical condition i can't do anything ..... I can't even donate blood...... but if any one out there has a pankrious they want to give up once they are gone i am willing to take it as long as we are the same blood type.............lol | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/6/2009 7:59:05 PM | Posted By: trevorwins on 3/6/2009 9  20 PM but if any one out there has a pankrious they want to give up once they are gone i am willing to take it as long as we are the same blood type.............lol
Well, I'm pretty sure my dog is hoping to take a big bite out of my estate when I'm gone, but if you can beat her to me you're quite welcome to my pancreas. Just bring your own utensils and maybe some dog repellent spray too..  | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/7/2009 4:22:52 AM |
the reward is not about being paid by our employer, what does that have to do with it anyhow? You're right... the reward isn't in getting paid by either the government or our employer. But I'm curious to see how many people would take months off work with absolutely no monetary restitution at all to donate for a stranger...
The topic is in part to ensure our jobs while donating, but if we are left destitute and struggling financially afterwards, then that will certainly affect people's decisions. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/8/2009 4:27:31 PM |
Currently, if a person falls seriously ill and is unable to work, they are only covered under this for benefits for a period of 16 weeks (could be 15, I don't recall the exact number) and even then a person is penalized for the two week waiting period.
Sick benefits are 17 wks, including the 2 wk waiting period, so 15 wks paid. Ask me how I know this. LOL!..
Would I do it? Yes. I've already signed my donor card.. they are welcome to what is usable... but I was told they couldn't take a kidney as I have a double ureter on one side.
As for blood donation.. been a regular donor since I was 17... haven't for a while due to child birth (csections and breastfeeding), surgery, body piercings and a tattoo.. some of those things put you on restriction for a period of 12 mo. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/10/2009 10:40:13 AM | In the case of my sister and I it did take her longer to recover from this which surprised me lol. I guess since I have been through so many surgeries I was better to able to handle it  She was off work for about a month I guess and I know she would of gone through with the transplant regardless if she was paid or not for being off work. Im her close brother after all :)
I guess if you were in a situation where you could help someone you care about you wouldnt care if you were paid or not for tiem off work.
For someone you didn't know at all or very little I guess some would expect a little incentive. I can understand that sure.
If I was able to help a total stranger I would do it no matter what knowing that I am helping improve their quality of life :) | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/10/2009 12:00:32 PM | If I was able to help a total stranger I would do it no matter what knowing that I am helping improve their quality of life :)
That's unique.
While many are quick to demand a pound of flesh from others, few will readily offer up their own.
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/11/2009 12:13:38 AM | not really. being army, i'd gladly risk 170 pounds of flesh for anothers life. most of my co-workers would as well.
new direction: death
issue that came up (i was talken about this a few months ago with some people) that a majority of then wouldnt donate if they died...why? religious ideals? (moving on-not opening that can of worms)
if your dead, your dead. not understanding why people wouldnt want to donate. to give life to another. it's not as if ur going to miss an eye in a grave. personally, i think it should just be done w/o needing consent. but thats just me. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/11/2009 1:59:07 AM | Some interpretations of faith prohibit tampering with a body after death. Just wash the body, wrap it in a shroud, and get it buried quick and deep with absolutely minimal delay or processing. To those folks, autopsies and embalming are considered an unacceptable desecration of a corpse.
I'd imagine that the owner of a y-incisioned and excavated corpse might be quite ticked off arising into an afterlife minus eyes and bowels.
To the less religious who don't place a lot of faith in the existence of an afterlife, organ donation is still a squeamish subject. Will it hurt when they scoop those eyeballs out? When is it safe to give up my heart (in the physical sense that is)?
Not many people have first hand experience being dead, so nobody knows what to expect after dying. Is it like flipping the light switch, lights out in an instance, or is it a slow fade to black?
And if it's a slow fade to black, we have a problem given that most organs must be harvested from "fresh kill". Will it hurt to have the docs start excavating for organs before things are well and truly black? Can you imagine feeling that scalpel digging into you while you lay helpless (and hopefully truly lights-out dead) on the table?
In any case, my parts are up for grabs when I go. I'll let you know after the digging if it hurt.
Oh yeah, here's the free plug for parts-R-us -> http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/ohip/organdonor.html | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/11/2009 6:53:04 AM | Somewhat off but yet not too far from the subject here:
I think it should be a law that when you die every useable part of your body should be donated and then implanted into someone who will die with out the body part... | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/11/2009 10:18:27 PM | | I am not sure if I am eligible for being an organ donor since I have to spend the rest of my life on prescription medication. I know I can't donate blood, but I would donate an organ or blood if someone in my family needed it. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/12/2009 12:26:47 AM | Posted By: GuitarPlayer45 on 3/12/2009 1  27 AM I think it should be a law that when you die every useable part of your body should be donated and then implanted into someone who will die with out the body part...
While I understand the good intentions behind your suggestion, I disagree.
In our society, a person's body is supposed to be inviolable. It belongs to that person and to nobody else. We have the right to consent or not to giving others the rights to use or abuse our bodies, whether those others be our casual Saturday night dinner dates or whether they be the medical specialists who treat us for indigestion or bobbitectomy reconstruction the day after.
Death doesn't change that. You're still dealing with a body that was once a person and indeed is still a person. We must consider that person's wishes.
We respect a person's will as being legally-binding instructions on how his or her estate will be distributed even though he or she is now dead. We should also respect that person's will as it pertains to organ donation.
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/12/2009 3:34:46 AM |
I think it should be a law that when you die every useable part of your body should be donated and then implanted into someone who will die with out the body part... While I understand the good intentions behind your suggestion, I disagree.
Resonant of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World... | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/13/2009 10:07:39 AM | honest to god, I have nothing against or for organ donating. But if it is something I dont need, I'm willing to give that up to save someone that is worth saving =) Of course my friends and family will come first. But then again, I keep thinking... why would anyone want my organ haha! :) I know one thing for sure, my heart wont do people much good :) But if I died someday... I would willing to donate my organs.. since I am dead anyway why would I need it. (cross my fingers I wont die any time soon)
Ps.
its nice to see something other than relationship stuff on forums :P but then again I'm on a forum of a online dating site, so i only have myself to blame lol. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/14/2009 11:50:26 AM | | I've heard of people donating their hearts, but frankly, I'd consider that an imposition. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/14/2009 7:35:05 PM | | I am another one who cannot donate any organs or blood due to my medical condition. I am on blood thinnners which, though they help keep my blood from clotting, can have a negative effect on the ability of some of my major organs to function to their intended capacity. If it weren't for that reality, I would gladly donate...blood, kidney, whatever. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/17/2009 3:07:17 PM | | For my children yes, for my family, some yes some no, for a stranger probably not living, because while the common phrase is you can live without one, what if the other one or part malfunctions? I do have children, so the risk would probably deter me. Now after I have died, I don't know. I have not signed a card, but I have thought about it. I haven't donated blood because I have spent a lot of the last ten year pregnant or on medications that they can't use your blood if you are on. That is something I did want to do, even went to a drive once, but after I filled out the form they told me I couldn't (I was pregnant at the time). | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/17/2009 3:15:44 PM | "I think it should be a law that when you die every useable part of your body should be donated and then implanted into someone who will die with out the body part..."
Just noticed this one which is why I am posting again. The trouble with this statement is that some things that are donated to other people, are things that the people won't die without. For instance corneas. Now I think giving someone their sight back is a good cause but losing your sight does not equal death. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/17/2009 5:31:10 PM |
Now I think giving someone their sight back is a good cause but losing your sight does not equal death.
It does if you walk out in front of a bus because you couldn't see it coming. ;-)
Organ and tissue donation isn't just about life and death for the recipient. It's can also be a matter of significantly improving the quality of life for them, and that too is an admirable reason to be a donor. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 3/17/2009 6:04:23 PM | | Being self-employed, if I don't work, I don't get paid. I am in favour of organ donation but I'm afraid they will need to wait until I am dead. Of course, if it was to save someone's life whom I love, I would do it in a heartbeat. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 8/18/2009 6:27:34 PM | Now, that depends, am I alive or dead when I donate....
I've already indicated on my driver's license that Im a donor upon death. Alive? If it was one of my children that needed it, yes, I'd donate an organ. For me, its a simple choice based on my level of ethics. | |
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 8/19/2009 8:27:23 AM | If I was asked to donate an organ to save a life, yes no question about it.
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| Would you donate an organ?
Posted: 8/21/2009 5:54:35 AM | My reply: A resounding YES! Regardless of any incentive of time off for pay.
Some background: A dear friend of mine contracted Hepatitis C after receiving a transfusion with tainted blood in 1990. Four transplant lists exist according to one's blood type. My friend - with Type O-positive blood - was placed in the list with the longest wait.
In the Summer of 2005, I underwent the tests to determine if I could donate a portion of my liver because I also have Type O-positive blood. However, I was not deemed a perfect match. Thankfully, my friend did receive a donor liver in January 2007, and he has been given a new lease on life.
If anyone has objections about organ donations because of perceived religious beliefs, I have news for you: Several prominent religions have relaxed their stance in this area, taking the point of view that life and optimum health trump outdated beliefs.
I urge you: (1) Log onto www.recycleme.org, (2) take the time to glean the valuable information there, and (3) sign your organ donor card. Ultimately, your unselfish act of donating an organ could make an immensely positive difference in the lives of sufferers, their families, and their friends.
(I'll get off my soapbox now ...) | |
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