Comments on: Organ Donation

By: Bhing

Bhing — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:29:45 +0000

I want my organs to be donated after my death.. I wanted to help people even if I am already dead.. I don't want it to go to waste so why not help others for the good cause.. Bhing´s last blog post..Pivot Point Trading

By: corrin

corrin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:31:27 +0000

I've been very vocal to my family about my desire to be an organ donor. My husband, on the other hand, refuses. He's a paramedic, and he's seen life saving procedures go unperformed to harvest organs instead. corrin´s last blog post..Cutoffs & Cowboy Boots

By: Ferox

Ferox — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:40:10 +0000

I like point number 6. Medical and Veterinary students are often reminded that 'Old age is not a disease'. Ferox´s last blog post..Like A Soap Opera

By: bloginsane

bloginsane — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:50:07 +0000

That’s a good way to help people even after your death. That’s very generous!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:54:31 +0000

That is wonderful that your uncle benefited from a liver donation.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:53:13 +0000

Well, it sounds like some changes need to be made. It is too bad that it is so hard to be a good person and help someone. I had no idea of the risks.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:40:30 +0000

My uncle received a liver from donation. I was an organ donor before that but it made my parents finally note it on their licenses that they wanted to be one too. Lisa´s last blog post..Corey Vidal: Star Wars A Capella

By: Sadie

Sadie — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:42:19 +0000

I have it marked on my drivers license to be an organ donor. I wouldn’t want my organs to go to waste. If there was anything I could do in life, too, I would do it.

Also, stop by my website later. I’ve tagged you!

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By: Marlborogirl

Marlborogirl — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:54:31 +0000

I might consider donating my organs only after my death , Unfortunately, many people fail to consider this question before they die and members of their family are left to make the decision for them. Every 16 minutes a new name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list. So why not to help people Marlborogirl´s last blog post..Efforts to beat Tobacco Lobby

By: LivingDonor101

LivingDonor101 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:11:08 +0000

There are many limitations to the above mentioned study, least of which is that only 14% of the 3000+ subjects responded to the researchers’ request for a physical exam and other tests. In the 76% who refused, there was a much higher incidence of cancer, hypertension and other disorders. On http://www.livingdonorsonline.org there is an informative discussion about it.

The researchers have also acknowledged that the LDs health is most likely a result of the stringent criteria used to select them; criteria that has been expanded greatly in recent years due to the organ shortage.

There is a vast difference between donating organs upon death and becoming a living donor. The truth is, there is virtually no long-term data regarding living donors’ health. There is no registry to track them as exists for recipients and cancer patients. Until 2006, there weren’t even any guidelines or oversight for living donor programs, and even now, compliance with the policies is voluntary.

Living donors can suffer from bleeding, blood clots, reduced adrenal gland function, hernias, testicular swelling, chronic fatigue and severely reduced kidney function. They can also be afflicted with depression, anxiety and PTSD-like symptoms, which transplant centers have no support network or aftercare program to address.

To add insult to injury, living donors are regularly denied health and life insurance after donation.

Being a living donor is a generous and selfless act. Unfortunately, the system does not give us the respect we deserve.

http://www.livingdonor101.com