[Jessamein]

No, absolutely not, unless it's for my loved ones.

[Quintessence]

I wouldn't donate an organ, period.

[katrin]

Not for just anyone. I'd have to be close to the person or particularly moved by their story if it was a stranger.

[PRBori]

It cross my mind a few times before; however, as someone who has little ones that depend on me, I'll have to say NO, because I have to be healthy to take care of my own kids.

If I had no kids or my kids where already married, or it was for my own kids, then yes, I would, no questions asked.

If it was for my SO, again, it would depend on the kids age, if they still depend on me, as much as I may love my SO, one of us has to take care of the kids, it will depend on what it is and how complicated the transplant may be in both, but certainly no promise. After all, there is got to be someone healthy taking care of the kids, it would not be good for both of us to put ourself at risks and live the kids behind with nobody to take care of them.

[divinity8]

Strangers? Yes. I donated plasma many years ago for a lengthy period of time for a child I did not know and still do not know, and I have volunteered to be considered for (non-vital) organ donor lists to anyone I may match. If I have something that someone else needs to continue living, and I will be just fine without it (and even along with the risk of complications), why wouldn't I offer it? Perhaps it's the INFJ clouding my thinking. Lol.

People I love? Without question. When I love, I love with all I have...figuratively and literally.

[TheMiddleMan]

I always thought a random person getting my parts probably wouldn't be worthy.

[AngryGroceries]

I'd do it for my immediate family, and my best friend who I consider family.

[Trantor]

No, I came in this world with my organs and I'm going to keep them until the end. If it was a matter of a person I care about then yes I would do what I can to save them.

For the people who donate organs to strangers - they're going to use your organs to save a life of a sociopath anyways. There's really no benefit.

[nettneu]

	Originally Posted by masterpeach To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Would you donate an organ to save someone's life (someone who is important to you), even if you knew it's dangerous?

I suppose it might be theoretically possible, but at the moment the only person who is anywhere near important enough to qualify wouldn't accept it under those circumstances anyway.

[topquark]

I'd consider donating to my partner, but not to anyone else. We would have to weigh up the risks together to decide whether it was worth it. Once I'm dead, I'll donate anything to anybody.

[Helio]

No, I wouldn't, of course I'd offer a kidney or some stuff like that to my parents, girlfriend, best mate or whatever, but never ever to a stranger, not even after my death.

I believe in fate and therefore believe that what's doomed has to die. (Is this sentence grammatically correct? It sounds kind of strange. Please correct me if not, thanks.) If somebody is supposed to die then who am I to change anything about that?

[Selene]

	Originally Posted by Lightman To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	For a close friend or close family member? Absolutely. For the general public, they can wait until I'm dead.

This. I voted yes in the spirit of giving but in reality...
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[Fecal McAngry]

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	Last week I heard this story on the radio: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. A healthy 34 year old man died after donating a part of his liver to his older brother. Would you donate an organ to save someone's life (someone who is important to you), even if you knew it's dangerous?

Yes, I am currently in testing process to donate a kidney to a stranger.

Liver is much more risky.

[Thinktress]

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	I have nursed people who have received organs. That's not a quality of life I want to endorse, and we can't really afford. Install and upkeep cost of one donated kidney could save a couple or tens of thousands children dying from malnutrition.

I have friends who are many years post transplant who are doing very well and are very happy with their procedures. The real problem is lack of availability of organs. I don't really understand it, especially if one is deceased. Why do you need them after that?

I have health probs that might not allow a doctor to sign off on me as a live kidney donor. I could give a portion of my liver though, or bone marrow. But I would only be a live donor for someone very close to me or for a family member. When I die though, take whatever you can use to keep someone else alive.

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No, I wouldn't, of course I'd offer a kidney or some stuff like that to my parents, girlfriend, best mate or whatever, but never ever to a stranger, not even after my death. I believe in fate and therefore believe that what's doomed has to die. (Is this sentence grammatically correct? It sounds kind of strange. Please correct me if not, thanks.) If somebody is supposed to die then who am I to change anything about that?

It's fate that they are to live if it's your girlfriend or best mate, but fate that they should die if you don't know them? Yeah... that makes sense... (in some parallel universe).

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Yes. I would. I'm a full donor on my license. I'm on the bone marrow registry. Everyone in my family knows that I want to donate my organs if it's possible. If I had the opportunity to save someone else's life, I would take it. The only exception I could think of would be donating part of my liver to someone who has a damaged liver because he or she is an alcoholic. I used to pass by a dialysis center every day on my way to school and I used to look at the people and think about how poor their quality of life must be. They have to be hooked up to these machines and they're so dependent on other people. If a kidney I could do without could save them from that, I absolutely would give it to them.

They can implant a peritoneal machine and do dialysis at your house overnight. Personally, if it was me, that's how I would handle it.

[Helio]

	Originally Posted by Thinktress To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	It's fate that they are to live if it's your girlfriend or best mate, but fate that they should die if you don't know them? Yeah... that makes sense... (in some parallel universe).

I know it doesn't, but if it's somebody I know, I feel free to tell fate to go fuck itself
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[politea]

during my life I would give anything I can live without and after death I am an organ donor. I'm just hoping they find me soon enough to take everything they need.:-)

[Fecal McAngry]

BTW, if anyone wants to donate a kidney, message me. I can put you in touch with a "Kidney Matchmaker".

[Kearley65]

I have no idea (possibly like a kidney for a loved one) but I think due to cigarette use that most of my organs may be unusable or at least the ones that cigarettes effect.

[imperio]

Depends on the receiver.

Then again, there aren't many people that would be in the position to be receiving, since I basically know not many people.

So most probably, no.

[Lilie]

	Originally Posted by Fecal McAngry To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	BTW, if anyone wants to donate a kidney, message me. I can put you in touch with a "Kidney Matchmaker".

No way would I give a kidney to a stranger. What if someone I knew and cared about needed a kidney somewhere down the line? I'd be kicking myself!

I'm a save it for a rainy day kind of person in general.

[Frosted]

	Originally Posted by masterpeach To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Last week I heard this story on the radio: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. A healthy 34 year old man died after donating a part of his liver to his older brother. Would you donate an organ to save someone's life (someone who is important to you), even if you knew it's dangerous?

Yes. The person must not be elderly and must be very important to me.