Originally posted by: Balt
You must be joking.
Originally posted by: ScottyB
Originally posted by: Balt
You must be joking.
No, I don't want to be cut apart while parts of me are still alive. If I can be kept on machines, I want to stay on machines and if that won't sustain me I want to be cryogenically frozen.
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: ScottyB
Originally posted by: Balt
You must be joking.
No, I don't want to be cut apart while parts of me are still alive. If I can be kept on machines, I want to stay on machines and if that won't sustain me I want to be cryogenically frozen.
Those are some phucked up thoughts. What if your brain is dead??!!?!?
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I've donated my organ a few times....
Originally posted by: ScottyB
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I've donated my organ a few times....
Haha, for short bursts of time?
Originally posted by: Amorphus
They can't take any organs unless you opt-in, dude.
Now, in places like Brazil, for example, organ donation is an opt-out process, so there's plenty of fear that paramedics will pronounce you dead prematurely and stuff. :frown:
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
When the day comes that I can't function independently I want to be unplugged and as soon as I'm dead they can do as they please.
Originally posted by: Jfrag
If teh brain is no teh worky then cut me up and take what you like... I obviously won't need it at that point.
Therein lies the problem. Once you're dead, the organs are worthless for transplantation. They have to be "harvested" (actual term they use for cutting the organs out of your body) while the heart is still beating, before you're dead.Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
When the day comes that I can't function independently I want to be unplugged and as soon as I'm dead they can do as they please.
Originally posted by: Cat13
If my organs will help someone live then by all means take them. Why should I keep them if I can no longer use them?
I agree. I want anything that can be donated to be donated. I want to help people out, even in death.Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: Cat13
If my organs will help someone live then by all means take them. Why should I keep them if I can no longer use them?
Exactly.
If my eyes, heart, liver, kidneys, brain, fingers, toes, whatever helps some else out then I'm all for it.