To Be Or Not To Be An Organ Donor
The last time I renewed my driver's license, the clerk at the DMV asked if she should check me off as an organ donor. I said no. She looked at me and asked again. I said, "No. Just check the box that says, 'I am a heartless, selfish bastard.'"
Becoming an organ donor seems like a win-win situation. Some 3.3 people on the transplant waiting list will have their lives extended by your gift (deceased donors yield roughly three recovered organs on average — the OPTN/SRTR organs-recovered-per-donor figure hovers around 3.3). You're a hero, and at no real cost, apparently.
But what are you giving up when you check the donor box on your license? Your organs, of course
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