I’m very curious… of course this is a hypothetical question…
If someone were to drive to a hospital – a good one that is familiar with organ donating (unless they all are??) – and “accidentally” shoot themselves in the ER parking lot, bullet to the brain via the throat (??), and was WAY beyond possible resuscitation (brains blown out – hopefully nothing left) – and if that person had a note saying it was ok to donate body organs to those in need – would it be medically possible to save those organs and transplant successfully – in those 5 minutes or so it would take finding the suicide?
Or… would those few minutes of assessing the situation (hopefully dead situation) ruin any chance of organ donation? Does the body have to be alive but just brain-dead? Or can the body be dead for a few minutes?
Just curious…
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Hi catbombs… The requirements might be something that vary by jurisdiction… country, state. etc. I’d probably do a check on Google for the regulations and laws in your area. If you’re considering doing something, please think about it… If you need to talk, this is a good site to do so. You’ll find support.
Thanks – I didn’t think about the legal side of it so much. You’re probably very right about the jurisdictions…
My lover, best-friend, my everything… has decided I should leave after 10 years together. If I feel this crappy now – while I’m still with her (I’m a “her” as well) as I’m packing my crap up, I just know it’s going to be unbearable when I move out. I keep thinking if I could just end it now… while my cats are here with her… she would take care of them. If I do it after I move back to my hometown… the cats will be all alone. I’m old enough (48) to know this wasn’t puppy-love (no pun intended, cats), it was real, and I can’t… and don’t want to bear the pain of this… it’s too intense. I know this one won’t “get better with time”. I’ve lost my entire family – all dead. She’s all that I had, and now she’s rejected me. I can’t do this anymore – but want my cats to be ok…
Hi catbombs… I’m close to you in age… and I understand thinking that it won’t “get better with time.” I’ve thought that way too… quite a bit. Once you reach a certain point in life… habits, mannerisms, and holes are pretty much set. I’m just not sure how true it is that things can’t get better… That’s probably why I’m still here typing… which is a decent contrast to how things were on the night I hit Google and wound up here for the first time. Maybe things won’t get better in the short term… There will be grief and pain… and a variety of emotions. But maybe things can at least allow you to get situated where you go and get a rhythm going… and then maybe you can go from there. We’re old enough to know that things don’t happen overnight… but they can heppen. Right now, in the heat of the moment when things are fresh, try not to make any life-changing decisions. Give it a little bit. Some of my worst decisions were made in the moment of crisis.
OMG I had this same question until I changed my preferred method of suicide!!! Thanks for asking! If you are worried about not being able to donate organs after suicide, my 2nd plan is to donate some before.
Get your donate organs card first! Register online!!! I did! 😉