This weekend would you consider being an organ donor or any weekend ?
551046
I'm already an Organ Donor
849937
Part of me thinks it is acceptable with the alcoholics/smokers thing because if I donated my organs I'd want them to go to someone who would deserve & appreciate them not just use them to be able to cause a bit more damage to themselves.\n\nI'd draw the line at the white,black,chinese,muslim bit because at the end of the day as long as that person isn't going to abuse that organ again we're all just people wanting to get better,it doesn't matter what race or religion we are.
307378
everyday and twice on Sunday just for good luck:)
389460
yeah, my organs belong to me, not the government. the only way i would give my organs to a leader would be if i was insanely partriotic and offered them, but since that is not the case of course i would object.
823252
Wow, this opens up a can of worms.  Be prepared to duck; you may get some very sharpish answers!\n\nFor what it's worth (FWIW), I've heard that some very conservative Christians are not very happy with the idea of organ donation because they want to be resurrected with all their parts.  \n\n(Personally, things are going to decay anyway, I figure, and I cannot see how an omnipotent Deity is going to be slowed up significantly if someone's minus a few tissues....But I'll leave it for such believers to believe as they choose, and if I've misunderstood their doctrine, hope they'll accept it as an honest goof and not malicious.)   \n\nI understand that some of the more conservative Jewish groups feel that autopsies and such are disrespectful to the dead, and THINK that some Muslim groups have similar beliefs.  However, do NOT know whether the potential "good" and charity that can come from saving life overrides such "disrespect". \n\nI've found, again FWIW, that people in the more "liberal"  denominations (examples:  Quaker/Friends, United Church of Christ), Unitarians, and Pagans/Wiccans tend to be very vigorously IN FAVOR of donating organs and tissues, on the basis of "hey, let's not waste them, and we can do some wonderful good for a number of people".  \n\nHowever, individual people may vary.  You may need to check for "policy papers" on organ donation for each separate spiritual denomination/belief, if you want better data....but this is going to be almost impossible for the atheists/agnostics, and also for the Pagans/Wiccans (because we're independent-minded and ornery as cats, and HAVE no centralized religious governing body to set policy).\n\nI signed the "organ donor" designation on my license right when turning legal age....and before that, told my parents to donate anything and everything as my last wish.  Was raised Lutheran (Missouri Synod---one of the more conservative L.), but now am a very happy Goddess-worshipping Pagan.
506125
It is up to the parents and loved ones to determine the fate of a newborn relative to an organ donation. But wouldn't it be a wonderful world if during this time of grief people were able to accept the fate of their child and then be able to be compassionate to others with critically ill children, who will share their same fate, by donating an organ or organs to save a life. In the short life span of the newborn it will have come into this world and saved anothers life. What a noble and unselfish life to have led. I have 3 children, all healthy, Thank God, whom if any were to die I would hope I would help another suffering parent with the gift of life. In times of utter dispair I always ask myself what would Jesus ask me to due and then try to do it.
495077
after me!!\n\nAMBERday!!!! after friday...
427233
organ donation is probably the best!\n\nsearch for info about it and find some stories about people and their lives and how their lives have changed because of organ donation\n\nthis is one speech you will win
550534
I think the best thing to do depends on your age. If you are relatively young and healthy, organ donation is a wonderful way to give the gift of life to people who would otherwise have little chance for survival.\n\nIf you are not considered an appropriate organ donor (or simply don't wish to donate organs), you should contact local medical schools. They all have programs to donate your body, and your donation will help train the next generation of physicians.
738067
Yes, Im an organ donor. It doesnt matter which parts they use. If I have them, and they need them, they can take them. I dont understand why people wouldnt be organ donors. What good are they to you after you die? so they can rot away in a grave? I find that very selfish, when thousands and thousands of people are waiting for donations because without them they'll die. Obviously if I'm dead theyre not doing me any good anymore so why not let someone else have them?\nI like helping people..so if I can help people even after I die, how great is that?
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No, technically it is the person's body and they should be able to do with it what they please.\n\nHowever, imho, I do feel it is morally wrong and selfish not to be an organ donor. If you're dead, your physical self shouldn't matter anymore. Why not help someone else to live longer? And like you said, you never know when you might need an organ....how would you feel if no one wanted to donate to you?
106246
do you mean "weekend at bernie's" ?
291015
four years ago my best friend was diagnosed with cancer. she needed a kidney transplant and i offered to giver her one of my kidneys but unfortunatly i was unable to do that because when she went to the doctor for a check up and see how fast the cancer was growing they had found out that the cancer had spread through out her whole body and she passed away a few weeks later. it broke my heart that i was never able to try and save her life. i think that is the nicest thing i could have offered her.
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As noted, it's likely that you are not a suitable donor, if your friend is not a relative.\n\nHow is your friend's life in danger?  Is your friend receiving hemodialysis?  Generally that is a life-saving option.  For many patients, peritoneal dialysis is another option.\n\nI would advise everyone to sign up to donate organs after their death, but for living patients, caution is appropriate.\n\nIt might be rare, but I have seen kidney donors pay a price in terms of their health.  \n\nIt might be unique to my experiences, but I would be extra cautious regarding laparascopic surgery.
259669
I opted to have legal paperwork drawn up in order to have my\nbody donated for complete organ/tissue harvesting. In accordance to the Catholic Church, as long as the remains \nare handled with respect, it is permissable to do such, even\nto be disposed in a biohazard bag and incinerated at the end. (not to be observed in any form of religious service)\nWhy be buried in a forest? \nIn thinking what would be the most generous thing that I could do at the end of my life...total body donation was the\nonly logical choice as opposed to just selecting certain organs only to be removed. My soul will be long gone-It makes me happy to think that this body of mine will be put\nto such a sacred use for so many people.
500208
Donate money to organizations that work for world peace.  Or you can volunteer on the weekends.
868082
Do you really trust that it won't be abused?  Organ harvesting is a big money business.  All a Dr. would have to say is "He/she asked me to."  In China, the condemn thousands of people to death each week, just to harvest and sell their organs.  Think about that.  Or, watch "Solent Green."