Organ donation

[Buick355]

sure
what am I going to do with them after im gone

Same here. What good are my parts going to do rotting in a wooden box in the ground? Might as well let someone else use them for a while. If they can prolong a few lives I'm happy to let them be harvested. I would sure as hell want to be on the receiving side of an organ donation if ever needed.

[helosailor]

sure
what am I going to do with them after im gone

Same with me. Once (and only after) I'm gone, folks can have whatever is left that is any good.

[slow99]

Yes.

[krazy kris]

sure
what am I going to do with them after im gone

[paul_376]

no

[Binky]

When my brother passed away we'd agreed as a family that anything that could be harvested and used to help someone in need should be and felt we did right by him and our grief by doing so. Since that time, i've been a donor but also had a living will for fear of being seen as a box of spare parts. (illogical i know, but fear is rarely rational)

However, i've been dating a nurse who works in an area ICU and I am at best on the fence about it now after hearing the stories of people recieving new organs and immediately continuing the bahavior that led to the transpant in the first place. I'd always been a realist that those type of people existed but i was astounded to find out how common it was and how blase people too what i consider to be a supreme gift.

Are you an organ donor? Why or why not?

(ive got my own thoughts, both for and against, just curious if others are also sitting on the fence or have lept to one side or another. Im particularly interested in opinions from those in the medical field)