Do you really know all that is involved with donating of your organs?

Nope!

I'm not an organ donor.

When my son passed we had some of his organs donated. His wife had to sign the papers.

You can sign up to be an organ donor on your drivers License.

After a certain age you can not donate your organs but you can make plans to have your body donated to a teaching hospital.

That is what my mother wanted done. You can pick up the forms at any funeral polar.

all i need to know is that organs donated could help another individual have a better life if i had a family member in need i'd be hoping someone donated to help them

My daughter in law received a heart transplant in May this year. There are alot of emotions attached, as we are happy that she was spared, we are also sad that someone had to loose their life for her to live. I think its a wonderful thing. And yes after a certian age you can't donate your organs, My husband had his body donated to science, when he passed. He said if he could not donate his organs at least they can use them or some part of him for testing to help cure someone else.

When I am dead, I won't be needing those organs.. so they are welcome to retrieve them for someone else..
In fact if we could 'harvest' organs morally and ethically, there would be less people on the waiting lists..
I have signed my drivers license .

It is a topic very dear to me.

I lost my partner at a very young age and the fact that he could and wanted to donate life to so many people who treasured the gift we gave was a tremendous help to me and our family.

It is absolutely no cost to the family donating. If anything it speeded up the process because a liaison made sure there were no snags in the paper work, getting a full comprehensive autopsy done, and my husbands body quickly and professionally transferred to our family mortuary for the funeral even though it could have been very difficult because he died at work. Again at no cost to us and could not have made the process go smoother.

And the utmost respect and consideration was made for his remains to be made presentable to the family to see him and say their goodbyes in record time. Actually with much greater consideration than that of the hospital staff.

Our privacy was absolutely respected through out the process. The staff of the Organ donation procurement people were kind, gracious, and respectful in our many and spread out questions. And made no demands for support of any kind either to champion their cause, be a spokesmen, or even make a donation years later.

Our choice was to have minimal information about the recipients for a number of years but what information we did ask was given in a discreet and comforting manner for me as his wife and Power of Attorney but to give me information to share with significant family members and friends. They were particularly good to his parents and or teenage sons which was very important to me.

We donated my brother's organs when he died from injuries suffered in a car crash. It brings me a small measure of peace.

Many are not comfortable doing so; it's a difficult decision.

I am not going to be needing anything after I pass on.

They can have anything they can harvest to help another person continue to live, although I am suspicious how much will be good after 25 years of fire, smoke, contagious sickness & disease exposure, and basically beating up this body.

They can even use my body for future medical professionals to learn & practice their skills on!

I am a organ donor.
I have talked to my children about it.
Even in death if I can help someone to have a better life then it's worth it.
I would only donate for transplant into someone else not for science.

I just signed the organ donor card this time around.

Have not written anything (maybe in my will) yet that they can have to whole body for doctors to practice. I know they have to visualize the organs and tissues in the body to gain experience, so they might as well practice on me.

The question is on our driver's licence.
We can say yes but our family can say no.
That's why it's important to discuss with family.

Have not talked to any of them in a long time, my family disowned me after my father died in 98 and I was his trustee and ran his company.

That is why it will be written in my will so the lawyer can make sure my wishes are carried out.

when I get through with mine,I doubt,that at my Age,with my Medical problems,much would be left to donate!

Sorry to hear that.
That sort of thing cam bring out the best or worse in people.
I hope you're ok now.

Thanks Annie

It was a personal choice after all the lawsuits and questions about my loyalty to cut my ties and forget those that were bringing me down.
It actually came down to greed and the green eyes monster.
Although it did take some time I am resilient and have moved on to this part of my life.

Awesome

I'm strongly in favor or organ donation - ideally someone else's...


Seriously though, I've signed up to have my organs donated after my death - hell, if I'm not going to be using 'em, why not give someone else a shot??

I am a donor. And yes. Very tough to do. But not have it any other way.