Len Coe wrote....

> Hi Fred,
>
> As I see it, at the moment in this country the donors family have to agree
> to the organs being used for transplantation, the Doctors can't take the
> organs without their permission, the Card is only on object that expresses
> the wishes of the donor, If they were as legal as a will then the
relatives
> permission wouldn't be needed.

Thanks for the clarification.

> I have been on dialysis for over six years, I've had Cancer (13 years ago)
> and have other health problems. I have been told that I will not get a
> transplant, because they think it "may" kill me. I know that without a
> transplant I will die anyway, could be quite soon, I have to rely on a
> permacath because I can't have another fistula. Permacaths are supposed to
> be temporary access for up to a couple of months, sometimes slightly
longer.
> I have had several and the last one I had for three years, the present one
I
> will have had for a year at Christmas, It took five weeks and seven
attempts
> to get it in, if I get an infection in this one there is no guarantee that
I
> will get another one. In my case it isn't the shortage of organs that is
the
> problem, it is the shortage of good transplant surgeons that's stopping me
> from having one.
>
> Cheers,
> Len.
> UK

You have my smpathy.

Fred