Yes, my husband and I both agreed to be donors. We discussed it when we updated our wills and were going over what live saving measures we did and did not want done. That was independent of the drivers license authorization.
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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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> 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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