Atfter hearing the sad news of the passing of INGOer RGriff99, I was reminded of the duty we all owe our fellow man.
For those that aren't aware, Rgriff99 spent months in the hospital awaiting a lung donor. The circumstances could be different, but based on info posted here, he passed away waiting for the right donor.
I would ask that we all do two things. Both are painless and easy to do.
First, become a registered organ donor. It's quick and easy. And besides, by the time your organs are ready to come out, you won't care anymore. Just make sure you also talk it over with your family and friends so they know your wishes ahead of time.
Second, join the bone marrow registry. It's free, painless (just a quick cheek swab in the comfort of your home via a kit they mail to you), and easy to join And given today's technology if you are called to donate it's not nearly as brutal as it once was. In fact, in many cases you can donate (if called) by going through a similar procedure to donating plasma. It's no longer a guarantee of going under the knife to harvest marrow.
You can sign up here... HomePage If you are a minority it is especially important as the best matches are within your own race. (And minorities are not well represented according to be the match)
I'm already in on both. Come on INGO, join me!
For those that aren't aware, Rgriff99 spent months in the hospital awaiting a lung donor. The circumstances could be different, but based on info posted here, he passed away waiting for the right donor.
I would ask that we all do two things. Both are painless and easy to do.
First, become a registered organ donor. It's quick and easy. And besides, by the time your organs are ready to come out, you won't care anymore. Just make sure you also talk it over with your family and friends so they know your wishes ahead of time.
Second, join the bone marrow registry. It's free, painless (just a quick cheek swab in the comfort of your home via a kit they mail to you), and easy to join And given today's technology if you are called to donate it's not nearly as brutal as it once was. In fact, in many cases you can donate (if called) by going through a similar procedure to donating plasma. It's no longer a guarantee of going under the knife to harvest marrow.
You can sign up here... HomePage If you are a minority it is especially important as the best matches are within your own race. (And minorities are not well represented according to be the match)
I'm already in on both. Come on INGO, join me!
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Diabetics aren't supposed to be organ donors, people with glaucoma can't donate their eyes and hep c sort of poison the ho body. May conditions and also medications that you may take regularly preclude donation as well so before signing up, make sure you can. Sure, they will screen for problems but they did that with the blood I got hep c from too so mistakes are made in a ruch to save your parts so make those errors unlikely by making sure of your own organs eligibility BEFORE signing up.
