Fifty Bogus Reasons for Not Being a Registered Organ Donor

[SummerLove]

I respect other people's right to say 'No it's my body to do with it what I please". It is not fair to condemn them for it. It is there body. I've been an organ donor since I got my first license because if I'm not using it, it's just meat.

 

[pizzle]

Maybe not. I am a donor - signed up when I got my license - but I read an article that gave me second thoughts.

"The harvest proceeded over the objections of the anesthesiologist, who saw the donor move, and then react to the scalpel with hypertension."

<shudder>

I have a relative who's a nurse anesthetist who told us all to not be donors because she saw first hand in the ER that this is true.

 

[TheRiddler]

I have a relative who's a nurse anesthetist who told us all to not be donors because she saw first hand in the ER that this is true.

Thank you. Your anecdote conclusively ends the organ donor debate.

 

[pizzle]

Thank you. Your anecdote conclusively ends the organ donor debate.

Forgive me for forgetting that this is a public forum, and that I couldn't throw in my two cents.

Also forgive me for being so convincing in my argument :rofl

 

[MCCRASH]

I have a relative who's a nurse anesthetist who told us all to not be donors because she saw first hand in the ER that this is true.

I really could not give a rat's ass if the lower function areas of my autonomic nervous system are still firing neurons. A vegetable is a vegetable, and I don't want to be one.

And I for one would vote for opt-out organ donation.

 

[Ant]

To respond to a few comments:

The most informative discussion on the web about organ donation in the US is on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_donation#United_States

Harvesting and distribution of organs is very highly regulated, and is done in a blind (no identity) fashion, so favoritism based upon fame or wealth is functionally impossible. The Wall Street Journal article cited above has been roundly critiqued by many highly qualified people, and with most criticizing its lack of factual accuracy and objectivity. (Also, please remember that the WSJ shares ownership with FOX News. Your opinion of the objectivity of the WSJ likely corresponds with your opinion of the objectivity of FOX News -- form your own opinion on that.)

The question about allocation of medical resources is valid. However, are you suggesting that someone who has coverage for this through their private health plan, or otherwise, should not be able to have it done? That makes no sense. What truly makes most sense is that we figure out ways to both treat "sick kids" and do organ transplants. In fact, many transplants go to children.

Banjoboy, I love that Monty Python skit.

To those who choose to not to be a donor, that is your right. I do will not pretend to understand your reasoning, but I for one will not express on this site my judgment of you on that basis. Others may. You might not care.

Come on people, give it up, be a donor.

Or people just may have reasons that's no one elses business which does NOT make them selfish or bad people. Just like abortion no one has the right to tell another what to do with their body live or dead.

 

[asthmodeus]

Or people just may have reasons that's no one elses business which does NOT make them selfish or bad people. Just like abortion no one has the right to tell another what to do with their body live or dead.

i agree, but in any case i always reserve the Right to Ridicule :laughing

 

[pizzle]

How about: you have to be an organ donor to receive an organ. Seems reasonable.

 

[TheRiddler]

How about: you have to be an organ donor to receive an organ. Seems reasonable.

I like it...but it probably won't work morally. It's like when people want to buy insurance only once they need it. People will try to become organ donors only once they need an organ.

 

[SFSV650]

How about: you have to be an organ donor to receive an organ. Seems reasonable.

Seems like a nice idea but the kinds of folks who need new organs, generally speaking, don't have a whole lot of organs worth donating.

 

[msincredible]

Trade an eyeball for a kidney?

 

[Kestrel]

Or people just may have reasons that's no one elses business which does NOT make them selfish or bad people. Just like abortion no one has the right to tell another what to do with their body live or dead.

Exactly.

Not a donor, and I don't need to justify it, either.

 

[budman]

Reason: my parts are old and not of value.

Not sure such is true, but that is one I hear.
Another who has heard that the.pink dot might mean not getting the right treatment for survival. This was from an ER doc. That is scary shit.

Glad that this saved a loved one for the OP.

 

[nebulous]

You'll have to pry my cold dead hands from my cold dead hands.

 

[asthmodeus]

Another who has heard that the.pink dot might mean not getting the right treatment for survival. This was from an ER doc. That is scary shit.
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not only is it scary shit, it's horseshit.

that sawbones should have his license revoked.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/emergent/donor.asp

 

[Butch]

my mom was a nurse. She said "don't", especially if you are a motorcyclist. That was 20 years ago. Maybe the medical industry is better. Maybe not. Ever seen the movie "Coma"?

 

[Map8]

Reason: my parts are old and not of value.

Not sure such is true, but that is one I hear.
Another who has heard that the.pink dot might mean not getting the right treatment for survival. This was from an ER doc. That is scary shit.

Glad that this saved a loved one for the OP.

Are you trying to tell me that ER Docs or ER staff check the patient's driver's licencse before administering care to the injured?

I'm not sure I buy that. Did you ask any follow-up questions when talking to that ER Doc?

 

[Bowling4Bikes]

I'm sure that I'm so fucked up inside that I'd be honored to be a cadaver for some anatomy PI. "see this guy here? fucked_up! never seen a case like this. class: tell me, how did this guy keep on living with all this...mess...inside him?" I'll be a unexplained freak of nature! maybe they'll make a cell line out of me for future research. that'd be dope. researcher: "try the B4B-1 line...that one always expresses crazy shit..."

 

[Marcoose]

Wifey and I are organ donors. I also donate blood now and then.

It's controversial. Donating a cornea so a young kid can see is fabulous. Donating a heart so an old peg can live another 5 years is ridiculous. Of course we don't control the choice of transplant, but hope our organs will go do great causes.

I can't remember which, but in another state the M1 endorsement was an automatic and irrevocable organ donor registration.

 

[Mr Pepsi]

Are you trying to tell me that ER Docs or ER staff check the patient's driver's licencse before administering care to the injured?

I'm not sure I buy that. Did you ask any follow-up questions when talking to that ER Doc?

If you are a registered donor, it is more than the sticker on your drivers license. The ER Docs have access to the fact that you are a donor.