Are you/Will you be an organ donor?

[I Am What I Am]

You know, I never really thought about. Maybe I should consider it. After all, I'm dead. I don't need them.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

I definitely want to. I'll be dead, I won't care.

Jaimie! We won't flame you! Go ahead and tell us if you want!

As of right now, I personally feel that my organs are in my body for a reason - to be my own. That's just how I personally feel. I think it would be creepy to have a part of myself living on in someone else. However, I wouldn't have an issue with donating blood. I think it's a different case - blood cells as opposed to whole organs. Maybe my opinion will change when I get older. I don't know.

To those of you who are organ donors, it's really admirable.

 

[Sparx]

i sure am.

 

[chisnpeke]

For sure. I also want to be a bone marrow donor but I'd have to go to Indiana to do that or send it in the mail.

 

[imabrat]

As of right now, I personally feel that my organs are in my body for a reason - to be my own. That's just how I personally feel. I think it would be creepy to have a part of myself living on in someone else. However, I wouldn't have an issue with donating blood. I think it's a different case - blood cells as opposed to whole organs. Maybe my opinion will change when I get older. I don't know.

To those of you who are organ donors, it's really admirable.

How do you feel about donating kidneys?
I think I might be waaaaaay off here, but don't kidneys "grow" back? Kind of like blood, the cells grow back.

Funny thing, I was totally oblivious to taking blood and stuff. One time after getting blood tests I said "mom? What happens to all the blood they just took? Am I going to die of blood loss?". Then she told me blood cells reproduce.
Doh.
Also, after tons of blood transfusions I'm still confused as to why I needed them.

 

[chisnpeke]

As of right now, I personally feel that my organs are in my body for a reason - to be my own. That's just how I personally feel. I think it would be creepy to have a part of myself living on in someone else. However, I wouldn't have an issue with donating blood. I think it's a different case - blood cells as opposed to whole organs. Maybe my opinion will change when I get older. I don't know.

To those of you who are organ donors, it's really admirable.

I understand your thinking. I guess I just think what if I needed an organ? Ideally I'd like to go in the ground whole, but I will not need my organs anymore after I'm dead so I will donate if they are good.

 

[chisnpeke]

How do you feel about donating kidneys?
I think I might be waaaaaay off here, but don't kidneys "grow" back? Kind of like blood, the cells grow back.

Funny thing, I was totally oblivious to taking blood and stuff. One time after getting blood tests I said "mom? What happens to all the blood they just took? Am I going to die of blood loss?". Then she told me blood cells reproduce.
Doh.
Also, after tons of blood transfusions I'm still confused as to why I needed them.

Kidneys don't grow back but livers do. They regenerate.

 

[imabrat]

Kidneys don't grow back but livers do. They regenerate.

Ahaha! I knew it was something! Thanks Laura.

Can't you live with one kidney tho? I think you can, but I'm not sure.

 

[chisnpeke]

Ahaha! I knew it was something! Thanks Laura.

Can't you live with one kidney tho? I think you can, but I'm not sure.

It's good you knew something grew back though! A lot of people don't I'm sure.

Yes you can live with one kidney. The risk you take when you donate one of them is what if your only one goes bad. My biology teacher in high school knew someone who donated one of his kidneys to his friend and then his own kidney went bad so he was on dialysis and waiting for a kidney. That would suck!

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

How do you feel about donating kidneys?
I think I might be waaaaaay off here, but don't kidneys "grow" back? Kind of like blood, the cells grow back.

Funny thing, I was totally oblivious to taking blood and stuff. One time after getting blood tests I said "mom? What happens to all the blood they just took? Am I going to die of blood loss?". Then she told me blood cells reproduce.
Doh.
Also, after tons of blood transfusions I'm still confused as to why I needed them.

Like chisnpeke (my mind's blanking on your name - sorry!) said, livers grow back. I'm not sure about how I feel about that, though.

You only need one kidney to function. However, I've wondered what would happen if I donated one, and the other got messed up somehow.

I understand your thinking. I guess I just think what if I needed an organ? Ideally I'd like to go in the ground whole, but I will not need my organs anymore after I'm dead so I will donate if they are good.

Yeah, that makes sense.

 

[PAdisney1995]

I would love to be

 

[GoofysOnlyGirl]

I am and I have been since I was 15 and I got my permit. I won't need my organs after I am gone, and I would rather help save somebody else.

 

[Pearls]

I am.

 

[disfan07]

It says im an organ donor on my drivers license BUT whether or not i can be one depends on which organ they want...lol
My kidneys are damaged, my heart is damaged, my lungs are damaged
Essentially, my entire system is out of whack so while i technically am an organ donor, what they could possible use would be very questionable

 

[pigletgirl]

I actually don't know! I need to look.

I knew a girl who had a heart transplant that was donated from a young man who died from a traumatic brain injury, and her personality changed after getting the new heart. She once told me that she hasn't felt the same inside since the surgery about 6 years ago now.

I wouldnt mind being a donor.

 

[♥Ariel♥]

I actually don't know! I need to look.

I knew a girl who had a heart transplant that was donated from a young man who died from a traumatic brain injury, and her personality changed after getting the new heart. She once told me that she hasn't felt the same inside since the surgery about 6 years ago now.

I wouldnt mind being a donor.

I would probably understand that, but if i were her i would be happy tojust be alive ( iam not saying she is not happy, just sharing)