Are you on the Organ Donor Register?

Jul 15, 2011 23:01

I've had my donor card since I was fourteen, and am on the Organ Donor Register. That was that. I thought little more about it.

Last year I read an article on the BBC website about a woman called Tor Tremlett has Cystic Fibrosis who was waiting for a double lung transplant. It linked to her blog and her twitter feed (Tor87) in which she ( Read more... )

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direwolfdragon July 15 2011, 23:19:45 UTC
I had the sticker, but took it off my license. I have an advance directive for donation should anything happen and that will have to do. I will not have doctors and paramedics in the ER making judgements based on a donor card in my wallet.

Paranoid? Maybe, but I am not a trusting person.

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mrs_redboots July 16 2011, 10:05:13 UTC
Have been on it for years! I think it should be compulsory, and you should have to opt out, rather than opt in.

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