Thread: Organ & Blood Donation

I can not donate anything due to some life style choice I had in my past, not blood, plasma, organs anything. This also disqualifies my wife from giving too. It makes me quite mad, especially because my mother has brest cancer and I know how important plasma and such is. It truly breaks my heart that I am healthy and clean but I still cant do my part.

I like the though of people helping others after their life has ended so much I think this tread could as well have been posted in "The Finer Things in Life" !

Originally Posted by sjb4552

I can not donate anything due to some life style choice I had in my past, not blood, plasma, organs anything. This also disqualifies my wife from giving too. It makes me quite mad, especially because my mother has brest cancer and I know how important plasma and such is. It truly breaks my heart that I am healthy and clean but I still cant do my part.

Don't be sad your not the only one.

It you can't donate you body when you die, how about donating your razors, hones n stuff?
My address is.....

Once I am done with this shell, part what's left of me out like a classic auto...

I am a donor on my Drivers License & will...

i've abused my body and with luck it will be a worthless shell when i am done with it but my license, will, advance directives, medical proxy and doctors all know that they are supposed to salvage any useful parts before before planting.

when i'm done i will no longer care about this carcass.

jim

i am a organ donor ( when im gone i dont need them anymore so let them be my last shot at helping save a life,) and ive donated blood once, i do it when theres a blood drive in the area.

I'm another who is unable to donate blood simply because I lived in the UK during a certain period in the 90s when CJD was doing its thing. It's a little frustrating as I'd like to, but since no one seems to know how the heck prions work, I guess it's best if I don't lie and donate. However as for my organs, when I'm done with them, anyone who can make use of them is welcome to them.

Anyone else have Monty Python's 'The Universe Song' in their head while reading this thread?

Originally Posted by Cangooner

I'm another who is unable to donate blood simply because I lived in the UK during a certain period in the 90s when CJD was doing its thing. It's a little frustrating as I'd like to, but since no one seems to know how the heck prions work, I guess it's best if I don't lie and donate. However as for my organs, when I'm done with them, anyone who can make use of them is welcome to them.

Anyone else have Monty Python's 'The Universe Song' in their head while reading this thread?

I was an organ donor and blood donor whilst I was living in the UK, and I plan to continue this. I didn't get asked if I wanted to be a Donor when I got my driving license, or I would be registered now.
I know I could not donate blood for a couple of years due to a tattoo. So I will continue when I am allowed
I think donations are essential to modern medicine, I can't wait until we can grow organs!!!

In Australia I can't donate blood due to living in the uk for over a certain period of time, it's easily done when your born then live there for 20+ years!

On my drivers licence I opted to donate my organs and my wife knows my wishes. The question is whether they will take them seeing as they won't take my blood...