What are your thoughts on the subject???

omg, no...

After what I've seen being done with them, nope, never...

this is considered a hobby?

I can't say I've ever given it much contemplation. But when I first saw this I had the same thought as DP

I would probably donate my organs to medical science or something, but i kinda wanna remain somewhat intact. Not that it really matters i mean, i'll be dead so..

Yup, I won't need it anymore...but I don't want to make a hobby out of it.

Maybe as an intact skeleton only. If not, back to being a mummy.

I agree, but the thought of me lying on a table with med students cuting into me kind of creeps me out abit, but ya I'll be dead so

Well, i'll just make sure i don't know about it before i'm dead.

Okay, so it's not a "hobby", I guess I put this in the wrong place. But, hey, I made you laugh...right???

I'll move it to General Chatter.

I don't mind saying I've got tears running down my face on that one.

Thanks!!!

i don't know... i've kind of always found peace in the thought of resting in a quiet grave under a big old oak tree. that compared to the idea of people slicing into me and then throwing me away when they're done... well... i like the first idea better.

i wouldn't mind donating organs or anything, though. i guess it doesn't exactly matter to begin with, but i still want something for people to remember me by- like a tombstone. even if everyone forgets about me, that tombstone will still be there, keeping me as a memory of the earth, at least.

i'm sure that made no sense... oh well.

I'm not laughing at you, nova...I'm laughing with you.

Thank you, I needed that.

*phew*

Hey, I'm not taking offense. I'll be the first to admit that I'm only human. Anyways, I needed a good laugh.

Then again I have an Organ Donor Card. But that's different I suppose?


How to become a donor...

made sense to me

Naah, cremate what is left of me and throw me to the wind. I wouldn't be where my headstone is anyway... that will just be a empty shell.

No I don't think I would! My friend was a medical student and he told me things that have really put me off this subject. I have thought about Organ donation though.

I would. I will have no use for this body when I die so if someone can make good use of it go ahead. I'm already a registered organ donor.

My father, who died in October, asked to leave his body for medical scoence. My sister was not happy with the idea as she is a bit squimish when it comes to the idea of dead bodies being cut up. I, on the other hand, thought we should follow his wishes. As it happened his body was not accepted because he died of cancer. We both felt relieved, we had followed his wishes by offering his body but it wasn't cut up.

Thanks for posting the link. I'm already an organ donor. I would donate blood, but I take too much medicine and my weight is under 120lbs.

Are you kidding??? With the hell I have put my body through I think even science would reject it...

exactly...

I wont even get into specifics

I'm donating mine. I don't need it anymore and really don't want my family to pay the high costs of funerals. Cremation?? Well, that costs money too. I just think it is silly to have to pay so much when you lose a loved one. I just don't want my family to spend the money so I can rot in the ground. Plus, I would like some use for it, so why not science? Like I said before, I don't need it anymore.

My husband keeps saying he is going to stuff me and put me on the couch.

No.

LOL well, that gave me a good laugh.

as a side note, you've only been here one month and already have more posts than i do. are you even human? don't you have to eat or sleep or use the restroom or ANYTHING? LOL.

I would, I mean why would you care about your body when you die? You're not using it anymore. Why not let it be used to save others' lives.

I don't know if I would or not...

I'm disabled and I am alone with my cats all day. This beats watching tv!!!

Dont dis the TV..ohh noo not the telly lol


ok I had another lil think about this...and Yup I would donate my body to science....fiction

Bm, it was fun for the first month! I still watch, when something new os on, but even with digital cable and HBO, there are so many reruns!

Not personally, no, i wouldnt donate sh** to science.

If I donate, I shall help improve medical treatment, save lives, educate doctors and be useful to humanity even after I am dead.

So yah, I think I will donate

Well I guess you love to keep your mind active..its all good


And why not?

I think that is a noble attitute! You seem to have the same view on this as I do. You don't need it anymore, so why not. I would like to donate my organs first.

I don't know beckysmomma, i think its a bit WIERD.

Theres always someone else out there to do this, save lives ... on my behalf.

This isn't my kind of thread to post on usually, i should have refrained!

In all seriousness I agree with you on that one If my organs would save another life..then yes why not..after all i'd be stone cold and no longer in need of them right?

I hope you don't need them anymore...unless... jj

..unless....................what now??


I'm not on the ball tonight

I was inplying that you may have a secret that you have forgotten to tell us about.
Like maybe you're a zombie or something.

No, really, I can't see why someone wouldn't donate there organs.

Yes, but to some limits.

If it means giving an organ to someone who needs it, then sure, why not? But if it means slicing my body open to look inside or putting my body on display in a museum, then no.

LOL I had a brain fart sorry!!

I would except that I equate my body to a rusty 1969 Pontiac, not many usable parts left. Well there may be some scientific value in discovering how I managed to stay alive all these years with the abuses I subjected myself to.

I considered becoming a cadaver for a local University...but it really clashes with my desire to be ripped apart by lions on the Serengeti.

Girl please...sometimes my words don't come out good. bare with my medicine )

I met the lions on the Serengeti (well Masai Mara... same thing just the other side of the Kenya border) can't say as I fanced being ripped apart by them though. There is a reason why wilderbeest always look nervous!

Of course I'd donate my body, to give science a chance to examine a perfect specimen, who wouldn't!!

The state my body is in I'm more likely to end up being used in the next fake alien autopsy movie. I twould save on the special effects budget.

I have seen Hyenas on the Serengeti (Discovery Channel) rip things apart....it is just way to fast....wham, bam, thank you for now being in eighteen different pieces Mam....the Lions will sort of eat you alive....I like that.

They tend to suffocate their pray first, by gripping the throat in their jaws. Not the way I'd choose to go, but each to their own.

I wouldn't object to my body being used to feed an endangered species but I'd like to have died peacefully of natural causes first. Also I want to be over the age of 96 so hopefuly it will be another 56 years yet.