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  Alexander - that is your choice and that's how it should always be; it's the decision after you die, that we're talking about.
  There are many thousands of people "out there" whose lives are adversely affected though no fault of their own - no excessive lifestyle, just bad luck and their lives are a mess; quality of life is poor and life itself is very much shortened.
  
  By being able to give an organ (or whatever body part) after you die, makes no difference to any other living person, other than a receipient of course.
  
  I'm not after sympathy, but my wife has kidney failure, he has had it for about ten years or so; she had a kidnery transplant in December 2003.
  
  Because of repeated "hospital acquired infections" she was in hospital for most of 2004 and the transplanted kidney had to come out becuae it was being killed by these hospital acquired infections.
  She was put on haemodialysis for a couple of months and then back on Peritoneal Dialysis, which she still does.
  
  Her Peritoneam cannot last forever and she will not be able to do this type of dialysis for much longer, so she needs a kidney transplant for a chance of a longer life and a chance of a better life.
  With the current donor set-up, she is unlikely to receive one.
  
  
  
  
  
  Roger

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