Parts is Parts...

[trish5713 2]

trish: Don't you watch "House"?

umm no. why?

[nina874 48]

I totally agree with you about the wait and see approach. But I don't know of any doctors that are "vultures" waiting to claim some organs. That is unethical and highly unlikely. Such actions would probably result in a withdrawl of a medical liscence. I can't even imagine the number of malpractice suits would come out of that.

Different approach to the whole suing doctors in the UK, as in the governmet has made it virtually impossible for you to do it.

I can bore you with details about proportionality ,negligence, causation and the fact that we dont have punative damages, but trust me I used to deal with them, and if they chop off the wrong leg it could take you 10 years to get 30,000.

We already have routine DNR,s being placed on patients - against their wishes, old age pensioners dying in hospital from malnutrition because the nurses put their food just out of reach and they are too weak to get it, and nobody notices that the old dear in bed 5 hasnt eaten anything for 10 days until she dies, then an investagation is held and after 5 years they agree that 'lessons need to be learned',so as a UK resident I am fairly sceptical about the governments ability to regulate the whole affair.

Bitter ....me....???

[mom007 0]

My dad died almost 10 years ago waiting for a heart transplant. We would have paid ANY price to get one for him. UNOS had him listed at the #1 priority spot in the nation for over a week and we still lost him. The point isn't about selling organs, it's about educating people to be donors and letting family members know that. There could have been someone who was willing to be a donor, but wasn't in any capacity to tell hospital staff that and maybe their family didn't know their final wishes. So in the end two families ended up losing a loved one. It happens time and time again.

My best friend's brother and nephew were killed in a car accident just over a year ago. He brother died en route to the hospital and her nephew was on life support for a week before they finally declared him brain dead. When she called to tell me that, I asked her if the family would even consider donation (she knew of my dad) and she said no. The next day she called to tell me that his mother had agreed to donation and he ended up helping 5 people. He was 12 when he died and in the end gave hope and life to 5 others and their families. So he still lives on in some way.

And even though I was at the other end of the spectrum with my dad, the hospital staff does not act like "vultures" just hovering around hoping for death. That's ridiculous!

My message is, PLEASE consider donation, just for the sake of helping someone, not money. And if you do decide to be a donor, let your family know!

Of course every one im my family are donors, but when I brought it up with my husband after we got married, he is against it. Everyone else in my family knows to go against his wishes if something were to happen to me. Because in the end, it's what I want to happen with my body, not him.

Sorry this is long but think about it.

[gadgetlady 4]

I am in the market for a lung. I have type B positive blood.

How much are you willing to pay?

[green 6]

How much are you willing to pay?

If I find that I need that lung, a big bunch of money.

[green 6]

Our moonbatty family are all for organ donation. Too bad - or maybe not! - that we tend to die off due to cancer, usually when we are quite old. This means that there ain't anything of value when it comes time to harvest.

[gadgetlady 4]

And wouldn't it be worth it -- for both buyer and seller?

[green 6]

And wouldn't it be worth it -- for both buyer and seller?

Yup! You sure have got that right!

On the other hand, if I were to croak tomorrow my estate has on offer a truly fabulous vajajay. This bit of anatomical bizness is in mint, but not cherry, condition. It has only been used for recreational purposes. I will remind you that the blood type required is B positive should you wish to take advantage of this exciting offer. The other condition is that the current owner of the vajajay will no longer have any further use of it.

[BJean 16]

nina: How depressing!!

trish: Just the other night on House, they did a story on this very subject. Dr. House managed to harvest a heart from a woman who was not a candidate to donate a heart because she had Hep C. The man who was dying obviously wouldn't have minded a bout with Hep C if it meant he could get her heart and continue to live. It was an interesting concept.