Do you want a Proper Burial or Donate your Body for Research

@AskAlly (3625)
Canada
January 22, 2007 4:55pm CST
So you have signed the organ donor card, but you are now either too ill or too old to donate organs. Will you donate your body to science instead? You would still be helping someone....or do you want a proper burial.
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@wiessied (646)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I have thought about this and i want to be cremated anyway so they can have whatever they want inside me i wont be using it.
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@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
23 Jan 07
I feel the same
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@Evacuee (1147)
23 Jan 07
Actually I not been thinking about that particular event in my life just yet. I have told my 8 year old granddaughter that I want to see her get to 21 so I have a few years yet. As for the donor bit they are welcome to whats left of me when I go but I must admit I have not thought of carrying a donor card. By the way I have asked you to be a friend and I do hope you will accept me.
@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
23 Jan 07
I plan on sticking around for awhile myself, but when I am done with my body, I hope it can be used to benefit someone
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@JoyfulOne (6231)
• United States
22 Jan 07
I registered as an organ donor many years ago, but have now donated my body to science instead. Once I found out I could no longer donate blood because I have had cancer, I'm sure that they would not want to transplant organs either since some things were damaged with the radiation and chemo. I decided to donate my whole body for research, or learning, with a teaching hospital. I look at it this way, they need to have cadavers that they have a medical history on, as opposed to Jane Doe's who have no records of their medical past. Then if, and when, they are done with it, I'd like it to be cremated and ashes spread on my farm. A memorial service is best in my book.
@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
23 Jan 07
I will do the same. My body is just my shell and I see my spirit as the pearl. I have already spoken with my children about this and cremation with a memorial service is agreeable to them
@missyd79 (3438)
• United States
23 Jan 07
i am a organ donor and i just want to be cremeted. no burial for me or no research for me.
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