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Yep, Use it or lose it! | 96 | 73.28% | |
No, This is my kidney. There are many like it, but this one is mine. | 35 | 26.72% | |
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November 26th, 2011, 09:57 PM | #1 |
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Name: Sean
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Are you an organ donor?
Everyone here who rides a motorcycle takes more risks than the average person. By taking more risks you are more likely to be less alive at the end of the day than your non-riding peers. Has riding a motorcycle prompted you to sign up to be an organ donor or were you already one before you got your M1?
Or are you not an organ donor and never plan on becoming one? Donating organs afterall is not a tax write-off. Why are you or aren't you an organ donor?
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November 26th, 2011, 10:01 PM | #2 |
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Location: Northern KY
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Waste not want not.....
EDIT: I signed to be an organ donor at age 16. My wife hates the idea but it's still signed none the less.
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November 26th, 2011, 10:13 PM | #3 |
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I've been an Organ Donor ever since I first got my learner's permit when I was 15. The way I look at it is you aren't going to need your organs when that day comes so why not help out as many people as you can? Most people probaly live their entire lives never saving a life so its one last chance to make a difference in the world.
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November 26th, 2011, 10:15 PM | #4 | |
The Corner Whisperer
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November 26th, 2011, 10:26 PM | #5 |
Not dead yet!
Name: Rob
Location: Marlborough MA
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I also signed up when I first got my license. I don't think they can use my liver anymore...
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November 26th, 2011, 10:50 PM | #6 |
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Not sure if I am but I should be. Does it say anywhere on my license?
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November 26th, 2011, 10:59 PM | #7 |
Not dead yet!
Name: Rob
Location: Marlborough MA
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November 26th, 2011, 11:07 PM | #8 |
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i don't see anywhere that says i am a doner, but i'm pretty sure I registered. it also has a spot for my blood type but has nothing writen in it
this is kind of off-topic, but on the back of my license it says "Class: Single Veh 16000 or less" what does that mean? Weight? |
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November 26th, 2011, 11:09 PM | #9 | |
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November 26th, 2011, 11:10 PM | #10 |
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If you are not an Organ Donor and want more info on how to become one here is a site I found www.organdonor.gov
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November 26th, 2011, 11:34 PM | #11 |
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Name: Tom
Location: Chesapeake, VA
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Been an organ donor since I could drive. I've heard the occasional horror story, hospitals letting people die so they could harvest organs. But I'm not too worried about it.
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November 26th, 2011, 11:37 PM | #12 |
Jigglin' your Jiglets
Name: Sean
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Vegetables don't need organs, just dirt.
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November 27th, 2011, 12:08 AM | #13 |
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I don't think I was one with my driving permit at 15, not sure why I wasn't... Got my drivers license at 16 and became one, got my endorsement 9 days later and stayed one :P The extra $20 to get a new license was totally worth it to be able to mob around while my parents were gone for 4 days and they left me with a fast car with a full tank of gas, idk what they were thinking! Hate giving the dmv money though *gets off topic* my bad, yeah I figure if I get into a horrific accident (hope not) and one organ is undamaged and someones going to die unless they get that one organ, totally worth it. Would like to know that I saved someones life before I died though, freaking depressing topic! Ride safe everbody, hopefully we won't need to use our organ doner-ness
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November 27th, 2011, 12:35 AM | #14 |
Gear crash test dummy
Name: Max
Location: South Bay (So. Cal)
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I have friends who's brothers are EMTs, paramedicts, etc. They have straight-up told me that if they see you are an organ donor and maybe they know a liver is needed there is less effort put in to saving you.
Personally, i'd like to be saved (but not be a vegetable). So I've instructed my parents that although my ID does not list me as a donor if I do pass I would like my organs to be donated. |
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November 27th, 2011, 07:59 AM | #15 |
CVMA/AFM #72
Name: Tiffani
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
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Yeah, I've always heard this. I value my own life way above the lives of any number of strangers, so I want some honest effort should it need to be saved. I'm too cold, hard, and selfish to be an organ donor.
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November 27th, 2011, 08:15 AM | #16 |
The Corner Whisperer
Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
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That is just horrible and part of what is wrong with the world.
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November 27th, 2011, 12:56 PM | #17 |
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Location: San Carlos, CA
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I'm absolutely an organ donor. I also have a living will, power of attorney, etc.
I find it highly unlikely that the average EMT who shows up at an accident site would know offhand of specific organs needed for specific people at the nearest transplant center (ditto ER surgeons etc). Transplant centers are often completely separate parts of hospitals if not entirely different hospitals altogether. http://www.snopes.com/medical/emergent/donor.asp https://www.donatelifesc.org/pages/f...conceptions#q1 http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/co...ts_or_doctors/
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November 27th, 2011, 02:04 PM | #18 |
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I need to chime in on this as I am a 2x kidney recipient, and currently waiting for my third.
If I could donate I would but being immunosuppressed in the past I have something called antibodies and cannot donate anything, even blood, I sign my card anyways and they can figure out what to do when my time comes. I will say that paramedics have no clue what centre needs what organ, and often the organs do not go to the closest hospital but to the best possible match. In the event of an accident and someone is brain dead but they can donate, there is actually quite a bit of time to get everything all sorted out, it is a huge process just to get what is called worked up and get on the list. |
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November 27th, 2011, 02:06 PM | #19 |
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Odds are that what you heard is BS, maybe in some third world country but I highly doubt that happens in the USA or Canada.
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November 27th, 2011, 02:14 PM | #20 | |
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I don't mean to sound like a dick, but what you say you have heard is just stupid (not you just the comment you heard) There is no way in hell do determine any of this by a paramedic. I actually am a Medical Lab Tech and to jsut do what is called a type and screen takes a good 45 minutes, so there is nothing decided by a paramedic. I think what you have heard is just people trying to sound like they know what they are talking about but really they are just talking out of their ass. Like I said earlier, I am a 2x transplant recipient, and my wife is also a transplant recipient ( she had a liver, myself 2 kidneys) So I do know what I am talking about on the subject. |
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November 27th, 2011, 04:14 PM | #21 |
Super Noob
Name: Alex
Location: Mobile, AL
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I must have opted out when I got my driver's license, but when I received my motorcycle endorsement I signed up to be a donor. It seems like the right thing to do and I highly doubt the horror stories about health practitioners not trying as hard to save you if you're an organ donor; it goes against everything, moral and ethical codes, that health providers abide by. But hey, I'm not an expert and I'm currently only a pre-med so maybe I'm just naive, but I hope I'm not.
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November 27th, 2011, 04:24 PM | #22 |
That rider dude.
Name: Eric
Location: Orlando, Fl.
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I wanted to when I turned 16, but didnt. Then when I got my motorcycle license, I saw it as more reasonable. So I did.
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November 27th, 2011, 04:32 PM | #23 |
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I only donate my man organs....to good looking women only.
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November 27th, 2011, 04:36 PM | #24 |
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November 27th, 2011, 04:45 PM | #25 |
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Not yet, but maybe one day, when I die.
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November 27th, 2011, 06:05 PM | #26 |
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November 27th, 2011, 06:58 PM | #27 |
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I've been a donor as long as I've had a drivers license. Frankly, if someone can make use of my body after I'm done with it, more power to 'em. The rest is destined for a science lab or worm food, so I say pick'n pull while they can. Until I'm done with it though, my organs stay put.
I also donate white blood cells a couple times a month. I've got more than I usually need, may as well share the wealth while I watch a movie (literally).
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November 28th, 2011, 08:09 AM | #29 |
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I am not, for many reasons, but one of them being that you are kept on a sort of life support when they harvest the organs. You cannot be "dead" in order for them to harvest the major organs, they need a constant blood supply to be viable.
I understand why some people do it and I applaud them for doing for following their convictions, but I am not convinced that being declared brain dead is actually completely dead. Too many stories of people coming back after being declared brain dead. I've told my wife and family my wishes as far as a living will and how long to leave me on life support. |
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November 28th, 2011, 09:52 AM | #30 | |
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November 28th, 2011, 10:02 AM | #31 |
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I'm sure this happens ALL the time. Then the doctors and EMTs who decided to let them "die" for their organs run away to go find someone else's organs to take.
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November 28th, 2011, 10:32 AM | #33 |
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No organ donor. When I'm dead, I'll let you know.
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November 28th, 2011, 12:30 PM | #34 |
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Unless they'll have the technology to raise me from the dead in the future, you are welcome to my organs.
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November 28th, 2011, 01:30 PM | #35 |
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The last time I donated blood they asked if I wanted to do that. It takes hours and hours to do. They drain your blood, filter out the white cells, then put what's left back in. My policy is that nothing goes back in.
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November 28th, 2011, 01:58 PM | #36 | |
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After doing the normal 1 pint and double red, I can say that with the double red I felt like I hadn't even given blood due to no fatigue or light headedness whereas with the normal 1 pint I still had that sluggish slightly lightheaded feeling. After reading someone else's post earlier I thought it would be a good idea if blood drives would partner with movie theaters to let you see a free movie while you give blood. Someone with connections, make this happen!
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November 28th, 2011, 02:03 PM | #37 | |
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You should email that idea to a blood donation group. Edit: After-thought: having people hooked up to these blood machines in the dark probably isn't a good idea. I guess they could just have the lights on but dimmed during these events though. |
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November 28th, 2011, 02:21 PM | #38 | |
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Also when giving blood your not hooked up to a machine unless you do the double red, or some other specialized procedure. Most of the time they just stick a needle in your arm and let a bag fill up.
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November 28th, 2011, 02:24 PM | #39 |
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a good idea, but will never happen lol
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November 28th, 2011, 02:25 PM | #40 |
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Not a bad idea actually. The donor could stick his arm through a dark curtain with a hole in it so that nursing staff can see what they're doing and the theater will remain in the dark.
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