Reply #10: My parents are Jewish, and my dad was somewhat horrified

[nadinbrzezinski]

no, they are not orthodox but in his belief system you do not do this. Hell, the Israeli Red Cross has a hell of a time getting blood from orthodox Jews, they don't even go into organ donation... not a subject you touch with the orthodox.

Well I, and my brother who is an MD told him that if that happened we were registered organ donors, him in OH me in California.

He didn't like it, but agreed to respect it.

My mom is very ambivalent about it, and no, they are not that religious. Though in their later years she has found a little more comfort in the faith, while I have grown even more distant. And that is fine, perhaps that will change over the coming decades.

When my dad fell and broke his hip, the LW included a question on that. We of course marked him NOT as a donor, since we know he doesn't want to, or believes in it. So no, we would not do that period.

Trust me it was a hard conversation to have, but my parents, and my brothers and sister know my wishes, as well as my hubby. One reason we had that talk... the many patients I took to the hospital.

I do advise people to have that talk, and if your opinion changes, things do change after all, have it again, and if you did a LW, redo it.