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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy

ok from very very first hand experience.... i received a kidney from someone when i was 24 and it saved my life, i was given 6 months to live at the age of 24, which as it is older than alot of the people on this board. it is also coming to that time again when i will need another in the next 3-5 years. it has saved my life once and can do it again, but there is a severe lack of donors in australia which means i could be dead within 3-5 years if i donot get one. dialysis can only sustain your body for so long and your body grows incredibly weak over a short amount of time. how the fuck is it disrespectful to mess with dead people, our bodies are bio machines and need spare parts just like a regular machine made of metals and other materials. they do wear out and the lives of many many people can be extended by those willing to donate when they are dead. i am a donor myself, and always have been since i was able to sign into the program. i still have organs that can be used. currently the kidney i have is 65 years old and i am 34. my mother donated hers and nearly died while having hers removed just to give me a second chance at life.

donor programs should be opt out not opt in. it would save alot of people like myself and people who donot want to donate still have the choice to not do so.

i don't mind if people don't want to donate because it is their choice because it is their body so that is perfectly fine but i like to think that people can be a bit more altruistic.

i myself have been on many new drug trials for different medications for the furthering of knowledge of medical practitioners. without people willing to sacrifice a little for the sake of future generations humanity slows down its development.

so really have a thorough think about it and if you still don't want to then great but if you do want to donate then that is far better. once you a dead you are no different to a slab of pork belly in my oven or a piece of dust on the wind. you are not your body, you are just carried by a temporary vehicle which enables physical experiences inform how you develop mentally and emotionally.

TEH WINNER

end of story.