Mail from Dad

[tongodeon]

The clinical lab just informed me that an 81 year old patient with numerous facial piercings requested the bones and tissue from her total knee replacement be given to her

Comments

[randomposting]

Oh dear!! That's messed up!!

[xtingu]

Can patients usually request their extracted body parts?

[crisper]

I think it varies from hospital to hospital, because I know people who were given their own removed tumors and failed organs no problem, and others who were told they couldn't have their yanked wisdom teeth because it was "medical waste".

[sandwichgirl]

i know someone who has his spleen in a jar. i can't remember if it's in his freezer or fridge.

[hugh_mannity]

Dang! I should have asked for my knee bones when I had my knee replacements.

I could have kept them on the mantle piece in a jar. Or had them sealed in resin and used them as bookends.

[lexica510]

For the record: once I'm gone, cremate or freeze-dry/"eco-bury" the Lexicorpse and scatter the ashes.

Do NOT feed me to my pets.

Oog.

[tongodeon]

I had a girlfriend who wanted a traditional Tibetian sky burial. Does it matter if the animals who devour your corpse are domesticated?

[lexica510]

Sky burial doesn't seem so bad. I just don't want to wind up like Marie Prevost (or "Marie Provost" if you're a Nick Lowe fan).

[haineux]

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