**Organ Donation**

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  1. Will you donate your organs?

    • 123
      Yes, I am registered
    • 12
      No, I am not registered, but, plan to do so
    • 8
      No, I do not believe in this at all
    • 12
      I am undecided at this time

155 members have participated

Just wondering if many are registered anywhere?

Also, what do you think about this?

I'm a registered organ donor.

Take all the parts you want. What am i going to use them for when i'm dead?

My sister is SUCH a twit! She refused for the longest time to be an organ donor because she was afraid that whatever she donated in this life, she would come up short in the next incarnation.

I finally reminded her that being Christian... maybe whatever she *refused* to donate in this life, would be jeopardized in the next?

That got her to thinking and since all she can think of is herself she is in quite the quandary now. (rolls eyes)

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I am registered and firmly believe in organ donation. My family knows and most of my family members feel the same way. I know my wishes will be respected. I even have a t-shirt that says "Don't take your organs to heaven because heaven knows we need them here".

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
I have gone through the process of donating organs. It was simple. And a very worthwhile service.

For those who are interested please lookup The Kidney Foundation.

You are to be commended, whiskeygirl.:)

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I would never be an organ donor.

The system of organ donation itself is mercenary and cut-throat (no pun intended.)

Just the other day, I saw an ad on TV about a country (can't recall which one) where people's organs had been taken without their consent.

I have worked in ICU years ago and I personally know that if you are a donor, you will not be treated as aggressively as someone who is not a donor.

I have seen this with my own eyes and I know it to be a fact.

Then there is the issue of the co$t$ of the surgery; who is getting rich here? Organ donation is just that - DONATION.

Who is making the big bucks? Doctors, hospitals?

Something to think about...........:uhoh21:

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I'm a registered organ donor. My family knows and agrees with my wishes.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
I have worked in ICU years ago and I personally know that if you are a donor, you will not be treated as aggressively as someone who is not a donor.

I have seen this with my own eyes and I know it to be a fact.

Then there is the issue of the co$t$ of the surgery; who is getting rich here? Organ donation is just that - DONATION.

Who is making the big bucks? Doctors, hospitals?

Something to think about...........:uhoh21:

It is certainly not like that everywhere.

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It is certainly not like that everywhere.

Amen to that. From what I've heard, the subject of organ donation often isn't even broached until the patient is determined to be brain dead. I don't know how much more aggressively they could treat someone at that point. As for who gets rich... well, I know for a fact it is a heck of a lot cheaper to pay for a kidney transplant than dialysis.

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Specializes in Home care, assisted living.

I'm an organ donor, but my mom is no longer in favor of it. Not sure why--I think she read somewhere that you have to be alive when they harvest your organs.

So family can override the donor status. Oh, goodie. :uhoh3: I wouldn't be surprised if Mom objected and they decided not to take my organs. I wanted to be cremated, too, but my parents want to have a place to mourn me. Well, take my ashes and plant a tree in them. Oy.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
From what I've heard, the subject of organ donation often isn't even broached until the patient is determined to be brain dead.

That's exactly what happens at our facility.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

And my living will is very specific, my family is not to override my wishes.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Pediatrics, Geriatrics.
I would never be an organ donor.

The system of organ donation itself is mercenary and cut-throat (no pun intended.)

Just the other day, I saw an ad on TV about a country (can't recall which one) where people's organs had been taken without their consent.

I have worked in ICU years ago and I personally know that if you are a donor, you will not be treated as aggressively as someone who is not a donor.

I have seen this with my own eyes and I know it to be a fact.

Then there is the issue of the co$t$ of the surgery; who is getting rich here? Organ donation is just that - DONATION.

Who is making the big bucks? Doctors, hospitals?

Something to think about...........:uhoh21:

If I needed a kidney or a heart, I wouldn't care who was making money off of me. I have never heard of anyone being forced to donate their organs...I will have to research this. But *I* am not being forced to do anything, so *I* will gladly give up any organs once I have passed regardless of the politics of it all.

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i am an organ donor, and my family is in full support. i am on a transplant team, so i see the benefits and pitfalls of transplantation. i'm all for someone getting the use of organs i will never use again. the only thing about the whole subject that gets me down is that someone has to die to donate, and sometimes the manner of death is beyond tragic. i have yet to scrub a donor surgery, but i'm sure it won't be long. seems there's always a rash of transplants during the holiday season.

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