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would you give me your heart?
« on: July 22, 2013, 02:44:22 AM »
I am talking organ donation.

Current position in UK:  those who want to donate organs after death carry a consent card.

However, there is a current move to make it so if you don't want to you have to opt out and carry a card saying so.

In other words organ harvesting will affect all those who don't make a point of opting out.

What do you think?
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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2013, 03:06:05 AM »
They will give my organs to some NT not deserving it  :thumbdn:

I could consider giving a kidney to a close relative, though.

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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2013, 10:07:55 AM »
I would not have much use for them at that point.  Why not let someone else have them? 

I understand why people are nervous about organ donation, but I think that the overall benefit outweighs the personal risks. 

It won't matter for long, anyway.  People will probably opt to custom order a fresh, laboratory-grown organ over a used one in the near future.

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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2013, 10:09:40 AM »
I'm a card carrying donor, and I regularly give blood. Its just A+, but i'm sure it helps someone.
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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2013, 10:11:01 AM »
My organs are for those who want them, after I die. I made an exception though. They're not getting my bloodvessels and arteries. The thought of people handling my bloodchannels freaks me out. So, when I got a letter asking to tick what I was willing to donate, I ticked all but that one. Silly, I know. The codicil I had before that, I was offering all they could use.

Sometimes I think of changing the donation offer though. And tell them to make sure with my kids that it is OK. As soon as they are adults, they should be able to deal with a dead body still seeming alive, because of the machines keeping it functioning till the organs are harvested.

The discussion about making donation default or not is a discussion that comes up in my country now and then too.
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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2013, 10:58:26 AM »
I'm a card carrying donor, and I regularly give blood. Its just A+, but i'm sure it helps someone.

ditto, except that I'm O positive.  The plasma can be used across blood types.
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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2013, 11:11:09 AM »
I'm a card carrying donor, and I regularly give blood. Its just A+, but i'm sure it helps someone.

ditto, except that I'm O positive.  The plasma can be used across blood types.

If someone receives your royal blue blood, does that make them a royal as well?  :zoinks:  ;)

I'm A+ too.  I tend to be anemic and I often pass out when I give blood.  Fun!

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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2013, 11:26:02 AM »
I never even got dizzy or anything. I have poppy outey veins and i'm always burning up, so maybe I just have high blood pressure or something?
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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2013, 11:29:42 AM »
Probably all that raging!

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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2013, 11:30:16 AM »
Or the fact that I can't really sit still.
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Re: would you give me your heart?
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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2013, 11:43:41 AM »
"I’m fearless in my heart.
They will always see that in my eyes.
I am the passion; I am the warfare.
I will never stop...
always constant, accurate, and intense."

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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2013, 12:02:55 PM »
I don't know if I am an organ donor or not. but I hope so
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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2013, 12:08:36 PM »
I don't know if I am an organ donor or not. but I hope so

Dude how do you not know if you signed up to have your organs cut out when you die?
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They will always see that in my eyes.
I am the passion; I am the warfare.
I will never stop...
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Re: would you give me your heart?
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2013, 12:11:51 PM »
The cut-off age for organ donation in the US is 70.  I can understand that, but would think that skin donations would be allowed.  I only have a little over 6 years before the cut-off.  At least I can give blood after 70.

Nope, Rage.  Royalty can only be gained through birth, temperment, up-bringing or marriage. 

Besides those castles can be awfully drafty and damp.  That's why we make so many public appearances.  We're trying to warm up and dry off.
« Last Edit: July 22, 2013, 12:13:25 PM by Queen Victoria »
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