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In reply to the discussion: Who here ISN'T an organ donor? [View all]riverbendviewgal
(4,252 posts)34. I would like to think that too
I am so sorry for the loss of your sister. She was amazing to do her doctoral thesis on her own brain tumor.
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Once they made it a simple matter of saying "yes" when you renewed your driver's license...
hlthe2b
Feb 2013
#1
Yes, let's just deliberately obfuscate things that keep people from dying. Oy. (nt)
Posteritatis
Feb 2013
#37
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
I totally understand. Not everyone who is eligible is able. Which is why those of us who can need to
PeaceNikki
Feb 2013
#26
There have been cases where doctors have precipitated the death of a patient
Paul E Ester
Feb 2013
#43
Wow! Comments and posts like yours don't help encourage people to be doners and help save lives.
Auntie Bush
Feb 2013
#100
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'm a donor. I think that non-donors (unless they're unable to donate for medical reasons) should be
WhollyHeretic
Feb 2013
#70
Wow that is some crazy crap you're spewing. First off I said there should be an exception for people
WhollyHeretic
Feb 2013
#122
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
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
That's another consequence of neoliberalism. Once people realize that somebody's making lots of
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#116
Those of us with diseases that would be life-threatening to the recipient(s)
dickthegrouch
Feb 2013
#91