would you consider leaving your body to science...

[Richard (OldStager)]

as per usual i agree with all you say, the form and its accompanying information booklet asks many more questions than i had imagined. you can for instance allow them to arrange a cremation and pay for it as well. not something i would have expected, could be handy for relatives struggling with costs i guess.

 

other options are things like, the length of time they keep you and parts of you and what they do with them.

 

also just because you have offered yourself up, that does not guarantee you will be excepted come the time. due to things like suspicious death or unknown cause of death / illness. there are over a dozen reasons in all.

 

waiting for my sister to call me, she had her covid vac and it has knocked her sideways this week.

 

[Captain Colonial]

I’m of the view that I caused family, friends and club members enough grief while I was alive, therefore a funeral is only necessary for those I’ve offended if they want to ensure I’m actually dead.  My send-off will be as simple and cheap as can be, and if my supreme body is wanted by science, go for it.

 

I will modestly state here that you were all jolly luck to have me in your lives, but that upon my death I wish for a thread to be opened in here allowing others ample opportunity for rebuttal, however inaccurate it might be. 😎

[Blatman]

2 hours ago, Captain Colonial said:

I will modestly state here that you were all jolly luck to have me in your lives, but that upon my death I wish for a thread to be opened in here allowing others ample opportunity for rebuttal, however inaccurate it might be.

 

*Bookmarks page*...

 

[jeff oakley]

There are many things to consider and it is vital to tell your family well before the event so they can prepare to that end. I have had family who have donated their bodies to science but you do have options, which has OldStager explained you get in advance.

 

A lot of medical schools in the UK now prefer to not use bodies as they have alternatives now, others still do.

 

In my daughters case, she went on a research team to Grenada ( apparently it was vital to spend 8 weeks there) as part of her training. There they had bodies which were flown in from New York by the drug company funding the trip to dissect. The professor in charge was at pains to explain that even though they were dead the utmost respect must be shown when using them.

 

What to me is more important is that you always explain to your loved ones that you want your organs to be used for donations where possible. Even though there is now a presumption unless people opt out, family members feelings are taken into account so it is important.

[Richard (OldStager)]

all relevant stuff there jeff. i have gone one further and am now involving the executors of my will as well, since it is they who will have to sort stuff out, as it happens my sister is one and one of my oldest friends another.

 

i wrote a will last year just as covid kicked off, first one i had done which aged 55 i thought was shameful, but its done now. that needs an amendment as well to highlight my new wishes - although the forms you fill in say that this isnt needed as long as you keep the second copy of the form together with your will.

 

 i have been considering organs for donation as well, but not entirely sure they would be serviceable enough to be used again for a whole load of reasons.

[Captain Colonial]

Old Jokes Home:

 

An autopsy professor was giving an introductory lecture to a class of students. Standing over a corpse, he addressed the class. 'There are two things you need to make a career in medical forensics. First, you must have no fear.'

 

Having said that, he shoved his finger up the corpse's anus and licked it. 'Now you must do the same,' he told the class. After a couple of minutes of uneasy silence, the class did as instructed.

 

'Second,' the professor continued, 'you must have an acute sense of observation. For instance, how many of you noticed that I put my middle finger up this man's anus, but licked my index finger?'

[Richard (OldStager)]

the old ones are the best and all that

[pistonbroke]

Baron von Frankenstien was famous for collecting body parts in the name of science

Boris Karloff made a career out of it (his real name was "Pratt" )

Famous body snatchers Burk and Hair (amongst others ) were paid to supply corpses ( not always Mort ) for scientific purpose

[pistonbroke]