LesserFollies on 22/3/2016 at 18:22
*hugs you*
henke on 22/3/2016 at 18:37
Quote Posted by Matthew
Seriously thinking of becoming an organ donor itt.
As an organ donor, let me tell you about the pros and cons.
PROS:
-warm fuzzy feeling inside
-getting to brag about what a good person you are and having a little organ donor card you can whip out to prove it
CONS:
-none
nickie on 22/3/2016 at 20:22
I rather assumed that I was getting too old to be a donor. I'm pretty sure people would turn their nose up at them anyway. But I was inspired to check it out and apparently, in the UK, organs in good nick are acceptable up to 80 and skin up to any age.
Interesting what it takes to get Matthew out of the shadows.
nicked on 22/3/2016 at 21:38
Yep, I read this thread, wondered how hard it is to get on the organ donor list, googled it, realised I just had to fill in one small form, immediately signed up for that shit.
Why is this not more publicized? I mean, apart from maybe religious reasons or being a squeamish pussy about it, there is literally no reason not to. I'm dead, what difference does it make? I'd have signed up for this years ago if I'd known it was that easy. It's like: when you die do you a) want your corpse to potentially help other people live longer, healthier lives, or b) want it to be a slowly rotting symbol of your dickish misanthropy? That should be the ad campaign right there.
Chade on 22/3/2016 at 22:17
Good luck Fett. Was going to put an angel smiley there but on second thoughts that might send the wrong message!
In addition to organ donation, blood donation let's you bask in that warm glow of helping save lives while you are A) still alive, and B) doing nothing more then sit in a chair for a few minutes every couple of months. Although that doesn't help Fett, admittedly.
Muzman on 23/3/2016 at 02:08
I tell ya, I feel like if it was me doing all this you'd have had one of these sorts of threads with a similar title every week for years. Only they'd have a more Hudson-y vibe to them right from the start, like " Oh god, I've got some heart defect! This is it guys! Game over!", then "I'm moving town again to try to find care and hearts and things and I just don't know how to do it and oh god, I'm in some real pretty shit now! This time for sure! Worse than the previous 15 updates for real this time! Nice knowing you all", and "my robot heart's cables got all tangled up and it was touch and go! Again! Every time I hear a valve click I think this is it! I'm going to post about each one!"
The teensiest bright side, world, is its fett enduring all this and not the likes of me. For that reason alone I think he must prevail (never mind all the actual good reasons)
fett on 23/3/2016 at 05:47
Quote Posted by shalebridgenights
There's people worse off than you, you know.
Are there really? Well, fuck me, I had no idea! I feel better already! Thanks!
Oh, I'll be sure to tell this to the guy next door. I walk by his room about 40 times a day while I'm trying not to build up blood clots and have a stroke. Poor bastard's on echmo and a trach tube. Or maybe I can share it with my friend Jamie across the hall who's been living here waiting since 2014 because she's so small framed she needs a pediatric heart. She'll probably be dead in two months, but hey, no worries because she's worse off than me! Or I could tell my friend Perry who was diagnosed at the age of 7, implanted with an artificial at 21, waited 8 months in the room I'm living in now, got transplanted and died of cancer 2 months later. Well, I can't tell him that other people have it worse because he's dead, but I know it will make his family feel better!
Listen up, assdick. I'm living in a cesspool of human misey, separated from my wife and kids, wondering every day if I'm going to die, watching people around me die. Some days these rooms get turned over more than your mom, so here's an idea: don't fucking open your hole to me about people having it worse unless you're posting from some third world apocalyptic famine because I've seen shit you couldn't dream up in your worst nightmares. The part you missed is that I posted this to share a scare I had with people I've known for years. They've supported me emotionally and financially through this, some for nearly 14 years, so they all have a right to tell me to quit whining or that I'm not the only one with problems. You've been here all of five minutes and know fuck all about anything so how's about next time you get the bright idea to open your fucking hole to spout your unique brand of wisdom, you stop and consider whether or not you're being a douche boat because chances are, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
june gloom on 23/3/2016 at 05:50
Okay fess up. Whose sockpuppet was shalebridgenights?
Mr.Duck on 23/3/2016 at 09:25
I'm thinking asking the admins to ban this chumgobbler is a no-go? Just a thought.
Also...don't die on us yet, fettums. <3
*Hugs*
demagogue on 23/3/2016 at 09:31
We can do this the old fashioned way.
Hey shalebridgenights: t('_'t)
Hey fett: o-(^_^)-o
