april is national organ donation month

[alocispepraluger102]

april....

[PHILLYQ]

Give somebody a B-3!

[alocispepraluger102]

if i had a b-3 i'd leave it to jimmy.

[Dave James]

I don't think you guys would find this so FUCKING amusing if you had a daughter who had a liver transplant at age 17. This is serious stuff and you're treating it like it's some sort of nod nod, wink wink, elbow in the ribs yuk. Trust me. It's not. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

[Jazzmoose]

With all the things people have joked about on this board, this particular one is too sacred to touch? I could understand you're reaction if they were tasteless jokes, but these are just silly. Does my organ donor note on my license at least entitle me to say "lighten up"?

[Dave James]

With all the things people have joked about on this board, this particular one is too sacred to touch? I could understand you're reaction if they were tasteless jokes, but these are just silly. Does my organ donor note on my license at least entitle me to say "lighten up"?

My daughter, according to her surgeon, has less that an hour to live when they replaced her liver. Her body had taken on 60 lbs. of fluid and she had become incoherent. It remains the worst few days of my life. I respect the fact that your are an organ donor, but I still can't see the humor in making fun of this. If that makes me a jerk, I guess I don't care.

[Tim McG]

With all due respect, I don't think any of us knew of your daughter's condition...and I am very sorry to learn of this.

I take organ donations very seriously [i am a donor, too] and had a cousin who got a heart transplant when she was 15. I feel for you and have removed my previous post. My apologies.

You and your daughter are in my thoughts and prayers, Dave. All the best.

Edited April 2, 2012 by GoodSpeak

[BeBop]

As much as I like levity, some topics will always hit a raw nerve with me, so I can absolutely relate to Dave James' post.

But hey, since you dropped into the thread, consider joining GoodSpeak and me as registered organ donors.

[Jazzmoose]

If that makes me a jerk, I guess I don't care.

Nope; doesn't come close to making you a jerk.

But hey, since you dropped into the thread, consider joining GoodSpeak and me as registered organ donors.

And since you dropped into the thread, perhaps you could consider rereading my post; as I already stated, I am a registered organ donor.

[BeBop]

Sorry I missed you as a donor, jazzmoose. No slight intended. Reading the Org boards on my phone* makes me prone to oversights. Apologies to ANYONE I missed.

* computer croaked. No money for a new one right now.

[alocispepraluger102]

being nearly 70, surely they won't want any of my old junky rusty failing parts, except for perhaps quartering me as a cadaver.

i continue to donate :rolleyes: blood every 6 weeks, however.

[Jazzmoose]

Sorry I missed you as a donor, jazzmoose. No slight intended. Reading the Org boards on my phone* makes me prone to oversights. Apologies to ANYONE I missed.

* computer croaked. No money for a new one right now.

Well, considering I made a post chastising you in a thread where I used the phrase "lighten up", it's obvious that at least one of my organs will remain unclaimed...

[PHILLYQ]

It certainly wasn't my intention to offend anyone and I'm an organ donor. Saw a cheap joke on Organissimo and went with it.

[Tim McG]

It certainly wasn't my intention to offend anyone and I'm an organ donor. Saw a cheap joke on Organissimo and went with it.

No worries.

I saw it that way too, PhillyQ.

[BeBop]

Relating this back to the jazz world, some news of saxophonist Dayna Stephens from the April 5, 2012 San Jose Mercury news.

Bay Area sax titan Dayna Stephens fights for his life

By Richard Scheinin

Several times a week, Dayna Stephens drives his van from his New Jersey apartment to New York City, navigating traffic on the George Washington Bridge -- and eyeing the dialysis bag hanging from a hook above his head: "People stare sometimes," he says. "It is what it is.

"I'd be dead in two weeks without dialysis."

At 33, the East Bay native already ranks among the best jazz saxophonists in the nation. But he's also on another list: He's one of approximately 90,000 Americans awaiting a new kidney.

Stephens added his name to the transplant list 21/2 years ago and has undergone dialysis ever since, a worry as only about half of dialysis patients survive more than three years.

Link to full article

[alocispepraluger102]

david s. ware is apparently well and performing after his kidney transplant.

i had a spirited bar discussion last night where a friend pointed out that everyone in the organ donor daisy chain profits but the donor and family.

several organ donors have had pauper's funerals.....

[Jazzmoose]

Well, when they harvest mine, I'll probably be as broke as usual. But I probably won't care much, either...