Take my liver....please

dannyboy602

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Don't know. But I'll find out
[edit]Ash weight and composition


Cremated remains being scattered at sea
Cremated remains are mostly dry calcium phosphates with some minor minerals, such as salts of sodium and potassium. Sulfur and most carbon are driven off as oxidized gases during the process, although a relatively small amount of carbon may remain as carbonate.
The ash remaining represents very roughly 3.5% of the body's original mass (2.5% in children). Because the weight of dry bone fragments is so closely connected to skeletal mass, their weight varies greatly from person to person. Because many changes in body composition (such as fat and muscle loss or gain) do not affect the weight of cremated remains, their weight can be more closely predicted from the person's height and sex than from their simple weight.
Ashes of adults can be said to weigh from 4 pounds (1.8*kg) to 6 pounds (2.7*kg), but the first figure is roughly the figure for women and the second for men. The mean weight of adult cremated remains in a Florida, U.S. sample was 5.3*lb (approx. 2.4*kg) for adults (range 2 to 8 lb*or 0.91 to 3.6 kg). This was found to be distributed bimodally according to sex, with the mean being 6 pounds (2.7*kg) for men (range 4 to 8 lb*or 1.8 to 3.6 kg) and 4 pounds (1.8*kg) for women (range 2 to 6 lb*or 0.91 to 2.7 kg). In this sample, generally all adult cremated remains over 6 pounds (2.7*kg) were from males, and those under 4 pounds (1.8*kg) were from females.[16]
 

fssalaska

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I loaned my organ to a girl the other night when I was drunk, Not sure what she did with it but later I noticed it smelled funny.
 

EvlMunkee

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It's funny how quickly attitudes and opinions can change regarding this topic when it affects you or one of your loved ones. I have a very good friend who is alive today thanks to an organ donor. My niece was killed in a car accident years ago and thanks to her donor card 3 people are alive today.
As someone who is on a waiting list, I would like to personally thank everyone who is willing to save a life when theirs is taken.:clap::peace:
 

dannyboy602

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Can I ask you a personal, somewhat tacky question? Would you buy the organ you needed if you had the money to do it? There is a black market for that kind of procedure.
 

The*Mad*Hatter

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i have a kadaver(or how ever you spelll it) PLC in my left knee.....kinda weird at first knowing you have someone elces dead body parts in your body.
 

Total Head

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i'm an organ donor technically but the funny part is they wouldn't touch my organs with a ten foot pole. i'm a 28 year old fatass who has smoked since junior high and who eats a horrible diet. they'll skip right over my organs. i say they should take my organs and put them in some fatass or alkie that would normally not qualify to recieve donated parts. if there are people who are too "sick" to recieve, and others who are too "sick" to donate, why not match them up instead of letting everyone rot? why discard the organs altogether? if i'm a drunk i'd be happy to get some obese person's liver rather than nothing, wouldn't i?
 

EvlMunkee

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Can I ask you a personal, somewhat tacky question? Would you buy the organ you needed if you had the money to do it? There is a black market for that kind of procedure.
Not a hard question. The choices as I see them are:
1) Life
or
2) Death

I would buy an organ..... if the work was done in a reputable facility. :peace:
 

dannyboy602

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excellent point...which brings me to an idea...if a weed smoker who accidentally dies were to be in otherwise perfect health...would they reject his donation?
couldn't they donate to another weed smoker? i would gladly accept a smokers liver. weed not cigs...that's just nasty
 

EvlMunkee

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i'm an organ donor technically but the funny part is they wouldn't touch my organs with a ten foot pole. i'm a 28 year old fatass who has smoked since junior high and who eats a horrible diet. they'll skip right over my organs. i say they should take my organs and put them in some fatass or alkie that would normally not qualify to recieve donated parts. if there are people who are too "sick" to recieve, and others who are too "sick" to donate, why not match them up instead of letting everyone rot? why discard the organs altogether? if i'm a drunk i'd be happy to get some obese person's liver rather than nothing, wouldn't i?
absolutely right TH
I believe that even though you have abused your organs, they could give life to another.
Corneal transplants are something that donors often do not think of. An amazing gift for a blind person.....can you imagine ??? :peace:
 

EvlMunkee

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excellent point...which brings me to an idea...if a weed smoker who accidentally dies were to be in otherwise perfect health...would they reject his donation?
couldn't they donate to another weed smoker? i would gladly accept a smokers liver. weed not cigs...that's just nasty
I highly doubt they would refuse it. I know I wouldn't.
Lungs though???....maybe a problem
These transplants can happen so quickly that they may not know much about the donor
 

april

Pickle Queen
I think it would be selfish to not share something i no longer need. I've made it a point to inform people close to me that I DEMAND they salvage me for as many uselful parts as they need, having lost my father at 9 due to heart failure i don't think organ donation is even a question. I only request my body be buried next to my fathers.
 

dannyboy602

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...lol...you said salvage...as if you were a beat up chevy....i can just picture it..april's funeral...family in tears. toke n talk out of control...and all that's left to mourn is a small box with the most beautifully done french manicured finger nails...that never saw the inside of a sphincter....jk. may the day never come
 

medicalmaryjane

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ҖҗlegilizeitҗҖ;6439379 said:
i have a donor card so when i die the doctors transplant almost all my organs into another person, shit i dont need them when im dead right?
i always wonder if hospitals are less vigilant to save someone with a donor card? especially if they are hurt badly. even if there is a chance they could fully recover.

i personally want to do a DNR. if i am dead, leave me dead & take my organs if they are useful but i am on medication that puts me susceptible to cancers & i wouldn't want my organs if i were a healthy person.
 

ҖҗlegilizeitҗҖ

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i always wonder if hospitals are less vigilant to save someone with a donor card? especially if they are hurt badly. even if there is a chance they could fully recover.
no, doctors are legaly demanded to do everything in there power to keep you alive even if you have a donor card. especially if theres a chance you would fully recover they would do everything to keep you alive. they cant take organs from you untill your completely brain dead .
 
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