what're your reasons for not being on the organ donor registry?

adouglasmhor

brettcta wrote: »

talking of which, was that a question or an instruction?

If it was a question it would have had a question mark at the end. It had a query within it hough.

adouglasmhor

ikati5 wrote: »

If you were going blind, could not see the faces of your children or grandchildren or share the wonder of a sunrise or maybe just not see into the face of the current NHS carer to turn up with your meal... Would you wish for a cornea donor?

No I would wish for this tech to be more available. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7964264/Artificial-corneas-restore-sight-for-the-first-time.html or this http://singularityhub.com/2010/06/02/germanys-artificial-cornea-getting-ready-to-restore-sight-to-thousands/ or this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis

Oliver14

brettcta wrote: »

i beg to differ. if it can make people think again about organ donation and if just one person signs up (bear in mind this has had over 170 replies and over 4,000 views), then i believe it's worked.

it was never and is not about 'imposing my opinion' on anyone. it was a thread started out of curiosity to see why some people refuse to donate organs that they will have no use for once they've shuffled off this mortal coil. organs that can help save a life and allow a family to have a few more years with their loved one. i guess part of this was to get people to think about why they wouldn't and perhaps see if they would think again about not being on the register.

i understand that not everyone has taken well to this thread, but honestly, i couldn't care less. as i said at the beginning of this post, if just one person has followed the link in my original post, i'm happy. i think from the responses garnered, i've seen some of the responses i had expected to see, which is sad really, but to be expected.

Yes I agree you couldn't care less about others feelings or opinions. Rather sad really.

Amanita_2

brettcta wrote: »

i beg to differ. if it can make people think again about organ donation and if just one person signs up (bear in mind this has had over 170 replies and over 4,000 views), then i believe it's worked.

I suspect that the abuse those of us who have chosen not to be included on the register have suffered in this thread will actually cause it to have exactly the opposite effect.

I'm now more certain than ever that I am making the right choice for me.

ikati5

adouglasmhor wrote: »

No I would wish for this tech to be more available. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7964264/Artificial-corneas-restore-sight-for-the-first-time.html or this http://singularityhub.com/2010/06/02/germanys-artificial-cornea-getting-ready-to-restore-sight-to-thousands/ or this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis

Lets hope the NHS wins the Euromillions then because as things stand you'll be lucky!

barbarawright

I've signed up as a result of this thread. I'd never really thought about it before (apathy) so thank you to the OP for bringing the register to my attention. :T

hightara

post was so worth it then barbara :T

why are people offended by being asked why they are not donor register? ... no-one forced you to give your opinion. so i dont know why you are up in arms.

i believe it was posed to those who wanted to give their reasons as a matter of interest.

pimento

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Let us not forget that 'donor' means 'dead person'.

My mother, who donated her kidney to my father is still very much alive and well.

adouglasmhor

ikati5 wrote: »

Lets hope the NHS wins the Euromillions then because as things stand you'll be lucky!

When you get your eyes done you might be able to read! From the first link!

There is a shortage of donors and this could solve that problem. It can also be done at a fraction of the cost.

chrissie57

No man is an island entire of itself yes, he is; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind no.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee - nope, it's tolling for the bloke in the box.

We must all live our lives as best we can - when we die, we die alone and what, if anything, comes after we must face alone.

As I pointed out, at the moment I carry a donor card and will continue to do so (and ensure my OH knows my wishes) until the system changes to opt-out. I carry a card because I don't care what happens to my organs after death, not so I can feel smug about 'saving lives' - I note that the poster of whom I enquired 'what have you done while you are alive to save others' did not reply, which is all the answer needed really.

This being the case, I will have no compunction in opting-out; as I said previously, I would guess so few people would bother to opt-out, before long that option would vanish and your corpse would effectively belong to the state. Given that I really don't believe the NHS is going to survive in its present state for very much longer, I can easily foresee organ supply becoming a nice little earner for someone.

The slightly deranged poster who referred to me as a psychopath is, of course, quite mistaken. I am a misanthrope. Mankind is a revolting species and I frankly feel our extinction is long overdue. You may think this a joke in poor taste - I assure you I am completely serious.

Just to reinforce this, I would point out one salient point - nearly every one of the saintly life savers who posted their vitriol on this thread are completely happy to allow another person to die because that person failed to take a certain action during life. You can have no possible idea why that action was not taken but you will condemn them to death because they do not meet your high moral standards. Nice.