MtPockets
Very helpful member
- Joined
- Jun 1, 2006
- Messages
- 1,544
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 05/2006
- Country
- US
- State
- Ms
- City
- Gulfport
Donate organs for ALS research?
I checked into donating my organs for ALS research and was told the expense of removing the organs, preparing them properly, and transporting them to a research facility would have to be paid for by my family. I was told the cost could run as high as $20,000.
There is no way my family could afford this. There is no ALS research facility near us, so a local Doctor would have to do the procedure according the exact guidelines set up by each lab or else the organs would be of no use to them.
Hey, if they want my brain , spinal cord, whatever; the least they could do is pay for the procedure and not saddle my family with the cost.
How do you feel about this?
God Bless
Capt AL
I checked into donating my organs for ALS research and was told the expense of removing the organs, preparing them properly, and transporting them to a research facility would have to be paid for by my family. I was told the cost could run as high as $20,000.
There is no way my family could afford this. There is no ALS research facility near us, so a local Doctor would have to do the procedure according the exact guidelines set up by each lab or else the organs would be of no use to them.
Hey, if they want my brain , spinal cord, whatever; the least they could do is pay for the procedure and not saddle my family with the cost.
How do you feel about this?
God Bless
Capt AL