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HereSince1628

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58. Having seen how that goes...that's one donation I will not be making.

Reply to grantcart (Reply #48)

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 02:45 PM

Feb 2013

Only because it makes my still living flesh crawl.

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Who here ISN'T an organ donor? [View all] UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 OP

Once they made it a simple matter of saying "yes" when you renewed your driver's license... hlthe2b Feb 2013 #1

If it requires little effort, might as well not question it The2ndWheel Feb 2013 #18

How insulting that you would take THAT from my statement... hlthe2b Feb 2013 #19

Yes, let's just deliberately obfuscate things that keep people from dying. Oy. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #37

Honestly? EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #2

Eh? That seems to defy logic. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #4

Right. We wouldn't want to help anyone else live longer, would we?.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #12

the reasoning isn't selfish or mean, it's just kinda dumb. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #17

Certainly not very liberal of you nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #24

I got a piano I can let go cheap. Robb Feb 2013 #3

Looking for someone to scold on a Sunday morning... undeterred Feb 2013 #5

The card says: "in the event of death" Kolesar Feb 2013 #6

My liver? But I'm using it. FSogol Feb 2013 #9

"I'm not dead yet!" tblue Feb 2013 #60

I am not and neither is my partner TM99 Feb 2013 #7

I'm going to get flack for this, but I think people who agree to donate organs should be higher. . . Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #8

good idea. robinlynne Feb 2013 #51

Except people who need organs make poor donors REP Feb 2013 #89

I do financing for car loans, high end, and most clients are organ donors Demonaut Feb 2013 #10

I'm not.. Upton Feb 2013 #11

Wouldn't a greater organ supply help even the playing field? eShirl Feb 2013 #15

Medicare paid for my morher's kidney transplant Nevernose Feb 2013 #20

Can't donate what I don't have.... whistler162 Feb 2013 #13

No, not any more. And you ask why? Well, the cancer matasticized. 1-Old-Man Feb 2013 #14

So sorry to hear that csziggy Feb 2013 #30

idea... handmade34 Feb 2013 #56

I'm so sorry to hear that 1OM. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #102

My mom once donated a large and very valuable organ slackmaster Feb 2013 #16

Also, who isn't on the bone marrow registry? PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #21

And, who (of those eligible) isn't a regular blood donor? PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #22

I am not longer a blood or plasma donor. avebury Feb 2013 #25

I totally understand. Not everyone who is eligible is able. Which is why those of us who can need to PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #26

I'm not. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #49

45 gallon blood/platelet donor here Skittles Feb 2013 #118

I can no longer donate blood. SeattleVet Feb 2013 #127

After reading "The Undead" I'm still a donor, but... Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #23

I carry my card riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #27

I am so sorry for your loss. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #31

thank you riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #33

Condolences to you and your family csziggy Feb 2013 #32

I would like to think that too riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #34

She had completed her thesis well before she was diagnosed. csziggy Feb 2013 #40

I'm so sorry ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #57

Thank you riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #64

I'm so sorry. tblue Feb 2013 #61

I thank you riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #63

We both are. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #28

I'm not IDemo Feb 2013 #29

Sometimes elder donations help other elderly. Cleita Feb 2013 #39

It's not so much the elder part, IDemo Feb 2013 #44

Type 1 here too Samjm Feb 2013 #111

I am, but have absolutely NO problem with anyone who isn't. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #35

I agree mokawanis Feb 2013 #99

DU isn't DU without a holier than thou thread every once in a while dlwickham Feb 2013 #109

How does it affect my chances of becoming a zombie? riverbenddem Feb 2013 #36

good question dlwickham Feb 2013 #124

I'm a transplant nurse ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #38

That's one reason why I am not. OrwellwasRight Feb 2013 #46

I understand ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #50

You can have your opinion. Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #74

Of course. OrwellwasRight Feb 2013 #120

The link for Michigan doesn't seem to work. Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #41

It really doesn't matter if I have a donor card csziggy Feb 2013 #42

There have been cases where doctors have precipitated the death of a patient Paul E Ester Feb 2013 #43

^^^ valid concern ^^^^^ Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #55

Wow! Comments and posts like yours don't help encourage people to be doners and help save lives. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #100

+1. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #117

OK to take everything except my liver customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #45

Neurofibromatosis is why I am not ChazII Feb 2013 #47

Not only that going to donate my body to a medical school. grantcart Feb 2013 #48

Heh! ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #52

That would be my choice. Lugnut Feb 2013 #114

Having seen how that goes...that's one donation I will not be making. HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #58

Not yet Maeve Feb 2013 #53

I am... dkf Feb 2013 #54

I'm not a donor. Akoto Feb 2013 #59

I am listed with Life Gift as a donor. We had a member of our group who was a donor and 75 people Thinkingabout Feb 2013 #62

I have been an organ donor for many years now. RebelOne Feb 2013 #65

Not me. Hepatitis DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #66

Stage four cancer survivors make lousy donors Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #67

. ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #69

I'm so very sorry Brother Buzz Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #108

Nothing to feel sorry about Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #113

Glad you posted me the good news...I feel better. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #121

malaria, BUT, I have donated my remains to the body farm/ science. SQUEE Feb 2013 #68

I'm a donor. I think that non-donors (unless they're unable to donate for medical reasons) should be WhollyHeretic Feb 2013 #70

Hell no. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #72

I agree with this Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #75

Really? TM99 Feb 2013 #107

Wow that is some crazy crap you're spewing. First off I said there should be an exception for people WhollyHeretic Feb 2013 #122

I see TM99 Feb 2013 #123

I have never donated an organ. LWolf Feb 2013 #71

i am not. loli phabay Feb 2013 #73

Why? UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #77

my belief is that death is just a passing over and i will need my body and belongings in the next loli phabay Feb 2013 #83

And the bodies in graveyards? UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #84

different beliefs. no idea what their plan was mayby just that the soul passes over loli phabay Feb 2013 #85

You really believe your body is going to vanish from the earth when you die? UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #86

well unless you have checked every grave in the world then you dont know loli phabay Feb 2013 #88

I have been donating hearts all day long Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #76

Why do you ask? demwing Feb 2013 #78

I'm very happy that someone gave me their corneas Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #79

I'll give the medical industry free material only after they give me free care. JVS Feb 2013 #80

That's another consequence of neoliberalism. Once people realize that somebody's making lots of HiPointDem Feb 2013 #116

I'm giving my body JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #81

Our union has a big push every couple of years ripcord Feb 2013 #82

Strange question for you - ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #87

Yes. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #90

Thanks for the information. ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #93

Those of us with diseases that would be life-threatening to the recipient(s) dickthegrouch Feb 2013 #91

How is my OP self-righteous? UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #94

Hmm... Gemini Cat Feb 2013 #103

I have not signed up for the one on my drivers license, but I do have a living will... ghurley Feb 2013 #92

Actually, don't go to the web site. jeff47 Feb 2013 #95

I'm overseas davidpdx Feb 2013 #96

I am on the list uriel1972 Feb 2013 #97

I was until developing a chronic blood-borne disease Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #98

I'm signed up, but I'm not a donor yet DJ13 Feb 2013 #101

My best friend recently received a kidney transplant. Gemini Cat Feb 2013 #104

I've been an organ donor ever since I first got my learner's permit Terra Alta Feb 2013 #105

I am now, but I wasn't because... nessa Feb 2013 #106

I'm so sorry about your son. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #110

Thank you. nessa Feb 2013 #112

Maybe because of stories like this: HiPointDem Feb 2013 #115

I am not rl6214 Feb 2013 #119

Can't donate. I take too many meds. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #125

I am also a bone marrow donor. Mixed race people are very scarce. catbyte Feb 2013 #126