R U an organ donor?

[Chucaro]

I am one and I hope that here in Oz we are more safe that in some countries :eek2:
Grandmother comes back from the dead after 3 days in a morgue (http://www.dailycheeseburger.com/grandmother-comes-back-from-the-dead-after-3-days-in-a-morgue/#more-604)
The consolation is that organ donors are not going to be buried alive :angel:

I read the in USA if a organ donor is declared death in their home by the paramedics the organ recovery ambulance come to get the "spare parts" even before the body is taken to the hospital!
No second chance in this case :o

[THE BOOGER]

Just so nobody gets to scared in the US like here organs are removed by a recovery team in a hospital not in anybodies home:) Unfortunatly I would if I could but because I have I cant:D

Yes I would donate but because I have had 2 transplants (kidney) the drugs I have to take means I cant donate:(

That russian lady must be a deep sleeper:D

[Ean Austral]

Yep , sure am, and so is my wife. We have had the talk about our wishes if 1 of us meets an early fate, and my wife and daughters are under strick instructions that it the crematorium for me, sounds strange but one of my biggest fears is waking up in a wooden box buried.

Not sure what parts of me will be any good, but hopefully something.

Cheers Ean

[Blknight.aus]

yp, Ive given strict instructions that I am to be treated like an old rover.

no effort is to be spared to keep me alive but once it gets to the point where its obviously beyond hope then the recipients for all of my salvagable parts are to be identified and lined up then its a quick trip through the wreckers for me and you can cremate the leftovers.

[1976_michelle]

I am, I've made it very clear to my partner 'they' can take everything except my eyes (unreasonable fear of being stuck somewhere and I can't see whats attacking me lol) AND they are to dope me up real good even if I'm technically dead enough already not to know anythihng, because it'd be just my luck to be fully aware of what is going on while they're cutting out my good bits but unable to let them know I'm still 'there' and stop them

[UncleHo]

I am the same as THE BOOGER in that I have to much medication in my body to be usefull

[Chucaro]

In my case even if the parts are not good for other human they will be good for science so they can have them to see the effects of prescribed drugs, industrial pollution, having few Land Rovers, wine, etc :)

[MacMan]

Yes, none of me will be of any further use to myself when the time comes.

[mike_ie]

Yep, as far as I'm concerned, if anything's left that is any good to someone, they are welcome to it. Am also registered in the bone marrow database at home, should I be a match for anyone. Had a sister who would have benefitted from a heart/lung transplant - unfortunately a match couldn't be found in time for her, but I've seen first hand the lease of life that it offers to others.

[p38arover]

All too often, even though a person has indicated they wish to be a donor, their family has stopped it.

Make sure your family are aware of your wishes and are in agreement with it.

[JDNSW]

I and all my family are - my wife died while waiting for matching lungs. Her corneas gave sight to two people, but no other organs were usable.

John

[Bushie]

Also made it clear to both my wife and kids that anything that can be reused is available, after that I pretty much don't care what happens, told them they can flush me down the dunny - I'll be finished with whats left.

Martyn

[Chucaro]

I just wonder if the poor woman was not a victim of the Lazarus Phenomenon (http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/journal/issue/journal_32_1/06_lazarus_phenomenon.pdf) one of these things that are categorized as rare perhaps because many are not reported because the legal, emotional and ethical implications among others.

[landy]

I am a card carrying donor and frankly, they can have what they want......will be no use to me. Kerry and I both feel that we would get some comfort knowing that though our deaths we could at least help someone else.
Not sure how it goes that I from the UK and not able to give blood though. Ive kept the card from my blood donating days.

Personally, I think that we should all be considered as donors unless we carry a card that says we opt out. I think most people don't really care but don't give it a thought.

Cheers, Nino.

[THE BOOGER]

I just wonder if the poor woman was not a victim of the Lazarus Phenomenon (http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/journal/issue/journal_32_1/06_lazarus_phenomenon.pdf) one of these things that are categorized as rare perhaps because many are not reported because the legal, emotional and ethical implications among others.

I wonder if voka was involved:D

[1976_michelle]

This is why I want to be drugged up to buggerybefore anyone starts hacking lol, I'm quite forgiving of an honest mistake (even if it kills me!) as long as it doesnt prolong agony or resemble a horror movie!

[Kev the Fridgy]

Yea, ditto for me, fill up the spare parts bin and cremate the rest then scatter the ashes down the "Pin" with the rest of the familly..... A mate of mine had a heart transplant a few years ago, he's a Scottish fella, never cared much for Thai food but since the transplant gets regular cravings..... reckons he's now part Thai:D

[zedcars]

Yep , sure am, and so is my wife. We have had the talk about our wishes if 1 of us meets an early fate, and my wife and daughters are under strick instructions that it the crematorium for me, sounds strange but one of my biggest fears is waking up in a wooden box buried.

Not sure what parts of me will be any good, but hopefully something.

Cheers Ean

Ean
Making light of a serious subject I suppose, you obviously have the same fear as Victorians and hence the resultant term a "Dead Ringer".

Here is an explanation:-
People would be buried with a rope leading from inside the coffin to a bell above the ground. This enabled anyone who was buried alive to ring the bell and to draw attention to the mistake. Since people would not expect to see their 'dead' loved ones again, a person resembling the deceased is a 'dead ringer'. This is also reputed to be the origin of the expression 'graveyard shift' because people from the village used to take it in turns to listen for the bell.


That aside here in Colorado you are asked when renewing your Driver's license if you want to be a registered organ donor. This is recorded on a state data base.

Equally my daughter who graduated as a doctor recently had quite number of years cutting up cadavers in anatomy classes.
Asked once by the professor what was her impression of an old guy's (cadaver) cardiac system she quoted.
There's not much to use here , its a bit like my dad's mate who has a car wrecking yard, they are stripping jacked up cars down trying to salvage anything usable.
Dennis
zedcars

[rick130]

All too often, even though a person has indicated they wish to be a donor, their family has stopped it.

Make sure your family are aware of your wishes and are in agreement with it.


This needs repeating, let everyone close to you, meaning those making the decision in case of death know of your wishes.

As Ron inferred, often the family is too traumatised to think straight and OK the recovery of organs, and FWIW I've ticked the box ever since it's been available on NSW licenses and everyone close to me knows of it.

[sheerluck]

Whatever is useful to be used by anyone else, can be, as far as I am concerned. Family know and are happy to comply with my wishes.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/58.jpg

I would like to be able to give blood as well, but the Red Cross say no - I might be a Mad Cow......

[Chucaro]

I wonder if voka was involved:D

With the woman or the doctors? :D

for those with some medical knowledge and emergency proceedings THIS CASE (http://www.doctorshangout.com/profiles/blogs/dead-man-returns-the-lazarus-phenomenon-a-second-chance) can be of interest. No vodka in this one :p

[mike_ie]

I just wonder if the poor woman was not a victim of the Lazarus Phenomenon (http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/journal/issue/journal_32_1/06_lazarus_phenomenon.pdf) one of these things that are categorized as rare perhaps because many are not reported because the legal, emotional and ethical implications among others.

I've been through the hospital system in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Bloc, and I'm not too surprised, to be honest. Quick check of the pulse by a doctor who may or may not have had quite a few shots of vodka for lunch, and out to the knackers yard you go... I can see how someone with diabetic coma/hypothermia/whatever could easily wake up on a table in the morgue...

[SuperMono]

Yes I am a 'recycler'.
As many have said, no good to you once you are dead.
Once picked clean I would prefer to be composted if possible, save the fuel for keeping Landrovers running :)

[olbod]

Good idea.

Not yet but I might give it a go when I have no further use for them.

[dmdigital]

Just remember if you can't do organ donation there is always medical research. Either way you can benefit someone in the future.

I'm not sure about Blknight's (Dave's) analogy to old rovers though ... I think I've seen too many of them sitting in a paddock or the bush for decades :eek:

[Tombie]

In my younger years was always happy to share my organ :D

But seriously - been an organ donor since I was 16 and everyone knows my wishes..

[clubagreenie]

I'd give an organ for the S2 I found yesterday. Complete bar front bar. Original numbers...Taking trailer up tonight to "Make an offer" they can't refuse, or just take it....

We're both donoprs but I must say I do have a slight issue despite my own thoughts and knowledge of the good it does on loosing someone and also them not being "Complete" so to speak.

Something just doesn't sit right.

[Landy Smurf]

I ticked 'ALL" for organ donor

[Homestar]

Yes I am, and we have have had this discussion around the kitchen table. Everyone in our family is happy to be a donor, we won't need them once we're gone, and if we can help someone else, then all the better.

When I saw the thread title, I immediately thought of Monty Python...:D. I won't post the link, as there are swear words in it I think. For those who want a peak, go to you tube and search for 'meaning of life organ donor'. It is quite graphic, and very funny...:D

Cheers - Gav

[seano87]

All those who wish to be organ donors, please make sure you have said so on the Australian donor registry, not just the tick box on the drivers license form...

http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/medicare/australian-organ-donor-register

I'm in the organ donor register, and the bone marrow donor registry.

[landy]

Just followed the link and registered on line. Feel much better that it's recorded officially.

Nino

[Blknight.aus]

Just remember if you can't do organ donation there is always medical research. Either way you can benefit someone in the future.

I'm not sure about Blknight's (Dave's) analogy to old rovers though ... I think I've seen too many of them sitting in a paddock or the bush for decades :eek:


Still fits, they are either on low cost terminal life support waiting for their final recepients to be filled/for their donors to show up OR the plugs been pulled, they have given their last and are just awaiting burial.

[dmdigital]

Well when you put it that way... :D

[tony66_au]

Nope, Considered it years ago but piked out.

I think that more importantly giving blood for nearly 30 years as well as other bodily fluids such as Bone Marrow gets me on the Karma train for good blokes doing the right thing.

Tony

[rick130]

Nope, Considered it years ago but piked out.

I think that more importantly giving blood for nearly 30 years as well as other bodily fluids such as Bone Marrow gets me on the Karma train for good blokes doing the right thing.

Tony

Yep, big brownie points there :D