• Man Wants to Donate Heart, Liver - Before He Dies
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[release][b]WHITE, Ga. — A Cherokee County man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease is leading a push to let people donate vital organs — before they die.[/b] Gary Phebus, of White, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2008. ALS is a rapidly progressive and fatal neurological disease that attacks one's nerve system and muscles. Eventually, it affects your ability to control the muscles needed to move, speak, eat and breathe, the Mayo Clinic said on its website. Phebus says once he realized he was going downhill, he researched organ donation and learned people often face long waits. He says he wants to give up his organs — his heart, lungs and liver — now, before they deteriorate. But state and federal laws say that a person must be brain dead before a decision to donate organs can be made. Phebus wants to change that. Phebus says he doesn't consider his proposal suicide because he's "dead anyway." Although ALS causes muscle weakness, it does not affect muscles in internal organs such as your heart, liver, bladder and kidneys. It's estimated that as many as 20,000 Americans have ALS with 5,000 people diagnosed in the U.S. each year. [/release] [url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,597966,00.html]Source[/url] [release]Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (abbreviated ALS, also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease) is a form of motor neuron disease. ALS is a progressive, fatal, neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons, the nerve cells in the central nervous system that control voluntary muscle movement. The condition is often called Lou Gehrig's disease in North America, after the famous New York Yankees baseball player who was diagnosed with the disease in 1939. Today, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is the best-known living ALS patient. The disorder causes muscle weakness and atrophy throughout the body as both the upper and lower motor neurons degenerate, ceasing to send messages to muscles. Unable to function, the muscles gradually weaken, develop fasciculations (twitches) because of denervation, and eventually atrophy because of that denervation. The patient may ultimately lose the ability to initiate and control all voluntary movement; bladder and bowel sphincters and the muscles responsible for eye movement are usually (but not always) spared. [/release] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis]From Wikipedia[/url]
Might as well, that man has my respect
I don't really have an opinion on this. I feel that people talking their own lives is dumb, but what happens if the person does not have a life to begin with? All I know is that ALS is a horrible disease, and I do not want to get it.
"It's about to break, just bloody take it!"
As long as no money changes hands they should have the option to donate.
I feel that if you are becoming a mere shell of a person due to a disease, you should have the right to die
Well he has a point, by the time he dies they will be in such a shit state it's all wasted, he's kept in pain and someone is deprived of an organ they desperately need.
What an extremely depressing ideology... but so honorable.
I don't see a problem with this either. People who don't donate their organs are douchebags.
[QUOTE=Socram;23708545]What an extremely depressing ideology... but so honorable.[/QUOTE] I find it shockingly refreshing and uplifting considering how selfish society has become. As bad as it sounds out of context, I hope this guy finds a way to "accidentally" die without damaging his organs if this is what he really wants to do.
I Salute that man!
[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;23709747]I find it shockingly refreshing and uplifting considering how selfish society has become. As bad as it sounds out of context, I hope this guy finds a way to "accidentally" die without damaging his organs if this is what he really wants to do.[/QUOTE] Well, I was going to say that he always could have an "accidental morphine overdose", but then I remembered, morphine lingers in corpse, damaging the very things he wants to donate. Also, most, if not all of euthanasia drugs cause liver damage. [editline]02:47PM[/editline] He always could be killed by a bullet, also. [editline]02:48PM[/editline] But that always could lead to unforeseen implications.
[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;23709379] People who don't donate their organs are douchebags.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure you have donated your organs, Dr. Magnusson?
People are giving him hearts for giving away his heart. :v: It's very nice of him to do this nonetheless.
Special conditions should be granted to this man's case. I hope the State sees to it
The funny thing is that the post about it has no shortage of hearts.
Thank God this man has a heart, some lucky soul will be a liver and no longer a dier
My grandma died from this, it's an awful disease. You eventually can't move and are just a brain stuck in a lifeless body.
Massive respect for this man.
[QUOTE=starpluck;23711128]I'm pretty sure you have donated your organs, Dr. Magnusson?[/QUOTE] [img]http://errur.com/New/Uploads/335.jpg[/img] I will.
They should just let him do this so he can die knowing he helped people in need.
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;23711040]Well, I was going to say that he always could have an "accidental morphine overdose", but then I remembered, morphine lingers in corpse, damaging the very things he wants to donate. Also, most, if not all of euthanasia drugs cause liver damage.[/QUOTE] What about [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_asphyxiation]nitrogen asphyxiation[/url]?
[QUOTE=shill le 2nd;23717578]What about [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_asphyxiation"]nitrogen asphyxiation[/URL]?[/QUOTE] That might work, but however, you would need to transplant the organs faster because they are currently deprived of oxygen. And unlike a death by an car accident or other non asphyxiation deaths, they have a temporary oxygen storage via bloodstream.
[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;23709379]I don't see a problem with this either. People who don't donate their organs are douchebags.[/QUOTE] So you want to get donated a heart from someone that's had problems? Some people shouldn't donate. I don't want a heart that may be healthy, but has had to work harder and is going to cause me problems later on
[QUOTE=bravehat;23708356]Well he has a point, by the time he dies they will be in such a shit state it's all wasted, he's kept in pain and someone is deprived of an organ they desperately need.[/QUOTE] This is a perfectly logical post and I fully agree with you.
This man has my respect.
[QUOTE=teeheeV2;23718333]So you want to get donated a heart from someone that's had problems? Some people shouldn't donate. I don't want a heart that may be healthy, but has had to work harder and is going to cause me problems later on[/QUOTE] Beats dying.
[QUOTE=teeheeV2;23718333]So you want to get donated a heart from someone that's had problems? Some people shouldn't donate. I don't want a heart that may be healthy, but has had to work harder and is going to cause me problems later on[/QUOTE] as doctor house once put it - "would you rather have a fat, sloppy heart or die?"
:h: The world needs more people with his kind of generosity.
I was going to make myself a doner when I got my license, but the woman told me I have to be 18 to do it. The way I see it is that I'm already dead, might as well cut me open and take whatever works.
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