Guest guest Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 As a person with CML I was told by my doctor that I not only could not donate organs, but I can no longer donate blood either. Very sad day for me as I had always checked " yes " for donor. Blessings, Caron Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry [ ] organ doner I renewed my license ,I was a organ donor ,now with CML can I donate and could a CML person accept my organs. I checked yes figured let them sort it out . dx 12/23/05 gleevec 600 age 69 .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 My doctor told me the same thing. I have it marked on my dr. license. A very dear friend died and was an organ donor when my kids were in high school. We all have that marked, but not me anymore!! Have a great day, Jo-Dee " The way I live my life, helps my neighbor paint his picture of God " ________________________________ From: " Paco455@... " <Paco455@...> Sent: Wed, March 23, 2011 6:43:26 PM Subject: Re: [ ] organ doner As a person with CML I was told by my doctor that I not only could not donate organs, but I can no longer donate blood either. Very sad day for me as I had always checked " yes " for donor. Blessings, Caron Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry [ ] organ doner I renewed my license ,I was a organ donor ,now with CML can I donate and could a CML person accept my organs. I checked yes figured let them sort it out . dx 12/23/05 gleevec 600 age 69 .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 According to Dr Druker, the only body part we can donate are corneas. > > As a person with CML I was told by my doctor that I not only could not donate organs, but I can no longer donate blood either. Very sad day for me as I had always checked " yes " for donor. > > Blessings, > Caron > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > [ ] organ doner > > I renewed my license ,I was a organ donor ,now with CML can I donate and could a > CML person accept my organs. I checked yes figured let them sort it out . > > > dx 12/23/05 gleevec 600 age 69 > > > > > > . > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm sure he is correct but you can still donate your body to science. a ( Bobby ) Doyle, dob 12/17/29 DX 5/1995 Interferon 9 weeks/Hydroxyurea 5 years 02/2000 to 06/2002 Gleevec trial, OHSU 06/2002 Gleevec/Trisenox Trial, OHSU 06/2003 Gleevec/Zarnestra Trial, OHSU 04/2004 Sprycel Trial, MDACC, CCR in 10 months 04/2008 XL228 Trial, U of Mich. 01/2009 PCR 5.69 04/2009 Ariad Trial AP24534 09/2009 PCR 0.01 11/2009 PCR 0.034 02/2010 PCRU #840 Zavie's Zero Club From: leahpeer <leahpeer@...> Subject: [ ] Re: organ doner Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 5:48 PM  According to Dr Druker, the only body part we can donate are corneas. > > As a person with CML I was told by my doctor that I not only could not donate organs, but I can no longer donate blood either. Very sad day for me as I had always checked " yes " for donor. > > Blessings, > Caron > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > [ ] organ doner > > I renewed my license ,I was a organ donor ,now with CML can I donate and could a > CML person accept my organs. I checked yes figured let them sort it out . > > > dx 12/23/05 gleevec 600 age 69 > > > > > > . > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 No we cannot donate blood or be a organ donor. I never check off anything. I just renewed my license, and I thought about the fact that I could never help anyone else. Knowing I have CML, and other issues. There was just a recent case of someone who donated their organs, and were healthy at the time. Then they developed HIV. There kidney was given to someone, and now that person has HIV. I do not know how that persons organs and blood were not rechecked first. Its a very delicate issue to consider. > > I renewed my license ,I was a organ donor ,now with CML can I donate and could a > CML person accept my organs. I checked yes figured let them sort it out . > > > dx 12/23/05 gleevec 600 age 69 > > > > > > . > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 > There was just a recent case of someone who donated their organs, and were healthy at the time. Then they developed HIV. There kidney was given to someone, and now that person has HIV. I do not know how that persons organs and blood were not rechecked first. > Its a very delicate issue to consider. _______________________________________ Hi , Actually here is how it went. The person was tested and did not have any disease....but between that time and when the kidney was donated, they had unprotected sex and were exposed to HIV. First the kidney recipient developed AIDS and they did not know where it came from.....then they tested the (living) donor and that person was HIV positive. They have now decided that they need to retest closer to the time of donation. A living donor is usually a family member or close friend, but not always. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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