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Current guild leader is [[User:Mara the Marine Marauder|Mara the Marine Marauder]].
Current guild leader is [[User:Mara the Marine Marauder|Mara the Marine Marauder]].
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==About==
==About==
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Your country's official organ donation website probably has lots of information about the details.
Your country's official organ donation website probably has lots of information about the details.
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In most countries, there is no upper age limit to being an organ donor. Even very old people can still have some transplantable organs and/or tissues. The following chat post is a great example of that:
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<blockquote>''"I'm home today after my grandfather's funeral. [...] He was an organ/tissue donor -- despite being an 81-y/o ex-smoker, he still had goodies for someone else to use/research with. AND the organ/tissue people sent a nice thank you note to the funeral about what an amazing gift that is, and a basket full of organ donor pins/bracelets."''</blockquote>
If you are an organ donor and have an advanced health care directive, care must be taken that the wishes stated in there don't lead to conflicts with the organ donation process. See the chapter on [[Chapter|advanced health care directives ("living wills")]] for details.
If you are an organ donor and have an advanced health care directive, care must be taken that the wishes stated in there don't lead to conflicts with the organ donation process. See the chapter on [[Chapter|advanced health care directives ("living wills")]] for details.
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You can find more information about organ donation in [[wikipedia:Organ_donation|Wikipedia]].
You can find more information about organ donation in [[wikipedia:Organ_donation|Wikipedia]].
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In most countries, there is no upper age limit to being an organ donor. Even very old people can still have some transplantable organs and/or tissues. The following chat post is a great example of that:
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===Blood Donation and Stem Cell Donation===
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====Blood Donation====
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Most people know how this works, so I won't put much information about it here...
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<blockquote>''"I'm home today after my grandfather's funeral. [...] He was an organ/tissue donor -- despite being an 81-y/o ex-smoker, he still had goodies for someone else to use/research with. AND the organ/tissue people sent a nice thank you note to the funeral about what an amazing gift that is, and a basket full of organ donor pins/bracelets."''</blockquote>
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The [https://habitrpg.com/#/options/groups/guilds/13a8431d-2dfb-4896-a097-878d7dece476 One Blood Guild!] is also about donation of blood, platelets, plasma, etc., but has been inactive since May 2014.
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===Blood Donation and Stem Cell Donation===
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There have been blood donation challenges in the [https://habitrpg.com/#/options/groups/tavern Tavern] before, but currently there are none. (Feel free to create one!)
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*How does it work? (Esp. marrow: two methods)
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====Stem Cell Donation====
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Bone marrow donation is a form of stem cell donation.
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To become a stem cell donor, several steps are necessary:
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*First, you google a local stem cell registry of your choice (for example [http://bethematch.org/ Be The Match] in the US or [http://www.zkrd.de ZKRD] in Germany) and register there. (The registries cooperate, so your donation will be available for recipients worldwide. But most registries only accept local donors.) At [http://bethematch.org/ Be The Match], registration works like this: You register online, answer some questions about your health, they send you a test kit consisting basically of a few q-tips, you swab the inside of your mouth with them, and send the test kit back. In other countries, it is usually similar.
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*Then, usually, nothing happens for a long time (often many years) - unless and until someone who matches your [http://bethematch.org/Transplant-Basics/Matching-patients-with-donors/How-donors-and-patients-are-matched/HLA-basics/ HLA typing] needs a donation. Then the registry will contact you. You will get a lot of information about the donation procedure. You will have the choice to still refuse. Some tests will be done to make sure that you are really a good match for the recipient, and that you are healthy enough.
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*The actual donation will then be done using one of two methods: either [http://bethematch.org/Support-the-Cause/Donate-bone-marrow/Donation-process/Donating-PBSC/ peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) donation] or [http://bethematch.org/Support-the-Cause/Donate-bone-marrow/Donation-process/Donating-bone-marrow/ bone marrow donation].
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There were a few questions in guild chat how this works. Here are two quotes from posts in guild chat:<blockquote>"''They took my stem cells from my hip bone. The more common method is to take the stem cells from your blood. For this method you have to take medication a couple of days before the donor. Taking the stem cells from the hip bone is a classic surgical intervention under general anaesthetic. I trusted this method more than the other. I understand that the most people prefere taking stem cells from their blood because they fear the risks and the struggle of a surgery. There are different organisations around the world where you can register to become a stem cell donor. [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=stem+cell+donor+registration Have a look here]"''</blockquote><blockquote>"''I've been registered as a bone marrow donor for ten years and was contacted last year as a potential match. It was a stressful period in my life for me, and I had to take a good look at the materials on donating: the donation process can be stressful and take several months of healing. Nevertheless, I said yes to moving forward--it is very, very hard to find someone who matches well enough, which in my reasoning creates a fairly unique obligation to step in when possible, to make a few months of my own life a little less comfortable to prolong someone else's life. In my case, though I was willing they did not go ahead with further screening (and you don't get to know why or know much about the patient at any stage of the process). But I know two people who did donate bone marrow and were very glad they did, and I know quite a few other people who have fought blood cancers, where a marrow transplant is powerful option. I'll have a bone marrow registry challenge brewing in the back of my mind. :)"''</blockquote>
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Here's [http://bethematch.org/ Be The Match]'s overview over the [http://bethematch.org/Transplant-Basics/How-marrow-donation-works/Steps-of-bone-marrow-or-PBSC-donation/ whole process].
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About bone marrow/stem cell donation (while alive):
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Here are two quotes from posts in guild chat:<blockquote>"''They took my stem cells from my hip bone. The more common method is to take the stem cells from your blood. For this method you have to take medication a couple of days before the donor. Taking the stem cells from the hip bone is a classic surgical intervention under general anaesthetic. I trusted this method more than the other. I understand that the most people prefere taking stem cells from their blood because they fear the risks and the struggle of a surgery. There are different organisations around the world where you can register to become a stem cell donor. [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=stem+cell+donor+registration Have a look here]"''</blockquote>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematopoietic_stem_cell_transplantation Wikipedia: "Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation"]
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<blockquote>"''I've been registered as a bone marrow donor for ten years and was contacted last year as a potential match. It was a stressful period in my life for me [...]. Nevertheless, I said yes to moving forward--it is very, very hard to find someone who matches well enough, which in my reasoning creates a fairly unique obligation to step in when possible, to make a few months of my own life a little less comfortable to prolong someone else's life. In my case, though I was willing they did not go ahead with further screening (and you don't get to know why or know much about the patient at any stage of the process). But I know two people who did donate bone marrow and were very glad they did, and I know quite a few other people who have fought blood cancers, where a marrow transplant is powerful option. I'll have a bone marrow registry challenge brewing in the back of my mind. :)"''</blockquote>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Marrow_Donors_Worldwide Wikipedia: "Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide"]*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Marrow_Donor_Program Wikipedia: "National Marrow Donor Program"]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_of_Life_Bone_Marrow_Foundation Wikipedia: "Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation"]
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*[http://bethematch.org/Support-the-Cause/Donate-bone-marrow/Donation-process/Donating-bone-marrow/ http://bethematch.org/Support-the-Cause/Donate-bone-marrow/Donation-process/Donating-bone-marrow/]
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Other guilds:
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More links:
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*[https://habitrpg.com/#/options/groups/guilds/13a8431d-2dfb-4896-a097-878d7dece476 One Blood Guild!] (about donation of blood, platelets, plasma, etc., but currently inactive)
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Challenges:
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematopoietic_stem_cell_transplantation Wikipedia: "Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation"]
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*[https://habitrpg.com/#/options/groups/challenges/992199b8-ba4d-478e-a5d7-7117bc4f4107 Donate blood!] in the [https://habitrpg.com/#/options/groups/tavern Tavern]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Marrow_Donors_Worldwide Wikipedia: "Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide"]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Marrow_Donor_Program Wikipedia: "National Marrow Donor Program"]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_of_Life_Bone_Marrow_Foundation Wikipedia: "Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation"]
===Body Donation to Medical Research and Education===
===Body Donation to Medical Research and Education===