Organ Donation

I was thinking about the same, @SoldierCrab  .... but was hesitant to say it!!   It seems the 'overflow' from the 'donations to medical science' often end up in the Body Farms, anyway ..... which let's face it - will help others in their fight for justice from many villains ..... WIN/WIN!     I am not too worried about how my mortal body looks after death ... cos I will not be there!   ;) 

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this is my plan for my body later on when I am finished with it ... 
https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-science/after-facility/body-donation

https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-science/surgical-and-anatomical-science-facility/body-donation-program

This is my ultimate https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-12/forensic-scientists-at-body-farm-overwhelmed-by-number-of-donors/8520058   I really enjoy reading forensic novels   so think it would be good if they can teach the subject to students with my body once I am finished with it. 

As a lifelong lover of hospital dramas I'd love to have my mortal remains used in a teaching setting!

Hmm, I'd want to know that my carcass was treated with more dignity and respect by the medical community than my living body has, on occasions, received. If bits and pieces are useful I don't mind donating them, but I guess that will all depend on what eventually kills me. I'm not so keen on the idea of being used for practice. Yes, I know, students have to learn and I'll have departed the vessel so will be oblivious, but I think I've already gained my guinea pig badge.

Good to know - save me from feeling guilty about not doing any updates.

I know this is selfish but...I  have been mutilated enough while I  am alive, I  do not want to be mutilated when I  die.

Hi there,  I was really interested in this as I'd been thinking about whether or not I could still be a donor after bc.  I emailed donatelife.gov.au yesterday asking if I should remove myself from the register and got this response:

"Thank you for contacting DonateLife, and for sharing your personal circumstances.

There is no reason you can’t stay on the Register to be a donor. In fact, if you are willing to be a donor, we encourage you to keep your decision on the Australian Organ Donor Register. This way your Doctors and family know you want to help if you can.

The determining factors for organ donation are where and how a person dies, and hospital staff take a medical history from the relatives of the deceased and from the medical staff tending to the patient at the time of death. They then follow up with GPs and specialists, as appropriate, who know the patient and are familiar with their medical history.

It is important that you discuss your donation decision with your next of kin, and that you ask and know their donation decision.  Families play a crucial role in the donation process because they are asked to confirm the donation decision of their loved one. The family will be involved in each step of the donation process and be asked to provide vital health information – even if you have registered your decision."

Isn't it confusing the amount of conflicting information you get from different agencies!!

 

@primek I have always thought that too. If I was going blind or into kidney or heart failure and had a choice between no transplant or a transplant from someone who had a 1% chance of the one in one million chance of CJD (worldwide) (that's the actual stat for acquired CJD), I know which one I'd choose. Not so sure about the breast cancer risk though.

I'd leave it on and let the powers to be sort out. I'm sure our corneas would still restore site.