I recently had a birthday, and as I renewed my license, they asked if I wished to become an organ donor. In the past, I was afraid to...feeling like somebody might pull the plug on me just to earn a buck. But after knowing a person who decided to donate a kidney to a family member, I started thinking about it more. I spoke with one of my children about it...and he said it would be okay...but he doesnt want anybody else to have my heart. He felt like it was too important a part of me to share.....has anyone else ever considered becoming an organ donor? Why or why not?

I'm on file as an organ donor...it makes no sense to me to take it with you if it could improves somebody elses quality of life...so when I go, they can have it all if it can be used...

My card is signed in my wallet. I'm ready to go.

Here in Austria everyone is one unless he states clearly he doesn't agree with it. I think that's a great thing .

I am signed up as one -- it is on my driver's license. I would like to be cremated so I may as well donate my organs beforehand.

I am an organ donor, and when I go they can take whatever from me that might be useful to provide somebody else a better life, or even the very chance to live.

I am. When I die I'm having a garage sale (organ donation) and a BBQ (cremation)

Serious said:

Wow really? That seems like a much better way to get more people to be donors

No, but I do have a piano I can let go cheap

When I die I will donate my body to science fiction

I didn't know we could donate orgers.

I'd like to donate kpowers to medical research.

I admire all of you for being so giving.....there are so many people who feel like they need to take everything with them. I am going to talk to my little girl....the reason I want to talk to everyone is because I dont want anyone to go against my wishes...I want them to realize and understand the gift and how special it is.

Yes.

Yes indeed!

DevotedPuppy said:

Same!

But after smoking for 16 years (though I'm almost at 6 months smoke free!), drinking like a fish through my 20's and being overweight all of my life, I don't think anyone will want them.

CarrieMpls said:

Congrats, Carrie!!!

I'm on the fence about this whole organ-donating thing. I mean, on the one hand, it could make a huge difference in somebody's quality of life (perhaps even save a life!). On the other, what if after you die you wake up in a magical land where everybody else is reincarnated in their earthly form and you're, like, missing your colon?

Ace said:

There's no shitting in Heaven.

SCNDLS said:

Don't push your religious views on me!

SCNDLS said:

I am an organ donor already. It's marked on my driver's license. I don't know why someone wouldn't be actually.

I would want someone else to benefit.

ArielB said:

I'm a donor

I'm an organ donor

I am ~ marked on my license and my family is aware

once I settle down, I will sign up. I don't know if cards from other countries will be accepted. and since I'm not a resident where I am right now, I'm not sure if I could do it.

MoonSongs said:

What if you can't get into Heaven without your kishkas?

ArielB said:

I happen to know for a fact that Ariel is now a legal resident of Toronto. He's just a selfish, selfish prick.

i'd love to but i'm tainted.

I most likely will I just want the doctors to do some tests to make sure I'm REALLY TRULY DEAD before they take em

purplesweat said:

Good point!