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Unfortunately "brain death" is not always as obvious a diagnosis as people treat it as. The criteria are ... I can't think straight (meds I'm being given after surgery) but I know that basically the criteria can be interpreted in all kinds of vague ways, sometimes in very disturbing situations. (And I'm getting this from real life instances.)

But anyway, I'm not on it anyway because a lot of my organs don't work right and I don't want to donate faulty organs to people. I'd be worried, aside from that, as since I have very obvious disabilities, I'm in a situation where I'm already fighting to stay alive in medical situations where a lot of people would prefer not treating me, and I don't want to give them extra incentive. (Again, this has happened to disabled people.)

I've been a donor for over 20 years now. I have no problems with that.

The forum is dedicated to people, who are not NT, yet, the inviolability of the human body is being based on mental status. Should people, without the faculties to consent, be harvested, whether or not they volunteered? At what point do you lose the right to speak for yourself?

If the issue boils down to mutual consent, there's no particular reason why you would have to be dead, or why the organs couldn't be used frivolously. The fact that it comes from person, in and of itself, does not seem to make it sacred, in the opinions of donors.

It's just one of those things. No one should be forced to do it. I find the idea of organs kind of gross.

I have diabetes in my family but don't have it myself so I am not sure if I'd be allowed to.

No and I never ever would.

Organs have their own memory and intelligence, it's proven hearts have a heart brian and memory. It seems twisted when you think about it in that regard, giving a stranger a piece of your heart....I would never do it and I would never want someone else's organs. I'd rather die.

I don't know how I feel about having my own organs grown for me though.

I'm not.

After 40, they generally don't want your organs, but even then, I'd only donate on the condition that everyone else involved in the transplant process gives their service for free...which they do not. Outside of doctors that choose to waive their fee, there is big money in transplant surgeries and the donor is the only person supposedly prohibited from having their estate compensated.

I intend to get the most use out of my organs and then plop them into a hole in the ground for the worms to have a feast in my honor.

i have agreed to donate my appendix and my tonsils.

I have signed up to be a full donor. The medical system can have whatever is useable. Since I'm middle aged, my organs might be considered too old to put in somebody else's body. However, no matter what my age is when I die, I am perfectly willing to be used as a teaching cadavar for medical students. It's not like I can actually use my body after "I" have left it.

Yeah, I am a organ donor. Automatically, and I don't mind. My country has presumed consent - those who refuse to donate their organs have to register.

Too late for me at my age, for most organs. It just seems creepy so I've never volunteered. I've heard an argument that if you're badly injured then the medics could be slightly less inclined to do their utmost to save your life if they can save other lives with your organs. Must say I don't entirely trust medics, and I trust the system even less.