An altruistic suicide?

[Deleted member 18655]

I spoke to my mum for the first time in a month tonight. She told me about my (older) sister's best friend. She barely alive, waiting for a liver transplant. Hers is functioning at 25% and they won't consider her for a transplant until it's only at 5%. When she said this I swear there was a lightbulb above my head. This woman's got a husband, kids, a life and she's barely alive. What if I were to donate my liver to her upon ctb???? Really. I'm wondering if this would be possible - legally in terms of the donation regulations and physically in terms of my liver after SN. As I write this I realise that I would have to be found the second my heart and brain give out but still, it's a thought.

 

[Ghost2211]

Do live organ donation. They will take part of your liver not all of it, and pretty sure you can't donate after suicide.

 

[IrRegularjoe]

The doctors are sick. They know the less liver function you have the more chance the patient has of getting cancer. Then it can metastasize and they won't do a liver transplant.

 

[foxdie]

This is very sweet. I'd do something like this too if I could. I see so many stories of people's unwanted deaths and I would trade places if I could so fast. That would be the ultimate peace knowing you gave your life for another. Unfortunately, I think ethically, there's no doctor that would approve a procedure that would kill one patient to save another. Outside of maybe extreme triage situations? I don't know, it is a nice thought.

 

[Deleted member 18655]

Well, I had a few minutes of a nice dream. I was imagining a sort of living will in a delayed email, being found at the exactly right time and having "please give my liver to x" as sufficient. The little rush I felt when I thought about this was a nice treat. It's such a shame it wouldn't work.