(ORGANS) donate or not?

(WLL) · 17th March 2009, 04:08 PM

no way in heck would i donate my organs so some doc's can make a fortune from my donations

however i would sell them

, or defiantly give them away to my closest family so they could get something good from my death. unfortunately in our great nation USA, if your not rich and powerful you will probably die waiting for a donor.

TreeCo · 17th March 2009, 04:32 PM

I'm a donor.

JohN Dee · 17th March 2009, 05:33 PM

Call me paranoid or even stupid, but I'm not a donor because I can't shake the feeling of the paramedics not doing everything they can to save my life... Just to harvest the parts...

YES I KNOW THAT IS COMPLETELY STUPID AND NOT TRUE, but it's just a thought and feeling I can't shake and couldn't live with..

I would never sign any forms consenting donation, but if I did cark it and my parents were still around, they could give consent for it - as long as I'm well and truly dead

:P

Q.Q. · 17th March 2009, 11:39 PM

Yer John Dee I'm not one either,felt the same way for a while but I think I might change.

But if it came to being really bad where someone had to wipe my arse, I hope someone would pull the plug.I couldn't stand that sort of thing.

(WLL) · 18th March 2009, 05:34 AM

our hospitals are privately owned, no way in hell are they concerned about the welfare of the public. MONEY,MONEY,MONEY!!! take a poor healthy homeless person; which USA has many, that person has severe head trauma but can be saved with $300,000.00 in advanced medical technology and a long recovery. who is going to pay fer that? Hmmm, lets just harvest his organs, skin,bone tissue, eyes, liver, lungs, heart, kidneys, and make a cool mil or more, we can invest half and burn the rest in Vegas baby!!!

a very close friend of mine was killed in in a routine surgery and they accidental punctured his heart, he was an organ donor; that harvested everything!!! it was so bad the funeral/viewing was a closed casket

he was only 31 years old!!! only doctors make you sign off saying if they F up they are not responsible. what kind of BS is that?!?! them arrogant sob's need to be held accountable for there own actions. because the hospitals make you sign them malpractice forms my close friend left behind his 8yo son, and is now an or-fin with nothing!!! no case, no money, no nothing!!! the slime ball surgeon has a mansion and drives his $150,000.00 car around with out a care in the world. if he needed a transplant, you bet your ass he would buy one and have a match within a few days!! money talks and bull shit walks, what a damn shame!!!

StrictlyPalms · 18th March 2009, 12:48 PM

Donor here. Motorcycle rider too....

newguy18 · 18th March 2009, 02:40 PM

I'm a donor.

Therrin · 18th March 2009, 05:55 PM

Donor here too, 'nuther motorcycle rider too.

I can just see it. I die in some great way that preserves most of my organs. Some poor guy needs a liver transplant, has like 3 weeks left to live. It's a match!
They get all excited and give him my liver, do the surgery. He gets out of the operation and they decide he now only has 5 more weeks to live.

Eric Frei · 18th March 2009, 11:19 PM

I ticked organ donor on my drivers licence ... but they say that's not good enough or something here.

Anyway, imagine you are in a coma, usually they'll go 30 days but you got some rare blood group and good organs ....

Sean Freeman · 18th March 2009, 11:24 PM

Not preaching at anyone...you are adults (I think) you make your own decisions, however a man I call my friend and that many of you in Oz know well is alive today largely because of a heart transplant, so I am a donor, have no fears about being sliced up whilst still alive, have confidence that in the event of my death my wife and kids know my wishes and my organs (for what they are worth...my liver like Therrin's might be passed its use by) will not be chucked along with my body.

newguy18 · 19th March 2009, 12:35 AM

Not sure about my liver,but i'm sure my kidneys are useless at the rate i drink coffee.

clementine · 19th March 2009, 08:08 AM

I use to carry a Organ donor card in the UK and use to give blood regular too.
I forgot all about it since we moved over here.

newguy18 · 19th March 2009, 02:40 PM

I give blood when i can,it just seems the blood bus is always out when i'm busy.

(WLL) · 20th March 2009, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newguy18

I give blood when i can,it just seems the blood bus is always out when i'm busy.

now that we are on the subject of donation,maybe you should donate that lanyard ya got to the dumpster

(WLL) · 20th March 2009, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by (WLL)

now that we are on the subject of donation,maybe you should donate that lanyard ya got to the dumpster

my bad, that was mean

newguy18 · 20th March 2009, 03:29 PM

No worries,btw that 50' lanyard has lasted about twice as long as both of my steel core lanyards,but we DON'T want to derail this thread now do we?

(WLL) · 20th March 2009, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newguy18

No worries,btw that 50' lanyard has lasted about twice as long as both of my steel core lanyards,but we DON'T want to derail this thread now do we?

Sheeesh,it was just a

!! no need ta get your lanyard in a pinch

we got rained out today and i was getting a little rambunctious. where ya been all day, its been awfully quiet in here today/night ? I'm about ta hit the sack

newguy18 · 20th March 2009, 03:55 PM

Well for starters,my truck needed a tune up,no biggie,took down a smallish black cherry,I'm gonna hit the sack too,gotta be at a buddies house early,and i ge to leave at 5 am saturday morning for daytona beach,yay.I wasn't upset btw.

(WLL) · 20th March 2009, 03:56 PM

I'm not bothered about a derail on an off the topic thread , i threw this up cause it makes a good heated discussion that everyone can fit in and post up

(WLL) · 20th March 2009, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newguy18

Wel for starters,my truck needed a tune up,no biggie,took down a smallish black cherry,I'm gonna hit the sack too,gotta be at a buddies house early,and i ge to leave at 5 am saturday morning for daytona beach,yay.

sounds like you got it made in the shade bro!

Have a great time at daytona

Good night guy, & the rest of the World

newguy18 · 21st March 2009, 09:48 AM

I'm going to work,

oh just call me Bill,everyone else does.

clementine · 21st March 2009, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newguy18

I give blood when i can,it just seems the blood bus is always out when i'm busy.

Do they make you hang about for a while after giving blood over there?

In the Uk they made sure you sat down and had a drink

and a biscuit or two before you were allowed to drive off, in case you went a bit giddy!

newguy18 · 21st March 2009, 11:40 AM

They strongly advise you to,but they can't make you do it.I take a couple minutes because i had an incident after giving blood where i immediatly went home,and climbed a small tree out front to hang some christmas light,my bandage fell off and I sprung a leak.

Eric Frei · 22nd March 2009, 09:21 AM

Been a while since I donated, they used to give us a stubby of beer.

clementine · 22nd March 2009, 09:46 AM

You sprung a leak Bill? Never heard of that happening before

Stubby??

Is that a bottle or something?
Sounds like a fair swap

I was never offered beer, 'twas a nice cup a tea or juice.

newguy18 · 22nd March 2009, 03:45 PM

My bandage fell off while i was climbing,then i started bleeding like crazy,i took my shirt off[white mind you]and wrapped my arm up after i came down.i still chuckle when i think about it.

Therrin · 22nd March 2009, 03:52 PM

At the college they'd give us a T-shirt, a freshly grilled hotdog, bag of chips, and a soda =)

(I think I fudged my birthdate back then cuz I was only 15, man, I wanted that free hotdog!)

newguy18 · 22nd March 2009, 03:57 PM

Around here,they give you all the cookies,and ice cream you want,a shirt and all the orange juice you want.If i go to lake city and give a platlet donation,i get all that,plus a sweater,a blanket,and i get to watch a movie while donating,i've done it a time or 2.

Therrin · 22nd March 2009, 04:40 PM

Here you get $75 bucks for donating platelets.

NG, everyone gets the sweater and the blanket when you dontate platelets, the part that you forgot to mention is that you have to give them back!

It's cuz they filter your blood out and pump it back into you, so it makes you all cold.

Q.Q. · 22nd March 2009, 08:24 PM

Hey Therrin, Thered only be one organ of yours thats worn out,and it's not your liver

17th March 2009, 04:08 PM	#1
(WLL) Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: pa Posts: 240	(ORGANS) donate or not? no way in heck would i donate my organs so some doc's can make a fortune from my donations however i would sell them, or defiantly give them away to my closest family so they could get something good from my death. unfortunately in our great nation USA, if your not rich and powerful you will probably die waiting for a donor.

17th March 2009, 04:32 PM	#2
TreeCo Mature tree Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 307	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? I'm a donor. __________________ Grow more vegetables!

17th March 2009, 05:33 PM	#3
JohN Dee Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Climbing around the world Posts: 855	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Call me paranoid or even stupid, but I'm not a donor because I can't shake the feeling of the paramedics not doing everything they can to save my life... Just to harvest the parts... YES I KNOW THAT IS COMPLETELY STUPID AND NOT TRUE, but it's just a thought and feeling I can't shake and couldn't live with.. I would never sign any forms consenting donation, but if I did cark it and my parents were still around, they could give consent for it - as long as I'm well and truly dead :P __________________ We are what we repeatedly do... Excellence then, is not an act, but HABIT... Red : Green : Blue

17th March 2009, 11:39 PM	#4
Q.Q. Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western QLD. Australia Posts: 282	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Yer John Dee I'm not one either,felt the same way for a while but I think I might change. But if it came to being really bad where someone had to wipe my arse, I hope someone would pull the plug.I couldn't stand that sort of thing. __________________ Q,Q's Tree & Garden Maintenance FAMILARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

18th March 2009, 05:34 AM	#5
(WLL) Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: pa Posts: 240	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? our hospitals are privately owned, no way in hell are they concerned about the welfare of the public. MONEY,MONEY,MONEY!!! take a poor healthy homeless person; which USA has many, that person has severe head trauma but can be saved with $300,000.00 in advanced medical technology and a long recovery. who is going to pay fer that? Hmmm, lets just harvest his organs, skin,bone tissue, eyes, liver, lungs, heart, kidneys, and make a cool mil or more, we can invest half and burn the rest in Vegas baby!!! a very close friend of mine was killed in in a routine surgery and they accidental punctured his heart, he was an organ donor; that harvested everything!!! it was so bad the funeral/viewing was a closed casket he was only 31 years old!!! only doctors make you sign off saying if they F up they are not responsible. what kind of BS is that?!?! them arrogant sob's need to be held accountable for there own actions. because the hospitals make you sign them malpractice forms my close friend left behind his 8yo son, and is now an or-fin with nothing!!! no case, no money, no nothing!!! the slime ball surgeon has a mansion and drives his $150,000.00 car around with out a care in the world. if he needed a transplant, you bet your ass he would buy one and have a match within a few days!! money talks and bull shit walks, what a damn shame!!!

18th March 2009, 12:48 PM	#6
StrictlyPalms Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida USA Posts: 177	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Donor here. Motorcycle rider too.... __________________ Strictly Palms, Inc. Orlando, Florida USA

18th March 2009, 02:40 PM	#7
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? I'm a donor. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

18th March 2009, 05:55 PM	#8
Therrin Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca Posts: 2,512	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Donor here too, 'nuther motorcycle rider too. I can just see it. I die in some great way that preserves most of my organs. Some poor guy needs a liver transplant, has like 3 weeks left to live. It's a match! They get all excited and give him my liver, do the surgery. He gets out of the operation and they decide he now only has 5 more weeks to live.

18th March 2009, 11:19 PM	#9
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,820	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? I ticked organ donor on my drivers licence ... but they say that's not good enough or something here. Anyway, imagine you are in a coma, usually they'll go 30 days but you got some rare blood group and good organs .... __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

18th March 2009, 11:24 PM	#10
Sean Freeman Monument Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,985	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Not preaching at anyone...you are adults (I think) you make your own decisions, however a man I call my friend and that many of you in Oz know well is alive today largely because of a heart transplant, so I am a donor, have no fears about being sliced up whilst still alive, have confidence that in the event of my death my wife and kids know my wishes and my organs (for what they are worth...my liver like Therrin's might be passed its use by) will not be chucked along with my body.

19th March 2009, 12:35 AM	#11
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Not sure about my liver,but i'm sure my kidneys are useless at the rate i drink coffee. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

19th March 2009, 08:08 AM	#12
clementine Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Shropshire, UK Posts: 509	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? I use to carry a Organ donor card in the UK and use to give blood regular too. I forgot all about it since we moved over here. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy and taste of chicken!

19th March 2009, 02:40 PM	#13
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? I give blood when i can,it just seems the blood bus is always out when i'm busy. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

20th March 2009, 03:29 PM	#16
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? No worries,btw that 50' lanyard has lasted about twice as long as both of my steel core lanyards,but we DON'T want to derail this thread now do we? __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

20th March 2009, 03:55 PM	#18
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Well for starters,my truck needed a tune up,no biggie,took down a smallish black cherry,I'm gonna hit the sack too,gotta be at a buddies house early,and i ge to leave at 5 am saturday morning for daytona beach,yay.I wasn't upset btw. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

20th March 2009, 03:56 PM	#19
(WLL) Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: pa Posts: 240	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? I'm not bothered about a derail on an off the topic thread , i threw this up cause it makes a good heated discussion that everyone can fit in and post up __________________ Harder than theTH, and his pack of goons

21st March 2009, 09:48 AM	#21
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? I'm going to work,oh just call me Bill,everyone else does. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

21st March 2009, 11:40 AM	#23
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? They strongly advise you to,but they can't make you do it.I take a couple minutes because i had an incident after giving blood where i immediatly went home,and climbed a small tree out front to hang some christmas light,my bandage fell off and I sprung a leak. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

22nd March 2009, 09:21 AM	#24
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,820	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Been a while since I donated, they used to give us a stubby of beer. __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

22nd March 2009, 09:46 AM	#25
clementine Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Shropshire, UK Posts: 509	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? You sprung a leak Bill? Never heard of that happening before Stubby?? Is that a bottle or something? Sounds like a fair swap I was never offered beer, 'twas a nice cup a tea or juice. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy and taste of chicken!

22nd March 2009, 03:45 PM	#26
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? My bandage fell off while i was climbing,then i started bleeding like crazy,i took my shirt off[white mind you]and wrapped my arm up after i came down.i still chuckle when i think about it. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

22nd March 2009, 03:52 PM	#27
Therrin Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca Posts: 2,512	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? At the college they'd give us a T-shirt, a freshly grilled hotdog, bag of chips, and a soda =) (I think I fudged my birthdate back then cuz I was only 15, man, I wanted that free hotdog!)

22nd March 2009, 03:57 PM	#28
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Around here,they give you all the cookies,and ice cream you want,a shirt and all the orange juice you want.If i go to lake city and give a platlet donation,i get all that,plus a sweater,a blanket,and i get to watch a movie while donating,i've done it a time or 2. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

22nd March 2009, 04:40 PM	#29
Therrin Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca Posts: 2,512	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Here you get $75 bucks for donating platelets. NG, everyone gets the sweater and the blanket when you dontate platelets, the part that you forgot to mention is that you have to give them back! It's cuz they filter your blood out and pump it back into you, so it makes you all cold.

22nd March 2009, 08:24 PM	#30
Q.Q. Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western QLD. Australia Posts: 282	Re: (ORGANS) donate or not? Hey Therrin, Thered only be one organ of yours thats worn out,and it's not your liver __________________ Q,Q's Tree & Garden Maintenance FAMILARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

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