I have had a "liver resection" done...they removed 60% of my liver..thankfully it is the one organ in your body that regenerates itself and because i still had a portion left i was not in need of a transplant....so I have never been faced with this type of dilemma
LOL...reading the replies for this question reminded me of the book...
It was the story about parents who purposely had a child to "harvest" transplants for another child they had who was dying but no match could be found for her...
She took her parents to court over this...
Interesting book...very emotional...very thought provoking...
Your answer Dougie is part of my concern and one of the reasons i have not actually gone through with it...though i've often thought i would like to...
You're right when you say..." I figure "I'm dead! What do I need them for?"....
But how do you know they did ALL they could to save you...or was the need for whatever organ you're donating greater than trying them giving their all to save your life??
I love the fact that i could possibly change someone's life for the better by donating my organs should i be in a fatal accident or something....the one thing i worry about though for myself and my loved ones that are donors...is what if they don't do enough to try and save you because they "need" that live donation...
Meeting them does "break the ice" and takes out alot of the awkwardness of a first time meeting...but its being with them face to face is what will determine how much further its going to go...
And has your "worrying" about the other person to the degree that you have made that relationship last any longer??
And don't get me wrong...of course when there is another's feelings and needs to consider in a relationship it can't always be about "me"...but isn't that another avenue of "discovering" yourself...and growing within a relationship...learning how to now only care about yourself, but share yourself equally with another??
Then i guess what you have found out in a relationship is that you allow yourself to change in hopes that it is benefitting your partner...but since those relationships have not lasted, then would it be fair to say that "losing" yourself is something you do to yourself...and will continue to do...no matter how much "re-discovering" you do...unless you "change" that habit??
I will be the first to admit that I changed when i was in a relationship....you are absolutely correct that people change...but why does it have to be a "negative" change...why would it be impossible to believe that a positive change can happen...
I didn't "lose" myself in a relationship...I learned i had qualities i didn't even know existed until i met that person...so yes i did change...but it was all for the better....
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