Didge Doo

Would you be an organ donor? Would you trust, say, the doctor of a wealthy patient to be impartial about deciding when your life had expired?

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Yin And Yang answered

I would give the kidney off my back and my last breath for my kids. But to be an organ donor just to be an organ donor...... I have not been able to bring myself to putting that on my license as of yet. I am a chicken and yes I am one of them weirdos that freak out if my husband were to say let's get life insurance. I am trying. One step at a time! Lol! But NOW thanks to your question Didge.... Now I get to ponder a rich patients greedy doctor!?!??! 

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Yin And Yang
Yin And Yang commented
Didge! Lol!
Bikergirl..... It's not too personal. ☺
Thank you for asking. I am one of those weirdos who has been overcoming a lot of past fears. This one stems from the deaths of my sisters. It's like I KNOW it can happen so if I get Insurance then suddenly I'm gonna die to. But just answering your question I am reminded people get in car accidents everyday and yet I have car insurance.... never once did it dawn on me that I would suddenly have an accident because I have car insurance! This is a great analogy for me to ponder. Thank you my friend! I grow and heal everyday! ☺
Bikergirl Anonymous
Bikergirl Anonymous commented
I hear ya .. we all have our issues ... I am insurance phobic too except I am opposite from you. I feel there are worse things than dying .. and knowing that if I were to die it would put my entire family in turmoil. Providing financial support for them at that time brings ME comfort. I know my death would cause them a lapse in their ability to function..if they don't work, they can't pay their bills. Now that me and my hubby are retired, he can't provide financial assistance to the rest of our family otherwise. It's not a lot but it would bridge their financial needs.
Insurance is only a means to reduce the stress in THEIR lives. I will always put their needs above mine.. that's just how I roll.
Yin And Yang
Yin And Yang commented
This is something I will be thinking about. Thank you my friend. ☺
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Stormy-Lynn Calvert answered

Organ donor only applies after you're dead, right? I'm an organ donor. What am I going to use them for after I'm dead? :)

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Didge Doo
Didge Doo commented
Of course. My question was really about the willingness of a doctor with other incentives to declare you dead a little early, or perhaps fail to take all possible steps to keep you alive.
Stormy-Lynn Calvert
Stormy-Lynn Calvert commented
Ahh, I see. My bad. Dr. House comes to mind, though.
Smiley Crankenhoof Profile
Smiley Crankenhoof answered

When you're out cold, medical doctors are the authorities & you don't get to determine whether your trust or lack of trust is even an issue.

PJ Stein Profile
PJ Stein answered

I have chosen to be an organ donor since I started driving. And a wealthy doctor has no choice in whose organs he/she gets. The likelihood of me being in the same hospital and having the same doctor are slim and none.

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Bikergirl Anonymous answered

I don't think a doctor determines who gets an organ and who doesn't.  There is protcol to follow .. Very stringent protocol. There is a list of prospective recipients and the organs are given to those who needs them most.

Personally,  I am a supporter of donating organs.  I have signed by donor card. When I die .. I will no longer need any of them.  I find it comforting not only for me, but for my family to know that my organ may help save not only one but many people from agonizing realization that if they don't get an organ they will soon die and leave THEIR own loved ones.  I can't imagine the heartache and the fear that those who are awaiting an organ must endure...of knowing you will die soon if you don't get one, and futher, looking at the faces of your loved ones who also know you are going to die. 

If you have ever looked into the eyes of a family member (like a mother, for example) who is able to hug her child again .. Or a wife of a man she can finally take home again .. Or a child who can wrap her little arms around her father's neck once again .. Then you would know why I signed MY card.

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Yin And Yang
Yin And Yang commented
Wow! Just WOW! This is beautifully written! This is an eye opener! I never thought of the ones who make it out of the hospital. When my sister was in the hospital she had a bone marrow transplant but it never had a chance to take cuz she ended up with a lung infection and died. A man did not have to die to donate the marrow to her BUT I use to dream of the day she would walk out of that hospital. I remember the happiness I felt when they did find a match for her as well. It's interesting because once she never made it out of the hospital I have forgotten some do! (December 26th will be the 12th year anniversary of her death so this explains my mind being more on her again! Lol) Sorry guys. 😊
PJ Stein
PJ Stein commented
There is a young lady in my hometown who recently had a lung transplant. A friend of mine posted the story on Facebook. She lost her son around 20 years ago while he was waiting for lungs for a transplant. I would bet if you had met her son Shelby, you would sign a donor card. He was one of those people that everyone instantly liked. It is hard not to want to help someone like him.
Bikergirl Anonymous
Bikergirl Anonymous commented
There are countless stories about both donating and receiving that support the process.
Here are just a couple:

https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/real-life-stories

http://organdonorawareness.org/organ_donor_stories.html

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