[alyjo07]

It's extremely important to donate your organs. the father of my kids has been waiting for over 5 years now, for a heart. Please! don't let this make you change your mind...

[Karma]

Originally Posted by alyjo07 ↗

It's extremely important to donate your organs. the father of my kids has been waiting for over 5 years now, for a heart. Please! don't let this make you change your mind...

The father of my kids didn't have a heart to begin with! No, just kidding, seriously, I am an organ donor and that autopsy wouldn't put me off. Who cares what happens to your body parts when you are dead! You don't need them any more so they may as well be used by someone who needs them. That way a part of you lives on anyway. I am all for organ donation.

[emma_wingert]

Originally Posted by tabatha197019 ↗

why didnt they use the penis too??

they use testicles for scientific purposes/research. my father was an organ donor and that is what was done with his testicles.

[raisedbyhell02]

this is great to look at before bed

[AngelAssassin]

I have been an organ donor since I started driving, and when my son started driving I asked him about it and he chose to be a donor too. I was very proud that he made that decision without even a second thought.

You can be any age, you can have health problems, don't let those things deter you from deciding to donate, they will use what they can, or you can specify what they could take. It doesn't need to be a 'free for all'!

Just one donor can save multiple lives! Imagine if even just one person can have their life saved or be made healthier because I died then I feel it's well worth it!

Patients are not treated differently by their health providers because they choose to donate or not. In fact most of the time the doctors don't even know about that unless they need to ask the family about donations. Doctors, at least in the US, cannot make any decision that could be detrimental to the patient, according to the oath they take. There is no way they would, or COULD, wait for 5 minutes (or whatever I read above) to see if the patient will die!!! No doctor would be allowed to practice again if they did that to someone needing care! It goes against all they have vowed as doctors!

I strongly recommend that people at least research organ donation before they just say no. There are also other ways to make donations besides being an organ donor at death. Donating blood at the next blood drive you see is a great help! You could even register to become a bone marrow donor as simply as donating blood, then to make the donation is a simple same day surgery.
At least think about it and look into it... It seems there are still many misconceptions about organ donation that could be needlessly influencing whether or not people decide to become donors. I suggest that you do your own research, even ask your primary care doctor about it the next time you go in. You could potentially be saving many lives!

[methfreeq]

I am not giving any of my organs unless I myself get a say in who does or does not get them.

[xxxnowayxxx]

C'mon people, donate your organs! It'll be pretty much no matter for you, since you won't feel or know anything about it (since you're dead, ) But you can save other people's life.

[sophee24]

Totally agree. I have a kidney from an organ Robert. An amazing act of kindness.

[laurenhayden1]

I'm being cremated anyway. I'm an organ donor and I wish they could use every last piece of me when I go, to better many lives. They could have my skin, everything. It's selfish and vain to deny a dying person the chance at life, or a suffering person the chance at a better life, because your corpse won't look pretty. It won't look pretty in the long run regardless!

[laurenhayden1]

Originally Posted by methfreeq ↗

I am not giving any of my organs unless I myself get a say in who does or does not get them.

I truly hope should you or a loved one be in need of an organ one day that someone is more kind and generous to you and yours than you are to others. Sounds like bad karma to me.