Organ Donation

I'm amazed at the number of people who are still so ignorant of this subject - obviously it's quite important to me now, but since I was old enough to get my own driving license I've been on the organ donor register.... more importantly I've discussed it with those who are important to me so they know what I would wish to happen.

It's probably quite ironic that most of my organs would be pretty useless to anyone else now, but my lungs, heart and corneas are probably still good enough if anything were to happen to me. I'd give blood if I could but for obvious reasons it's not that great an idea for me!

Got really annoyed by an episode of The Simpsons recently as well where Homer is asked to give his Dad a kidney. They were so full of shit - saying things like "wow, you've substantially shortened your lifespan to help your Dad!" and showing him repeatedly running away from the Op. Way to go to encourage selfless behaviour *lol* I know it's only a cartoon but the lifespan thing just isn't true, for a start!

So yeah. I guess the point of this was to encourage people to think about it a little. Whether you decide to go on the Organ Donor Register or not, it's certainly something everyone should try to discuss with their families and loved ones.