Will you be donating organs?

I've told my family they're to offer whatever is of the remotest use to anyone. They won't be any good to me by then!

It was proposed, but that dastardly WEF plot was spied by the ever vigilant researchers.

My hope is I'll pop my clogs when I'm a 100, whilst in marvellous mental and physical health so my organs won't be any good, but in the unlikely event of this not transpiring I'm an organ donor.

Barring a change in criteria I can't be an organ donor due to being on injectables but, I have a bit of experience with the process. Its never an easy choice to make, not out of selfishness, rather out of hope that if you just wait a little longer? Your loved one will get better, that they will be the 1 in a million miracle.

My 1st wife's organs were donated in 2007 and 1 of my younger brothers passed away after a short illness last year and his organs were also donated.

The difference in experience between both donations was marked and massively improved. The 1st time round was very ad-hoc, no real support from anybody. We did receive a letter from Beaumont shortly afterwards confirming how many people had been helped along with some cards that were anonymous.

The one from the woman who received my wife's liver stands out. She was young at 39, but also a grandmother and she thanked us for giving her the chance to see her grandchildren grow up, and to be a nana. My MiL got involved with the donor organisation and attended the mass of remembrance and other events over the years until her own death.

Fast forward to last year, when our brother was in ICU with no prospect of recovery, we approached the ICU team regarding donations. We had an ODTI coordinator meet us, do a family medical history, asked all the awkward questions in the best possible way. She also arranged to take handprints and locks of hair from our brother. On top of that they also offered counselling to the family. All little things that would have been greatly appreciated in my 1st donation experience.

The time spent in and around ICU in Cork last year and in particular the weekend of Col's death and donation, 2 other families also made the decision to donate. At times of immense personal tragedy so many families seeking to do the right thing, and to at least take one bright thing from the loss of a loved one.

Due to health stuff, I wouldn't be eligible. But they're free to use me for research.

My GP knows I don’t want organs and do want a DNR if anything happens to me.

You can download a donor card app from Google play or the Apple store.

After the government fast-tracked economic migrant housing over our own homeless, I no longer trust that my organ will be on a fair list of who benefits.

So I will not be donating. I removed the code from my driving licence and will be opting out.

I can't think of a reason why I wouldn't want to donate my organs in case of the worst. At the very least, you never know what calamity might befall you or a loved one that requires a transplant.

We all bleed the same underneath.

That's without doubt the most pathetic excuse for not donating I've ever seen.

If it's actually true, which I somehow doubt. More like some vague attempt at political point-scoring.

You can put my organs into a rescue mongrel from the pound if you like. If it can do any good - go for it. If it doesn’t do any good - so what. No harm. It’s not as if I’ll be needing them.

It’s very selfish and small minded not to donate organs after you’re gone.

I had the same reservations in 2007 (when corneas were/could be harvested) when I donated my wife's organs. That fear of seeing her in someone else's eyes, as irrational as it is, looked large.

Currently, ODTI don't harvest corneas or eye tissue. This was shared by a Transplant coordinator last summer when we were donating our brothers organs. I'd hazard because the biggest barrier to donation was families refusing for similar fears re: their loved ones eyes.

Naaaah selling them to make next weeks groceries

Doesn’t work like that buddy.

It should though.

And I’m not your buddy.