Organ Donation ~ Nah, I'll Pass

This issue is pretty much the hype now in Malaysia and I'm sure it is the same for other countries as well.

Organ donation: well duh, donating your organs to someone who needs them to save lives upon your death.

Noble and the utmost generosity one can ever do: I think it is by default that someone is regarded in positive light whenever they're known as an organ donor. I admit, I am very happy to know that a lot of people are actually gracious enough to have their bodies cut up and their entrails be distributed to people who need them.

I know how I worded myself back there, whatcha gonna do about it? That's basically what organ donation is about, ain't it?

I suppose now you that you can see my vibe in this post, yes, I DO NOT WANT TO DONATE MY ORGANS.

Let's settle down for a little story time, shall we? Grab your chips.

I actually wanted to donate my organs at one time. I am particularly interested to donate my kidneys because almost all my medical checkups the doctors have told my kidney's sugar level is excellent. I take it that my kidney is super healthy that a dialysis patient would die(pun unintentional) to have it. I was happy that when I die, my kidneys could save someone's life. I was in this mindflow for quite a while.

Then I began to see the posters. Sad man in a chair had multiple tubes attached to him with the caption "he needs your help for a normal life". Another, a child who had his midriff bandaged. The caption read "he's only 3 years old, and he's fighting for his life". Kid with a hole-in-the-heart condition I suppose.

Well, this propagandistic posters kind of turned me off and got me thinking..."are they using the guilt trap to lure people into making them donate organs out of pity etc? Are they subconsciously brainwashing us using this dirty tactic to use the human's natural empathy for sympathetic situations/events?"

After much thought and talking to people who have decided to donate their organs, I can't help but go in the direction of YES.

I personally feel people decided to donate their organs to do what is 'right' and 'accepted' in the eyes of society.

I have known people who genuinely expressed their refusal to donate their organs, only to be blessed with a shitstorm by those who do.

SELFISH, HEARTLESS, INHUMAN were the words thrown at them and quite certainly I will have it too now that I have made my decision to not donate my organs known.

Well people, as much as donating organs to someone's life is deemed noble, and it is, I no longer want to be a part of it.

I sense that people who are reading this post have their blood boiling because I have spoken some "sacrilegious" stuff back there but may I remind you gently that by imposing your values, ideals, opinions and beliefs upon me, you are also being selfish and forgive me, forceful/rude.

As much as you reserve automatic right to make decisions about your life, I do too. I choose not to donate my organs upon my death because it is my human right to do so.

My family have been made known about my decision. They're not too happy about it but they respect me decision nonetheless.

Give me the same treatment. My choices in this matter doesn't reflect my ideals in other matters. Let me cool you off by saying that I am dead against violence towards gay people.(I shall write another blog post of this on how I show my indirect support).

Fun fact for you:

I have always been the deviant in any kind of society setting so this way of thinking is not unusual of me.

Those who know me quite well, I know they would be understanding. Those who don't, I fully expect a shitstorm.

What moved me was not that I could have my spleen and bladder save someone's life but the amount of unconditional love the dog has for his guardian. Even if all that is left of his guardian was probably a kidney or an eye: the dog still sees his dog as a complete person. That's how I want to go. A 'complete' corpse with all my organs still intact in me, cremated and be thrown into the ocean. Whilst I understand that what I'm saying comes across as selfish to everyone who is passionate about donating their organs, you must also understand that this is MY body and without question I reserve the right to do whatever I want with it.

I choose not to donate my organs.