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Organ Donation: It's all about LIFE

There are two essential steps to saving lives through organ donation

1. SHARE YOUR LIFE. Decide to be a donor.

Transplants provide hope for thousands of people with organ failure. In addition, hundreds of thousands more can be helped with tissue transplants. Unfortunately, the need for donors is much greater than the actual number of donors. Your commitment to organ and tissue donation can save lives.

2. SHARE YOUR DECISION. Tell your family.

The most important part of deciding to be a donor is telling your family. Talking about donation doesn't mean talking about death. It is talking about the opportunity to give another person a second chance at life. Even if you have signed a donor card or indicated your wish to donate on your driver's license, you need to tell your family since they will be consulted before donation can take place.

	Important facts about donation:
•	There is no national registry of organ and tissue donors. Even if you have signed something, be sure you have told your family of your wishes as they will be consulted before donation can take place.
•	All major religions approve of organ and tissue donation and consider donation the greatest gift.
•	An open casket funeral is possible for organ and tissue donors.
	•	There is no cost to the donor's family or estate for organ and tissue donation. Funeral costs remain the responsibility of the family.
	•	People of all ages and medical histories should consider themselves potential donors. Your medical condition at the time of death will determine what organs and tissue can be donated.

Organ Donor Card
You can download and print out an organ donor card. But remember, completing this card alone is not enough. You also need to discuss your wishes with your family.

Click to Download PDF version or Download JPEG version

To find out more about organ donation, visit the web site of the Coalition on Donation: www.shareyourlife.org


Bone Marrow Donation: The Living Gift of Life

Marrow transplants are the only hope for survival for many children and adults with leukemia, aplastic anemia, and other fatal blood diseases and cancers. Unfortunately, nearly 70 percent of these patients cannot find suitably matched marrow donors within their families. They need to find unrelated marrow donors - people who have volunteered to donate marrow if ever matched with any patient in need. A national registry of marrow donors is maintained by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP).

Because tissue types are inherited, and some tissue types are unique to certain racial or ethnic groups, a patient's best chance of finding a match is within his or her ethnic and racial group. Currently, the majority of the volunteers on the NMDP Registry are Caucasian. While all volunteer donors are welcome, there is a critical need for minority donors to help the many minority patients searching the Registry.

You can become a volunteer donor through your local donor center if you are between the ages of 18 and 60 and are in good health. To find out the center closest to you, and to learn more about the donation process, go to the National Marrow Donor Program Web Site (www.marrow.org) or call 1-800-MARROW-2.

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[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

As this year comes to an end, and a new year begins, may will all take time out, to count our blessings and give to those who are less fortunate.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

[mountaineer]

that guy's shirt is priceless - and it's not even photoshopped, it's the real thing! Here's a thread about it.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Guess which goofballs got new scarves for Christmas?

[Utah Girl]

And the scarves are even color coordinated. Yikes.

[Iowa Granny]

I am just so sick of these two.

[mountaineer]

Who does that? Who actually goes out in public without a coat, but with a wool scarf tossed jauntily about the neck, and seriously thinks it looks stylish?

[mountaineer]

Howard Dean's true colors (lest anyone wondered) are shown:

Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean wants to improve the nation's cities by putting $100 billion toward creating a million jobs, increasing the federal minimum wage to $7 an hour, and providing credit for urban businesses. ...

His plan would set up a national fund to provide a permanent source of funding to build, rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families, and double the amount for the Community Development Block Grant program to $10 billion. full story

Gee, I wonder where he plans to get the money for these programs?

Maybe we can use Saddam's stash:

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Saddam Hussein has acknowledged depositing billions of dollars abroad before his ouster and has given interrogators the names of people who know where the money is, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council said in remarks published Monday. The U.S.-appointed council estimates that the Iraqi dictator seized $40 billion while in power and is now searching for that amount deposited in Switzerland, Japan, Germany and other countries, Iyad Allawi told the London-based Arab newspapers Al-Hayat and Asharq al-Awsat. rest of story

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Question:Who does that? Who actually goes out in public without a coat, but with a wool scarf tossed jauntily about the neck, and seriously thinks it looks stylish?

Answer: The Clinton-Clods

[daisyscarlett]

And they are somewhat color coordinated, too...shades of brown, maybe Naomi Wolfe helped them out, lol.

My pervase thought was if they got mad at each other, they could choke each other in mere moments, maybe before the SS agents could stop them...

[BigWaveBetty]

From last thread: How's it going with daughter and sil and granddaughter visit?

We had a wonderful visit! We had them over for three of the seven days they were here.

SIL was no problem, as long as no politics are discussed. I did enjoy watching her fume at Thanksgiving as we watched the coverage of President Bush's visit with the troops though. :-) I didn't say a word but that BIG grin on my face certainly said it all.

Poor SIL, remember... as if President Bush wasn't enough of a thorn in her side, we live in FL and our gov is Jeb Bush. *more big grinning*

[daisyscarlett]

Chels (sans Ian?) did not wear a scarf. Perhaps living and working in Manhattan she has become more fashion conscious?

[BigWaveBetty]

Your post from the last thread about Dean's schooling on policy... Here's a story about him getting advise from Mad Maddy Albright.

Democrats schooling Dean on foreign policy

When Dean decided he wanted an extensive tutorial on foreign policy in August, his advisers arranged a six-hour seminar at a hotel outside Washington, featuring a private class on Iraq and other areas of the Middle East from Madeleine K. Albright, former secretary of state.

Could Maddy have been the nudge to make Dean say that theory of GWB knowing about 9/11 before it happened was interesting? If she's crazy enough to believe the Bush Administration was holding OBL to use for the next election she's crazy enough to believe GWB knew about 9/11.

How did we survive these dangerous loons?

Speaking of dangerous loons... This is a Byron York piece on George Soros.

[BigWaveBetty]

Nope, no Clinton backing of Clark to deflate Dean going on in this nomination process!

Clark's New TV Ad Features Bill Clinton

The clip is only a few seconds and shows Clinton walking from a podium at the White House to place the Presidential Medal of Freedom over Clark's head, honoring his fellow Arkansan for his work in Kosovo as NATO (news - web sites) supreme allied commander.

[BigWaveBetty]

Thanks for all the donation info. It's been a year since my last surgery so I can now donate blood. I'm glad you reminded me about bone marrow donation, need to make an appt. for that.

Please let everyone know why organ donation is on your mind lately.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Where did you see Chelsea? I was looking in the photos and couldn't find her.

[BigWaveBetty]

For next year's gift list:

A great addition to any shopping list. Plant the seeds, add a little water, place chia pet deep down in a spider hole and months later your chia pet is ready for negotiations.

'Pop Goes The Weasel'. Each time you wiggle his head, it is like he is surrendering over and over

[Teacup]

Hey everyone. Gosh Betty, those Chia pets are scarey and very funny.

Seems the botox isn't working. Where is Chelsea these days?

[Teacup]

Check this picture out. Chelsea, Bubba and the witch are in there some where. It's hard to tell.