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National Donate Life Month 2024 Apr 6 4:55pm | By Kristin Eggebraaten (@keggebraaten)
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@itsme623

I'm wondering if anyone has researched whole body donation. It is something I think I want to do, but I want to make sure that my donation is used for the best medical purposes possible. I am registered with the National Tissue Network, but there is no guarantee that they will use what you donate. I am a 72 year-old female who has kind of been through the ringer medically. LOL

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 6 11:41am

@itsme623, here's more information from Mayo Clinic
- Body donation at Mayo Clinic https://www.mayoclinic.org/body-donation/overview

Body donation to academic medical centers provides many benefits to medical education, clinical practice and research. Body donations are greatly appreciated by all learners, scientists and healthcare professionals. The need is great, and each gift is valued and honored. Mayo Clinic students and staff treat each donation with the utmost respect and dignity.

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Apr 6 4:55pm

@itsme623 I have researched whole body donation. While living in southern California, I had investigated donating my body to UCLA. But they would not accept a donation that had been used to harvest any organ. You see, I am also an organ and tissue donor. However, I found researchforlife.org will work with someone who is a organ/tissue donor, and accept whole body after donation of tissues! You might want to check them out.

All my advanced care decisions have been made, and documented, since 2015. With the new knowledge I now have, I may need to revisit everything!
Ginger

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