Nice try fed, won't get my organs that easily
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2024
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Due to my own medical reasons, I'm not.
Healthcare in the US is run for profit. From 2020 estimates, they charge $1.6 million for a heart transplant. $1.3 million to transplant a pair of lungs, $880 thousand for a liver, and $440 thousand for a kidney. This is what for profit hospitals charge patients while giving your next of kin nothing for the organs that made it possible.
They don't pay you for your organs. They will still bill your estate for any care other than the organ removal despite your generosity.
I would happily be an organ donor in a country with a non-profit healthcare system. But because of how heathcare is run in this country, I would rather my organs be left to rot.
I agree it's horrible, but also I don't see it as a large enough reason to not donate. The person receiving the organs is probably not the cause of this. It's like not working because your labor mostly goes to the elites. It's not a great plan, even if it does feel good.
Yep. Although I'm pretty sure no one would want them.
Yes. In fact, I just registered for this a few weeks ago.
Yes, it just feels like the right thing to do. Why let them go to waste if they can help someone else live.
No.
- It's opt-in in my country.
- I fear that medical personnel will give up on me way too easily and early if they know that I am a donor. Or that it's even rooted in malicious intent.
Please don't bury me down in the cold cold ground
In all seriousness I'd rather they cut me up and pass me all around.
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No need to register in Brazil, you just have to tell your family members, as they're asked whether or not they're ok with your organs being donated. I've already told my family to, once I die, donate all of my organs that might still be in good shape
I read this and assumed it was going to have a dark twist i.e. people just take them when you walk into the wrong favela.
Yes I am. As for why, my organs will save peoples lives,
I was already a donor before my sister died but it really solidified my stance when she saved three people's lives with her kidneys and liver. They needed it more than the crematorium needed them.
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Twin.
I wish I could properly state the right of first sale he has, given it's his DNA (well, he has mine, anyway).
Fun fact: organs donated between perfect twins have no short- or long-term rejection issues. So unlike a regular donation that prolongs life for a decade or two, if he can drug me and steal my kidneys in sleazy Mexican motel, it's a permanent fix.
Hell, when I go, maybe he'll take a spare kidney or pancreas or something, and just, you know, hook them up. Totally fine with me.
Imagine taking everything. Splice both kidneys in there and get that ultra pure blood. Climb Mount Everest with no supplemental oxygen using a second set of lungs. Four nuts.
If I had a twin, he'd have to watch his back
I am. Because why not?
Same, not like I'm gonna need them.
Yes. And I volunteer plasma every 2 weeks. Up to 25 donations in a weeks time.
Organ donation is the last honorable / good thing you can do for the world after you've left. You'll be forgotten soon after dying, so might as well make it worth something
For everyone who says they're not comfortable with the idea of receiving, when you're in a desperate situation thinking of mortality, I'm sure you'll suddenly change your mind.
Even small things like when I was in Nepal, I've seen people turn desperate. When it comes down life or death, what choice do you have?
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No. I used to do that. I stopped doing that after I registered for be the match and had gangs subsequently stalk and harass me. I had people threatening to shoot me over the past several years, which may or may not be tied to registering, but many of their threats were motivated by my blood type. Iβm the universal blood type donor. Iβve had several people, throughout my life, make comments about having me killed for my organs since Iβm everybodyβs type. I know it was just people being cruel, but I really feel more at ease by not being a listed organ donor.
That's more about you than about organ donation. Your experience is not anywhere near normal.
I am, but I probably shouldn't be. My organs are...not in the best shape.
Good news, we have a match for you!
Somewhat good news, your new lungs are little dinged up and have mileage on them.
Bad news, we're still charging you full price for these lungs. Enjoy your medical debt.
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