Yes, because I'd want others to be if I needed it.
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I'm volunteer to donate because of I accidentally die, rather that it deserve someone who would have more luck than me rather than no one.
Now in Belgium it works a bit differently. Everyone is, by default, considered as a donor.
You can then register to either refuse it or to impose it whatever your family says.
This is because the law is that the doctors must always ask the family if they are ok to give organs from diseased family member even with the "by default donor", with the registration you can say "don't ask my family and just do it".
This can be used in two situation in my opinion, the first one being family that have different conviction and may refuse despite the opinion of the diseased. The second situation (mine) being not wanting to worry grieving family with one more difficult decision to take.
By default in our country. You have to unregister if you don't want it.
Yes. My state makes it really easy, just check a box when renewing your ID or driver's license. I can only hope if I lost my life I could give a new lease on life to someone else.
Yes, but I've since been diagnosed with leukemia.... Hopefully that doesn't mean my spare parts are trash but I suspect that's the case.
Yes however, I'm torn between either donating my organs or donating my body to science.
My thinking is I could maybe help save a couple of lives if my organs are in a decent enough state, although with my life style they probably wont be, or maybe my body could be used as a cadaver to train new doctors possibly saving a lot more lives.
Even if its not used for training doctors my thinking is that even a small amount learnt from the use of my body has got to help somewhere.
I would highly recommend donating to a specific organization rather than as a "uniform anatomical gift". Unless you're fine with being sold by a body broker and used for explosives/crash testing, or forensic entomological decomposition research: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bodies-donated-to-science-largely-unregulated-cbs-reports/
Oh wow, thanks for the heads up, im in the UK so not sure if things are different here but ill defo take your advice on that!
I am not. HOWEVER, it is simply because my spouse will be the one to make the decision. Not that I don't trust doctors, but it's a decision my spouse and I talked about.
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Please don't bury me down in the cold cold ground
In all seriousness I'd rather they cut me up and pass me all around.
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Yes. In fact, I just registered for this a few weeks ago.
Yes. I can't think of a better use for them than saving a life (or hopefully lives) at the time when not only they're not going to be useful to me, but there will actually be no me to even be able to make use of them.
And I live a healthy life, so hopefully some of them might be useful whether I die of old age or any other cause (except falling into a meat grinder of course, then all this gym going and veg eating will be in vein).
Also, fingers crossed they'll find a dope body who's my HLA match and will need a brain transplant π€
Yes, in the case of an untimely death i could really help people.
I remember a guy went around to all the different country subs and asked what they thought about an opt-out organ donor policy instead of an opt-in donor. The results were interesting (which you can probably guess).
Yes. Mostly because I have generally been healthy and used to ride a motorcycle.
Well, I canβt take them with meβ¦
Not in the US but yes.
Yeah dude, if I have anything they can use. It's not like I'll be using them anymore, and I have a couple of friends who've gotten donor organs, so I've seen firsthand how it impacts people. I tried to be a kidney donor for another friend but it turns out I don't have enough extra function that they thought I could give one away. I'm fine, my kidneys are just not going above and beyond, I guess.
Yeah, I'm registered, just in case the agency in charge manages to not fuck up that day.
Reminds me of this gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp-pU8TFsg0
Back on topic. I believe this is opt-out in my country (if it didn't change recently), so unless you specifically state that you want all your organs inside to feed the worms or to get more ash for your urn, you're automatically possible donor.
EDIT: Just checked, it's still opt-out. It's opt-in only for minors and incapacitated - their parents/legal representative have to agree.
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no, I will when I'm 18 tho
like others have said, I'm dead, idgaf
No. Ineligible.