Disqualified organ donor while renewing my drivers license....

[ELOfan]

While renewing my drivers license I had to list the medications that I am taking and my metastatic prostate cancer health condition. Then I realized, that although I have always been an ORGAN DONOR on my US driver's license, now this cancer would likely disqualify me from donating organs in the event of an accident.

Sure enough I read " ....does NOT recommend accepting donor-organs from people with ACTIVELY spreading cancer. Additionally, while very rare, there have been reports of cancer-survivors who were believed to be cancer free UNKNOWINGLY transmitting cancer to an organ recipient."

Sigh, I thought I should forewarn you all too.

[Derf4223]

The US organ donor system is a mess. You'd think you could donate to someone with cancer all day long.

[Jpburns in reply to Derf4223]

Not to... from folks with cancer.

[Irun]

I am UK based, I was always proud that I would donate all my body for whatever reason (medically) and its one of the things that upset me when I was first diagnosed T4 as it seemed just another thing I couldn't do anymore. It imho is our civic duty to donate organs on death so i feel less of a good citizen and more of a burden. Its one of the drivers that has made me do more for charity and awareness of prostate cancer as that is something I still can do!

[Concerned-wife]

we signed up to donate our bodies to medical schools after our death. We did this prior to my husband’s diagnosis. This saves your family burial costs. Helps science. But I have felt bad anout no longer being able to be an organ donor so i found your post helpful.

[hfl20]

I lost a friend a few years ago who was treated for Leukemia among other related cancers. He was 87 when he died and left his body to be used by a medical school.

Sort of off topic, but just finished a moving novel about a little girl who needed a new heart - Charles Martin's "When Crickets Cry".

[WhatHump]

That's a good point. Even someone who thinks they are PCa free may not be....

PS. I like your taste in music. Takes me back.....

[j-o-h-n]

I'm still waiting for my ex-wife donating her body (preferably while alive) to the Wonderful World of Warlocks.

(from Macbeth)

Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn and caldron bubble.

Fillet of a fenny snake,

In the caldron boil and bake;

Eye of newt and toe of frog,

Wool of bat and tongue of dog,

Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,

Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,

For a charm of powerful trouble,

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn and caldron bubble.

Cool it with a baboon's blood,

Then the charm is firm and good.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n

[Cancer2x in reply to j-o-h-n]

Did you take your meds today j-o-h-n?

[j-o-h-n in reply to Cancer2x]

Oops............. Thanks for reminding me...(How much do I owe you for the consultation?)

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n

[Cancer2x in reply to j-o-h-n]

Just a laugh and a smile every once in a while! 😁

[j-o-h-n in reply to Cancer2x]

And a little tear in my beer when I fear the end is near 🤡.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n

[kiteND]

What state are you in?

[j-o-h-n in reply to kiteND]

Confusion...

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n

[Still_in_shock in reply to kiteND]

Look at his cap!!!