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[Zwheels]

I made the decision along time ago to let it be known that incase of an accident that i'm an DNR.
I've been carrying a declaration in my wallet that says not to Resuscitate me. Do any of you wish to be kept breathing as a "Vegetable"?..We do have to think of those around us that love us. But i feel it's somthing every one of us should talk to our family's about. When the time comes you may not "here" or "with it" to let the powers that be know what your wishes are.

this song is what i feel and it's not done to be amusing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVx2mjjBvis

[Kitten7]

I agree with you.
I got all the paper work to make a whole body donation to medical school after I bite it.

[Indigo]

Agreed. My mother though would have other ideas. 
Sign. Your. Organ. Donor. Card.

Make Indigo happy
You can't use it once you are gone.

[Jude]

Mine's been signed for decades.  They only need me to kick the bucket. 

[Suzukipyscho815]

Hellll no not me!  If im still in one piece...ok well mostly one piece i still have a chance.  They "thought" i was dead once already....

[Felyne]

Hmmm, I'd never thought of it before, but I wonder what happens in my case, being an alien here.   My New Zealand Drivers Licence says DONOR, but I wonder if that's enough for them to work with - guess they'd have to contact NOK in NZ and get their approval.

For anyone considering it - when my brother died his organs were donated;  skin went to a lady with 80% burns to her body, and a heart valve went to a 15 year old boy which saved his life.    That made some good come of his death and was some warm consolation again the cold hard pain of loosing him.

[Memeki]

My body's so f*cked up that my organs as well as my blood ain't no good to anyone. Maybe to science. Dunno. I dunno. My whole family feels a little eh about donating... we can't put our fingers on why. We're weird like that.

I told my mom that I would never want to live as a vegetable, ever. Ain't no purpose for me to live like that. I got a mind and personality that's gold to me and when I lose that, I'm just a shell. That ain't living to me.

And I was so against cremation my entire life... until I thought about me being eternally buried next to some creep, or forever housed underground... and how I hold things against cemetaries divided by religion... so I think I wanna be cremated after all.

I always thought of making a document on the computer and informing my mother about it- there for her to read on my wishes on what would happen if I were to suddenly die... who gets what belongings, who I don't want at my funeral, that I do not want a religious ceremony or burial, and how to inform my internet friends. Was gonna write a list, but a computer document makes me able to change and update it whenever need be. Yeah, I think I'll do that.

[Kitten7]

Good idea Memeki; I have my advanced directive in my safe.

I just can't see taking up space in the overcrowded ground when maybe someone could be helped. A medical school will take my whole body for research (teaching anatomy) and if anything is  worth donating, that will happen too. 

[Dr Sketch]

Hmmm, I'd never thought of it before, but I wonder what happens in my case, being an alien here.

Are your alien body parts compatible with our human ones?

[Indigo]

I always thought of making a document on the computer and informing my mother about it- there for her to read on my wishes on what would happen if I were to suddenly die... who gets what belongings, who I don't want at my funeral, that I do not want a religious ceremony or burial, and how to inform my internet friends. Was gonna write a list, but a computer document makes me able to change and update it whenever need be. Yeah, I think I'll do that.

I did this almost a year ago.
Just in case.
Jake has the password and has read it. He was cool with it and my wishes.
After Hurricane Katrina and even before that Hurricane Dennis in 1999 I decided on cremation, the thought of a flood hitting and graves coming up out of the ground... omg insane! Imagine that?

My parents ashes are going out to the family farm once my mom dies. I asked that myne are tossed in the water. My kids thought that was cool.

When I went for my second heart surgery when I was 28 I wrote my kids birthday cards, graduation cards, wedding cards... I warned them I would haunt them in reality or through cards. I also had lists of places I would have liked them to see that I had seen in my life, places I thought that they would like and little notes on what kind of life I wanted them to lead. Each kid had a boot sized shoe box with cards and notes and favorite photos from that year until their 21st birthday. Just in case. Sounds crazy doesn't it? I was not supposed to make it off the table... now I am 33 my heart is better than ever though! As of this month I am able to ride my bike 20 miles easily... so I am a hell of a lot better (still smoking though and increased white blood cell count)
It is a morbid thought but, a necessary evil in life to talk about what will happen when you are dead or knocking on deaths door. I have said to the kids 1000 times that the soap business is theirs to share and they can make it work if they work together, they know the house is theirs to share and that they have to take care of Tyler until the time comes for him to go into a home. Jake has said that won't happen but, the reality is it will. They know what to look for and what to do when that time comes. Bill's major concern was "Who will coook if you aren't here?" and "How will I get to school if you aren't here?" Ya I am the limo driver and personal chef lmao.

[Felyne]

Are your alien body parts compatible with our human ones?

Pretty similiar, it's the 'acid for blood' you might have a bit of trouble working with.