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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Yes, because I'd want others to be if I needed it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am, but I probably shouldn't be. My organs are...not in the best shape.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Good news, we have a match for you!

Somewhat good news, your new lungs are little dinged up and have mileage on them.

Bad news, we're still charging you full price for these lungs. Enjoy your medical debt.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Yep. I'll be dead anyway, so I have no use for them anymore. If it can save someone's life then imo it'd be a bit selfish not to. I was already registered when it was still opt-in, but now it's become opt-out here in the Netherlands so even better. It'll make sure that a lot of people who don't care either way will now save life's that we otherwise wouldn't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yes, because I won't need my organs when I'm dead.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes however, I'm torn between either donating my organs or donating my body to science.

My thinking is I could maybe help save a couple of lives if my organs are in a decent enough state, although with my life style they probably wont be, or maybe my body could be used as a cadaver to train new doctors possibly saving a lot more lives.

Even if its not used for training doctors my thinking is that even a small amount learnt from the use of my body has got to help somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would highly recommend donating to a specific organization rather than as a "uniform anatomical gift". Unless you're fine with being sold by a body broker and used for explosives/crash testing, or forensic entomological decomposition research: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bodies-donated-to-science-largely-unregulated-cbs-reports/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yes. My state makes it really easy, just check a box when renewing your ID or driver's license. I can only hope if I lost my life I could give a new lease on life to someone else.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yes, but I've since been diagnosed with leukemia.... Hopefully that doesn't mean my spare parts are trash but I suspect that's the case.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am not. HOWEVER, it is simply because my spouse will be the one to make the decision. Not that I don't trust doctors, but it's a decision my spouse and I talked about.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yes. And I volunteer plasma every 2 weeks. Up to 25 donations in a weeks time.

Organ donation is the last honorable / good thing you can do for the world after you've left. You'll be forgotten soon after dying, so might as well make it worth something

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Please don't bury me down in the cold cold ground

In all seriousness I'd rather they cut me up and pass me all around.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yes. Mostly because I have generally been healthy and used to ride a motorcycle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yes. I can't think of a better use for them than saving a life (or hopefully lives) at the time when not only they're not going to be useful to me, but there will actually be no me to even be able to make use of them.

And I live a healthy life, so hopefully some of them might be useful whether I die of old age or any other cause (except falling into a meat grinder of course, then all this gym going and veg eating will be in vein).

Also, fingers crossed they'll find a dope body who's my HLA match and will need a brain transplant 🀞

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes. In fact, I just registered for this a few weeks ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I'm registered, just in case the agency in charge manages to not fuck up that day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Well, I can’t take them with me…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Not in the US but yes.

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