That is the way it is in Georgia. If you sign a certain place on your license, you consent to organ donation. But be sure to let your family/loved ones know of your decision. Signing alone doesnt guarantee your decision. Permission is sought from your next of kin.
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From: "Terry Pogue" <tpogue@comcast.net>
To: <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [iPad] OT: organ donors
Date: Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:19 pm
In Maryland we have the donor information on our driver's license. I thought it was that way in all the country.
terry
On Aug 25, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Ryan Waldon wrote:
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> People often forget that organ transplants are not "miracle cures". With a transplant, you're trading a short-term terminal condition for a manageable terminal condition. My younger Brother received a liver transplant the day after his 19th birthday, for end-stage liver failure secondary to Wilson's disease. He died on 2 February 2009 at age of 38. Cause of death was a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. His transplant effectively doubled his life, that's getting maximum bang for your buck.
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> Please sign your donor cards, and if you do so, please discuss your intentions with your Family.
> (BTW: my Brother, David, was a quite serious Mac-head. It was he that recruited me into Mac Army...)
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> --ryan
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> Sent from my Apple iPad 2
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> On Aug 25, 2011, at 13:31, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com> wrote:
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>> > The liver would have taken him out, if not for the transplant... Then came cancer right?
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>> No.
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>> He had neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer diagnosed.
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>> He then put off surgery for several months apparently in the hope that holistic healing methods would cure him. They didn't.
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>> He had radical surgery (Google "Whipple procedure").
>> This may (or may not) have cured his cancer.
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>> Later, he had a liver transplant, the reason for which we can only speculate about.
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>> He is therefore a cancer patient with a post-surgical digestive disorder, who is on lifelong immunosuppressive medication.
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>> --
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>> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
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