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Hi everyone :wave: please take a minute to read this post and then if this is something you would like to do, please follow the links.
Transplants are one of the modern miracles in medicine, right? If you develop a problem and need a transplant that is ok because we have the skills today to help, and knowing you are more likely to need a transplant than to become a donor, this is important stuff.
Sadly in the UK there is a chronic shortage of organ donors. Last year over 450 people died whilst waiting for a transplant, 140 of these were children.
To find out more about my story and why this is important to me, take a look at www.idgiveyouone.co.uk
If you want to be an organ donor but have never got round to registering it literally takes a few minutes and can be done online by clicking here: http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/how_to_become_a_donor/registration/consent.jsp
If you have any questions about organ donation there is loads of information on both of the websites given, or you can ask me.
Thanks for reading
Transplants are one of the modern miracles in medicine, right? If you develop a problem and need a transplant that is ok because we have the skills today to help, and knowing you are more likely to need a transplant than to become a donor, this is important stuff.
Sadly in the UK there is a chronic shortage of organ donors. Last year over 450 people died whilst waiting for a transplant, 140 of these were children.
To find out more about my story and why this is important to me, take a look at www.idgiveyouone.co.uk
If you want to be an organ donor but have never got round to registering it literally takes a few minutes and can be done online by clicking here: http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/how_to_become_a_donor/registration/consent.jsp
If you have any questions about organ donation there is loads of information on both of the websites given, or you can ask me.
Thanks for reading
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If I am in desperate need of a pair of kindeys and I am sitting here watching my body slowly poison itself, just because some dead greedy asshole is too good to give them.... then I wouldn't know what to do... die probably.
There's nothing wrong in not wanting to be a doner.
Of course none of my organs are any good, but it's the thought that counts!
Well that's not really the point. Some people see the body as a sacred thing and wouldn't dream of anyone tampering with it after they die.
I'd be happy to donate, but I don't think you should be critized if you don't want to - for wahtever reason.
It's something you could do, not should do. Same with giving money to charity.
Totally agree that it is a personal decision whether you want to be an organ donor or not, and I have no problem with people who dont want to be organ donors, I am just trying to ensure people have thought about the issue and made their wishes clear.
We have done a slideshow which shows why this is such an important issue for young people, and you can view it (and rate it) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz33i6prkuQ
There are around 8000 people like me whose lives depend on it. Thanks again for reading this
When I'm dead, I won't need them, so someone living may as well have them.