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A good friend of mine died last week.
He had a work accident and ended up with unsurvivable brain injuries. He was a very fit 60 year old road cyclist, also a skydiver with over 1000 freefall jumps. Irony of a fall off a stepladder being the way he left us.
The plea. Speaking to his wife at the weekend she is comforted that his organs have given 8 others another chance and also because of tissue donation (skin, tendon, cornea, etc.) several dozen others have the chance of improved quality of life.
Please get on the register today and make your wishes known, if you can.
This is worth so much of a bump.
Sorry to hear about your friend.
My life (end of life) goal is to be carried down to the furnace in a small paper bag.
mind - if love truly resides in the heart some transplant patient is waking up this weekend with a strange new desire to buy expensive carbon bike bits.
Very true. I am on the transplant register but this just reminded me to check and update my records.
https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/what-we-do/transplantation-services/organ-donation-and-transplantation/
In Scotland it's been opt-out since March 2021.
Yeah, Scotland has now a default that everyone is a donor - which feels like a sensible thing. I suspect a fair chunk of me will be useless but also hope that there will be a few bits that can help someone else.
I forgot that! Doh! I have been on the register for decades!
In Scotland it’s been opt-out since March 2021.
It is opt-out in England too now, according to that link above.
Your family will still be asked, please make them aware as well.
I suspect a fair chunk of me will be useless
His wife wanted to be kept informed as much as she can, hence knowing how far he has been able to help. The patient liaison person reported back that the surgeon who prepped him for transplant was very impressed with what he found. But then again he was a manual working, road cycling, spin instructing fit lad. I'm not even sure he could turn a computer on, let alone fit into the IT middle manager STW demographic.
Main thing is to let your family know your wishes.
My donor card is in my wallet, but my wallet is rarely with me!
Condolences for your loss of a friend.
Irony of a fall off a stepladder being the way he left us.
Step Ladders are an innocuous innocent looking piece of equipment. The problem is generally the height of them coupled with the weight of a human head mean the person doesn't have enough height to correct itself and avoid striking their head.
I binned our conventional step ladders at work and went a range of sizes of these that have a chained work platform.
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In England Max and Keira's Law (Opt-out) came into force in May 2020 and didn't get the coverage it might have done as this coincided with the start of the pandemic. The Welsh are obviously ahead here as they switched to opt-out several years before that.
A week on Friday a team from my hospital is riding to our local transplant centre to raise awareness on the third anniversary, hopefully get a few people to think about it and sign the register, and represent the journey of donated organs to the transplant centre.
Even if the register is opt-out, families can override so as @tjagain, @theotherjonv and @the-muffin-man have said it's really important you let your family know your wishes - leave them certain.
The register is here if anyone is thinking 'I meant to do this'.
#YesIDoNate
(DOI - clinical lead for organ donation at my hospital)
Main thing is to let your family know your wishes.
+1
Despite the new system being a presumption in favor, it doesn't matter even if you were on the old opt-in donor card scheme, it's your surviving relatives that make the decision and they can overrule your wishes.
Condolences to you and his family, always tough when someone goes early.
Wales is opt out too, consent for all that can be taken is taken is presumed.
Have discussed this recently with my close family, having a dad close to the end and a recent family death made it an easy conversation to have actually. Helps that we all want cremations so the less there is to BBQ at the end the better.
Well your post did one good thing theotherjonv.
I am now on the register ( i didn't realise the opt out thing altered that)
My parents know my wishes anyway
Thanks
We got a letter from someone who had my dad's lungs which was very touching.
I'm of the opinion salvage anything you can from me...
What's left ground me up and feed me to staving animals
Done.
Although, once again, I'm disappointed with the limited options in the Religion drop down list.
Sorry for your loss.
This has prompted me to update my details on that link above. I must have originally registered 15 years and 2 addresses ago. Don't know if it changes anything but best to be sure.