Guest guest Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 People die due to accidents and tragedies all the time; their organs may as wellgo to save a valuable life!Love to Rita and all close to her, Akiba and Robbin, too,nSubject: (unknown)To: mserslife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 3:51 PM Rob just told me Rita is signed up for another lung transplant, then he said what has to be the cruelest thing I have ever heard *anyone* say...he said "how many people have to die so my sister can live?". I don't even know what to do with that...<shakes head in sorrow>   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 This reminds me of a question - I've heard that people with MS can't donate blood, that donating your body to science won't do any good - they just want the brain and spinal column - or use the body as " practice " in medical schools, can people with MS even donate organs? Tina People die due to accidents and tragedies all the time; their organs may as wellgo to save a valuable life!Love to Rita and all close to her, Akiba and Robbin, too, n Subject: (unknown)To: mserslife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 3:51 PM   Rob just told me Rita is signed up for another lung transplant, then he said what has to be the cruelest thing I have ever heard *anyone* say...he said " how many people have to die so my sister can live? " . I don't even know what to do with that...<shakes head in sorrow>    ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 No, we cannot   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php -- (unknown)To: mserslife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 3:51 PM Rob just told me Rita is signed up for another lung transplant, then he said what has to be the cruelest thing I have ever heard *anyone* say...he said "how many people have to die so my sister can live?". I don't even know what to do with that...<shakes head in sorrow>   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Yes. I can donate blood, and am listed as an organ donor on my driver's license--Due to my having cystic fibrosis, however, they will only use my corneas!Love,n Subject: (unknown)To: mserslife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 3:51 PM Rob just told me Rita is signed up for another lung transplant, then he said what has to be the cruelest thing I have ever heard *anyone* say...he said "how many people have to die so my sister can live?". I don't even know what to do with that...<shakes head in sorrow>   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Well, I know my lungs are out, being a 23 year smoker. Does the cystic fibrosis cause problems with your heart, too? I dated a guy when I was like 15 that had CF (for a month or three) but I didn't know that much about it. Tina Yes. I can donate blood, and am listed as an organ donor on my driver's license--Due to my having cystic fibrosis, however, they will only use my corneas! Love,n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Well, I know my lungs are out, being a 23 year smoker. Does the cystic fibrosis cause problems with your heart, too? I dated a guy when I was like 15 that had CF (for a month or three) but I didn't know that much about it. Tina Yes. I can donate blood, and am listed as an organ donor on my driver's license--Due to my having cystic fibrosis, however, they will only use my corneas! Love,n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Actually, here in PA we can donate blood... if we insist... it just won't be used. Red Cross will dump the blood when they get back to the bank, though it's not because of the MS, but because of all the medications we take.. And I got that tidbit of info from the Red Cross when I called to schedule my donation during a blood drive, but while working (we'd have gotten paid for the time we were at the donation center, but they wanted us to try and see if we couldn't get some "close" approximation of time scheduling.. so we all weren't gone at the same time and for an extended period of time.. I guess it didn't really surprise me though, because I'd known from a previous donation that if I had been on antibiotics or anything in the past few weeks they wouldn't accept the donation either...HUGSTo: MSersLife Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:03 PMSubject: Re: reply to Akiba's post No, we cannot   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php -- (unknown)To: mserslife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 3:51 PM Rob just told me Rita is signed up for another lung transplant, then he said what has to be the cruelest thing I have ever heard *anyone* say...he said "how many people have to die so my sister can live?". I don't even know what to do with that...<shakes head in sorrow>   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Actually, here in PA we can donate blood... if we insist... it just won't be used. Red Cross will dump the blood when they get back to the bank, though it's not because of the MS, but because of all the medications we take.. And I got that tidbit of info from the Red Cross when I called to schedule my donation during a blood drive, but while working (we'd have gotten paid for the time we were at the donation center, but they wanted us to try and see if we couldn't get some "close" approximation of time scheduling.. so we all weren't gone at the same time and for an extended period of time.. I guess it didn't really surprise me though, because I'd known from a previous donation that if I had been on antibiotics or anything in the past few weeks they wouldn't accept the donation either...HUGSTo: MSersLife Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:03 PMSubject: Re: reply to Akiba's post No, we cannot   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php -- (unknown)To: mserslife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 3:51 PM Rob just told me Rita is signed up for another lung transplant, then he said what has to be the cruelest thing I have ever heard *anyone* say...he said "how many people have to die so my sister can live?". I don't even know what to do with that...<shakes head in sorrow>   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 In SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:30 PMSubject: Re: reply to Akiba's post This reminds me of a question - I've heard that people with MS can't donate blood, that donating your body to science won't do any good - they just want the brain and spinal column - or use the body as "practice" in medical schools, can people with MS even donate organs? Tina People die due to accidents and tragedies all the time; their organs may as wellgo to save a valuable life!Love to Rita and all close to her, Akiba and Robbin, too, n Subject: (unknown)To: mserslife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 3:51 PM Rob just told me Rita is signed up for another lung transplant, then he said what has to be the cruelest thing I have ever heard *anyone* say...he said "how many people have to die so my sister can live?". I don't even know what to do with that...<shakes head in sorrow>   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011  .. Seriously, we're not good for anything after we croak? Not even an eye? Should I rescind my donor card then? ... hugs, Cait (unknown)To: mserslife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 3:51 PM Rob just told me Rita is signed up for another lung transplant, then he said what has to be the cruelest thing I have ever heard *anyone* say...he said "how many people have to die so my sister can live?". I don't even know what to do with that...<shakes head in sorrow>   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Guess that goes to prove the difference between states.. well kinda sorta a difference.. IF I hadn't been on Avonex at the time of the blood drive, they would have taken mine, but because of that, they wouldn't... I was told that if I "inisisted", they would take it, it would be marked and later disposed of when they returned home.. And darn! I didn't get paid for the hour for donation like everyone else at work did.. cause I didn't go.. they wouldn't have except that was an hour off the phones with pay.. and I would have cause my mother did, and I wanted one of those little blood drop pins that they gave out after you'd given so many gallons (over a period of time..).. back in the day.. Mom got her pin fairly quickly, cause she was AB positive.. something that was always in shortage or there was always a demand for or something along that order.. she always told me only 10% of the population have it or some such thing (might have just been our county of residence then).. but if she didn't volunteer during a drive, they'd call her to make a special appointment or something for her to come in and give her donation... and she always did.. and was always more than happy to as well.. it wasn't a chore for her.. It was kinda sorta a good thing that she did too, because when she was so sick at the end, requiring 2 pints a week in transfusions.. we were ever so grateful that somebody else felt the same way she did all those years before.. AND if I'm not mistaken, either those two pints didn't cost as much as they would have, had she not been a member & provided all those donations years before, or they didn't cost anything at all because of that.. I suppose that, depending on the person(s) working the donation site, I could be accepted for donation.. but I'd still run the risk of getting that one person who didn't want to waste their time doing my collection, and make me go away, rather than hooking me up, taking the donation, then marking the donation bio-hazard type thing once I was out of sight... But all that information I had, was from 11 years ago, and may have well changed since then.. or it might have just been that ONE person who was willing to take on the responsibility of accepting then disposing of my donation, all those years ago, just so that I could feel that I was still a valuable life form and could feel good about myself and being a donor... Who knows for sure anymore..HUGS|)onna, who managed to kinda sorta run over her foot, again, only with her power chair this time!!.. To: "MSersLife " <MSersLife >Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 2:09 PMSubject: Re: reply to Akiba's postIn the past I was told by the Blood Bank I couldn't donate blood. When my sister-in-law was waiting for a liver transplant I was told by the team that people with MS weren't allowed to be donors. Perhaps that has changed by now. SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:30 PMSubject: Re: reply to Akiba's post This reminds me of a question - I've heard that people with MS can't donate blood, that donating your body to science won't do any good - they just want the brain and spinal column - or use the body as "practice" in medical schools, can people with MS even donate organs? Tina People die due to accidents and tragedies all the time; their organs may as wellgo to save a valuable life!Love to Rita and all close to her, Akiba and Robbin, too, n Subject: (unknown)To: mserslife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 3:51 PM Rob just told me Rita is signed up for another lung transplant, then he said what has to be the cruelest thing I have ever heard *anyone* say...he said "how many people have to die so my sister can live?". I don't even know what to do with that...<shakes head in sorrow>   ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ Pragmatic Visionary http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 You are a good mother, Akiba, and Robbin spared you the extra carbs--so he did a gooddeed, too!Love to you both--loved the dog image,nSubject: Not sayin'To: MSersLife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, September 17, 2011, 5:43 PM that Robbin is a dog, even though my personal totem is Wolf...but... made clam chowder and bread for dinner, the kind (of bread) that comes in little loaves from Schwans, I got the multi-grain ones this time. So, Robbin comes out and declared himself full...then notices that I still have bread left, am, in fact, eating it. So he drags over a chair and, well...you know how a dog will sit and watch your food go from your plate to your mouth with intense focus? I think you're getting the idea....so I gave him the last bite (greater love hath...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 "spared me the extra carbs" n you really are a hoot!!! Jackie...anything from Sharon?? Â You are a good mother, Akiba, and Robbin spared you the extra carbs--so he did a good deed, too! Love to you both--loved the dog image, n Subject: Not sayin' To: MSersLife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, September 17, 2011, 5:43 PM Â that Robbin is a dog, even though my personal totem is Wolf...but... made clam chowder and bread for dinner, the kind (of bread) that comes in little loaves from Schwans, I got the multi-grain ones this time. So, Robbin comes out and declared himself full...then notices that I still have bread left, am, in fact, eating it. So he drags over a chair and, well...you know how a dog will sit and watch your food go from your plate to your mouth with intense focus? I think you're getting the idea....so I gave him the last bite (greater love hath...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 "spared me the extra carbs" n you really are a hoot!!! Jackie...anything from Sharon?? Â You are a good mother, Akiba, and Robbin spared you the extra carbs--so he did a good deed, too! Love to you both--loved the dog image, n Subject: Not sayin' To: MSersLife , wayofthewingedheart Date: Saturday, September 17, 2011, 5:43 PM Â that Robbin is a dog, even though my personal totem is Wolf...but... made clam chowder and bread for dinner, the kind (of bread) that comes in little loaves from Schwans, I got the multi-grain ones this time. So, Robbin comes out and declared himself full...then notices that I still have bread left, am, in fact, eating it. So he drags over a chair and, well...you know how a dog will sit and watch your food go from your plate to your mouth with intense focus? I think you're getting the idea....so I gave him the last bite (greater love hath...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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