Are You a Taker Not a Giver (page 3)

dustyb

no needles for me. i can handle a lot of sick and gross stuff, but if a doctor pulls a needle out, i best be one f**ked up guy that can't see OR feel the needle, or else i'll punch him... so no i don't donate and no i won't take because of my fear of needles

stichione

I signed my driver's permit to donate my organs upon my death. As for blood donation, I would love to do it. But I am an inactive JW, and I am fearful of getting caught donating blood and ending up df'd. It would devastate my family life.

If I could donate blood and be assured I could do it discretely without the remotest possibility of being spotted by a fellow Dub, I would certainly do it!

I'll have to look into it.

little witch

When my country gives me and mine healthcare, I will respond in kind.

I originally agreed to donor status, gave blood etc.

Until I realized that my blood and parts would go exclusivly to the well to do.

In the meantime we suffer through medical crises without being able to see a doc, or afford care.

When the score evens up I will be more giving. Until then, no way.

blondie

I take it, LW, that you will not accept an organ transplant or a blood transfusion then?

Just wondering.

Blondie

Billygoat

I've given blood several times and it makes me so uncomfortable. Not emotionally or mentally, but physically. I feel so weak and woozy - even when I have eaten. But I still do it, knowing it can help someone. I'm also a designated organ donor should something happen to me. I've never really considered being a marrow or living organ donor. I guess the right circumstance would have to come up to do that.

blondie

It's nice to so that many have given it serious thought and taken action.

Actually, many non-JWs find it hard to be a giver; but most would want a transplant or would want a blood transfusion if it was necessary. That won't be possible if there were no givers.

Blondie

OlSoddy

When my sister died (permentanly according to the jw's) and they told me she would not be in the new system, I went right out and donated blood and would take it if it ever came to it. Its my way of completely rebelling against them. I left the org after that and will not go back, but then I still hold some very harsh feeling for them for telling me that my sister who had cancer her whole life was dead because she choose to take blood to try and save her life.

So I am thumbs up to it all.

blondie

I'm glad to see that you live what you believe, OlSoddy.

Blondie

Fe2O3Girl

Blood donor, registered marrow donor, registered organ donor.

CeriseRose

Prior to becoming a JW, I donated regularly (ages 16-21), volunteered at clinics and, on a couple of occasions, coordinated volunteer students for school blood drives. I also was on the bone marrow registry and donated platelets to a burn victim. I was registered as an organ donor.

Having just come out of the JWs, I haven't even assimilated that stuff yet, nor made any decisions. I doubt I would be able to donate blood at this point, as I'm severely anemic. As well, I can only donate out of one arm and have veins that collapse easily (as I found out when I donated platelets and they had trouble getting my centrifuged blood back into me), so it's difficult to physically donate.

We've had tainted blood scandals here in Canada since I donated and would need much more information before I decide.

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