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Brother Buzz

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113. Nothing to feel sorry about

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 02:20 AM

Feb 2013

The worst was seven years ago, followed by years of monthly, then quarterly, then yearly blood work and cat scan crap, and always dreading the bad news. Two years ago, my oncologist was happy to say something he rarely gets to say, "you're a lucky man", and cut me loose.

I was lucky beyond belief to beat some horribly dismal statistics and discovered a totally new perspective on life, to boot. I also discovered I'm a fighter and came to understand I fear nothing anymore.

The only downside to the whole ordeal was developing the 'Chemo' brain and forget huge chunks of my memory that deal with time and dates. I remember everything, I just haven't a clue when any particular event happened; six weeks, six months, or six years ago, I have no clue. Weird, but entertaining for my family.

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Who here ISN'T an organ donor? [View all] UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 OP

Once they made it a simple matter of saying "yes" when you renewed your driver's license... hlthe2b Feb 2013 #1

If it requires little effort, might as well not question it The2ndWheel Feb 2013 #18

How insulting that you would take THAT from my statement... hlthe2b Feb 2013 #19

Yes, let's just deliberately obfuscate things that keep people from dying. Oy. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #37

Honestly? EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #2

Eh? That seems to defy logic. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #4

Right. We wouldn't want to help anyone else live longer, would we?.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #12

the reasoning isn't selfish or mean, it's just kinda dumb. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #17

Certainly not very liberal of you nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #24

I got a piano I can let go cheap. Robb Feb 2013 #3

Looking for someone to scold on a Sunday morning... undeterred Feb 2013 #5

The card says: "in the event of death" Kolesar Feb 2013 #6

My liver? But I'm using it. FSogol Feb 2013 #9

"I'm not dead yet!" tblue Feb 2013 #60

I am not and neither is my partner TM99 Feb 2013 #7

I'm going to get flack for this, but I think people who agree to donate organs should be higher. . . Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #8

good idea. robinlynne Feb 2013 #51

Except people who need organs make poor donors REP Feb 2013 #89

I do financing for car loans, high end, and most clients are organ donors Demonaut Feb 2013 #10

I'm not.. Upton Feb 2013 #11

Wouldn't a greater organ supply help even the playing field? eShirl Feb 2013 #15

Medicare paid for my morher's kidney transplant Nevernose Feb 2013 #20

Can't donate what I don't have.... whistler162 Feb 2013 #13

No, not any more. And you ask why? Well, the cancer matasticized. 1-Old-Man Feb 2013 #14

So sorry to hear that csziggy Feb 2013 #30

idea... handmade34 Feb 2013 #56

I'm so sorry to hear that 1OM. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #102

My mom once donated a large and very valuable organ slackmaster Feb 2013 #16

Also, who isn't on the bone marrow registry? PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #21

And, who (of those eligible) isn't a regular blood donor? PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #22

I am not longer a blood or plasma donor. avebury Feb 2013 #25

I totally understand. Not everyone who is eligible is able. Which is why those of us who can need to PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #26

I'm not. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #49

45 gallon blood/platelet donor here Skittles Feb 2013 #118

I can no longer donate blood. SeattleVet Feb 2013 #127

After reading "The Undead" I'm still a donor, but... Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #23

I carry my card riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #27

I am so sorry for your loss. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #31

thank you riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #33

Condolences to you and your family csziggy Feb 2013 #32

I would like to think that too riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #34

She had completed her thesis well before she was diagnosed. csziggy Feb 2013 #40

I'm so sorry ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #57

Thank you riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #64

I'm so sorry. tblue Feb 2013 #61

I thank you riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #63

We both are. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #28

I'm not IDemo Feb 2013 #29

Sometimes elder donations help other elderly. Cleita Feb 2013 #39

It's not so much the elder part, IDemo Feb 2013 #44

Type 1 here too Samjm Feb 2013 #111

I am, but have absolutely NO problem with anyone who isn't. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #35

I agree mokawanis Feb 2013 #99

DU isn't DU without a holier than thou thread every once in a while dlwickham Feb 2013 #109

How does it affect my chances of becoming a zombie? riverbenddem Feb 2013 #36

good question dlwickham Feb 2013 #124

I'm a transplant nurse ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #38

That's one reason why I am not. OrwellwasRight Feb 2013 #46

I understand ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #50

You can have your opinion. Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #74

Of course. OrwellwasRight Feb 2013 #120

The link for Michigan doesn't seem to work. Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #41

It really doesn't matter if I have a donor card csziggy Feb 2013 #42

There have been cases where doctors have precipitated the death of a patient Paul E Ester Feb 2013 #43

^^^ valid concern ^^^^^ Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #55

Wow! Comments and posts like yours don't help encourage people to be doners and help save lives. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #100

+1. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #117

OK to take everything except my liver customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #45

Neurofibromatosis is why I am not ChazII Feb 2013 #47

Not only that going to donate my body to a medical school. grantcart Feb 2013 #48

Heh! ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #52

That would be my choice. Lugnut Feb 2013 #114

Having seen how that goes...that's one donation I will not be making. HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #58

Not yet Maeve Feb 2013 #53

I am... dkf Feb 2013 #54

I'm not a donor. Akoto Feb 2013 #59

I am listed with Life Gift as a donor. We had a member of our group who was a donor and 75 people Thinkingabout Feb 2013 #62

I have been an organ donor for many years now. RebelOne Feb 2013 #65

Not me. Hepatitis DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #66

Stage four cancer survivors make lousy donors Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #67

. ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #69

I'm so very sorry Brother Buzz Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #108

Nothing to feel sorry about Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #113

Glad you posted me the good news...I feel better. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #121

malaria, BUT, I have donated my remains to the body farm/ science. SQUEE Feb 2013 #68

I'm a donor. I think that non-donors (unless they're unable to donate for medical reasons) should be WhollyHeretic Feb 2013 #70

Hell no. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #72

I agree with this Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #75

Really? TM99 Feb 2013 #107

Wow that is some crazy crap you're spewing. First off I said there should be an exception for people WhollyHeretic Feb 2013 #122

I see TM99 Feb 2013 #123

I have never donated an organ. LWolf Feb 2013 #71

i am not. loli phabay Feb 2013 #73

Why? UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #77

my belief is that death is just a passing over and i will need my body and belongings in the next loli phabay Feb 2013 #83

And the bodies in graveyards? UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #84

different beliefs. no idea what their plan was mayby just that the soul passes over loli phabay Feb 2013 #85

You really believe your body is going to vanish from the earth when you die? UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #86

well unless you have checked every grave in the world then you dont know loli phabay Feb 2013 #88

I have been donating hearts all day long Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #76

Why do you ask? demwing Feb 2013 #78

I'm very happy that someone gave me their corneas Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #79

I'll give the medical industry free material only after they give me free care. JVS Feb 2013 #80

That's another consequence of neoliberalism. Once people realize that somebody's making lots of HiPointDem Feb 2013 #116

I'm giving my body JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #81

Our union has a big push every couple of years ripcord Feb 2013 #82

Strange question for you - ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #87

Yes. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #90

Thanks for the information. ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #93

Those of us with diseases that would be life-threatening to the recipient(s) dickthegrouch Feb 2013 #91

How is my OP self-righteous? UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #94

Hmm... Gemini Cat Feb 2013 #103

I have not signed up for the one on my drivers license, but I do have a living will... ghurley Feb 2013 #92

Actually, don't go to the web site. jeff47 Feb 2013 #95

I'm overseas davidpdx Feb 2013 #96

I am on the list uriel1972 Feb 2013 #97

I was until developing a chronic blood-borne disease Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #98

I'm signed up, but I'm not a donor yet DJ13 Feb 2013 #101

My best friend recently received a kidney transplant. Gemini Cat Feb 2013 #104

I've been an organ donor ever since I first got my learner's permit Terra Alta Feb 2013 #105

I am now, but I wasn't because... nessa Feb 2013 #106

I'm so sorry about your son. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #110

Thank you. nessa Feb 2013 #112

Maybe because of stories like this: HiPointDem Feb 2013 #115

I am not rl6214 Feb 2013 #119

Can't donate. I take too many meds. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #125

I am also a bone marrow donor. Mixed race people are very scarce. catbyte Feb 2013 #126