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Would you donate an organ?
Posted by gosmelltheflowers • 7/18/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Tags: brain, Debate, donation, dubai, eyes, flowers, health, inspiration, kidney, organ
In light of the organ donation theme today we've posted the following question on our bog:-
Would you donate an organ and if so which one (s) and why? There's already some interesting answers and we welcome them both here and at our blog -
www.gosmelltheflowers.com/blog/archives/680
We're already getting some interesting answers back! Share your thoughts so we can al learn. Cheers...
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Of course - donating whatever is needed when I am gone is "a given" BUT they cannot take my eyes....I will need my eyes to see my way to Heaven (in case I get lost along the way...lol)-
Hey LadyP - long time! Hope you post this with us on our blog debate - sholud bring you some traffic!
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There is only one problem, and only one solution. Organ donation definitely is not a solution, as well-ment it may be. The solution is always a miracle, and everyone is in need of a miracle, no matter if he thinks himself sick or not, no matter if he is one of the "good" guys, or of the "bad" guys.
I am talking about overcoming the idea of sickness and death. That is what everyone is looking for, although he is terribly afraid of the solution. Know thyself. It is a course in miracles.-
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Oh dear, you've started something on our blog - a major debate is kicking off. Gulp!
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Added my level headed answer
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Thnax crkian - its starting to kick off now! What have we done?
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wish I had the power, a bit like he-man but to delete the posts
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Ha! 30 comments already on our blog - loved the kebab gag crkian!
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Makes you wonder, al the doner kebab shops and I don't see that many sheep around
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Looks like shes gone crkian!
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Or stray dogs n cats! Right, do we have any more views of donors per-lease, doooo let us know...
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Added my four cents, nice discussion going there! -
Thnax V - you've already had a reply...43 comments and counting!
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Congratulations on getting a healthy discussion regarding organ donation to happen on your blog. It is an important topic that needs more exposure. Several years ago I signed up to be an organ donor.
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After spending time at the hospital with my mother, I signed my organ donor card. I'm donating my kidneys, heart and liver.-
Good on you, leading by example but as the comments show some people are just plain scared of the thought of this concept.
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I singed up as a donor 20 years ago. My body will be donated to the university for medical research.
Why would I care about my body after I die ..-
Fair enuogh - not everyone at our blog would agree - its getting a bit heavy down at the flowers...
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I just commented again at your blog. Seems like one of your commenters has missed the point entirely..-
Agreed! 53 coments now and counting!
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I've made arrangements to be broken down for parts when I'm dead. Recently, reviewing this with my wife, I started to say, "I'm counting on you to ..." and she finished the sentence with "make sure you're dead first." That wasn't what I was going to say.
I don't have a donor card, and am not set up with a program. However, since I'm part of a cohesive and effective family, and stay close to home, I'm confident that my wishes will be carried out.
I'm still concerned about the donor card/donor program route. My personal history with the medical system has been generally good. However, between the possibility of having been part of an experiment as an infant, and the poisoning (1) of my mother in my early teens, I'm somewhat diffident about the medical establishment in general.
If I were to take the Steven King approach, I'd start with a registered organ donor dozing off in a hospital waiting room ....
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A systematic organ donation program doesn't appeal much to me. And the thought of people lining up for a living organ is appalling. If an organ is donated at all, it should be accidental or something short of a miracle. I've been a blood donor for quite sometime. Since I'm Blood Type AB+ which is hard to come by, I'm on call for immediate needs in a local AB database. But living blood is so much different from a living organ. I will consider donating for a loved one if needs be, but not to a total stranger.-
I understand, and appreciate your feelings.
My blood type, on the other hand, is fairly common, and I suspect that I'd be a pretty good match for quite a few people.
That's a big reason why I do *not* want my name and contact information on a list of willing donors.
I'm quite sure that a squad of doctors and medical technicians would not come after me on the streets of Sauk Centre, like some lunatic Monty Python skit: but what if I fell asleep in a clinic waiting room?
Now I'm getting silly.
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Thanx for sharing...
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Almost 100 comments now - heated stuff!
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In the Philippines approximately one person will die each week while waiting for an organ. I wonder how many of them are children who will never live to see their 16th birthday. More than 5, 000 Filipino patients are presently undergoing dialysis.
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5,000 - who knows what the Africa issue is aswell?
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Currently there are over 3,500 South Africans waiting for organ and tissue transplants.
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Did anyone read this........... edinburghnews.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=993702007
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Oh dear, how sad. Thanks Prettylady - feel free to post this on our blog as part of the thread. Very poignant.
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Ya, i already sign off for organ donation. -
yes, of course!
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Great, post away and explain why to the thread on our blog - most seem to be pro donation...not all though!
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66 comment n counting - an amazing dual has started.....
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I won't enter the duel, but I will say that I always say yes to this question when getting a driver license. If they can use me for spare parts, they are welcome to do it, assuming I'm not actually using my body anymore.-
Thanks Stoneman, theres 68 comments on our blog and as you say it has become a 'duel'. Flower smelling optional!
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In Singapore ...they have th Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA) which means The hospital has the right to remove your organs for transplant if you die in hospital ...UNLESS you opt out of this ...when you were alive...-
This is rumoured to become legislation in the UK as well!
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I would not want the organ of anyone. I would not want the organ taken out from anyone's body. Who knows what that does to you while you are in your transition (three days?) from one condition to the next.
The value this world places on the body is absolutely crazy. I heard of cases of kidnapping people and taking one or even both of their kidneys out without their knowledge while they are under anesthetization. That shows the insane value this world places on the body. 300 years ago this would have been unheard of.
I don't want an organ, I need a miracle, as always... Miracles are everyone's right. You are entitled to miracles. Why don't we teach the power of decision, and that miracles do occur and change everything in your life?!!! Remember, you are not what you think you are. Whatever sickness you may use to define yourself, it is not so. You are sick by your own definition and separation from God or Life and use sickness as a defense against the truth.
I have seen cases of miraculous healing of cancer and anything you can think of through the application of the power of your mind in the training of A Course In Miracles. It is all a matter of frequency in which you live. Change your mind and thought frequency, and there is no way that you can get sick or even die. There is no death. You are free, because God/Life created you like Himself/Itself.
Do you want to be free? It will cost your whole world. As long as there is a remedy for your sickness, you will be sick. The remedy is what the sickness is. It cannot be done that way. You will have to die to your own idea of yourself and find out who you really are.
"You do not ask to much of life, but far too little." (A Course In Miracles)-
78 comments at the blog now...
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Wow!
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Personally I dont have a problem with it. I wont be needing them when i'm gone after all. If only one of my organs gives a child a chance at life or an adult for that matter, then who am I to deny them. If one of my organs helps a person who has been living in pain and discomfort to break free from that hell then cut away.
For those who say they wont. Personal freedom apart, how soon would you change your mind if it was your son, daughter or partner at risk or in agony?-
Thanks for the comment - feel free to post it at our blog where things are heating up somewhat, gulp!
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Great - DONE! Pop into ours as well but be warned, its getting heavy!
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heavy, that's to say the least! but i love the fact that you've triggered a great debate!
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We have but its about as close to the bone as we'd let it GO!..
This could well be over 100 comments. Enjoy...
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commented, donor. also received 2 bones in march-
WOW!Great and thanks for joining in!
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I'm an organ donor and proud of it. If I'm gone, there's no reason why other people shouldn't be able to survive.
As for particular part of my body -- I don't know. I try not to think about it too much as its kind of eerie.
Interesting discussion guys. There is always going to be the debate of intervening with a higher power when it comes to modern medicine.-
Nice logotree, thanks for the input - we're up to 88 comments on the blog, its starting to level out a bit now, phew!
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Absoloutely... whatever someone would need. As long as it wouldn't break my bank to do it, I would give whatever I had to spare.
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Seems to be the general feeling, thanx EBabe.
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if u know that blood is also an 'organ', i'm doing it.
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I've never liked organ music, so yes they can have the bloody thing. -
LOL!
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Of course, if needed. My body is worth nothing to me once I die this earthly existence.-
Ok fair enough!
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Put that puppy on ebay and see how much you can get :}}
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No way!
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If I donate them, the people I donate them to end up selling them, sometimes for tens of thousands of dollars. So no.
There have been many times someone needs a transplant and can't afford it, so they end up dying. Very unfair.
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