I am leaving my body to medical science when I die!
@destry (2572)
Kirkwall, Scotland
October 26, 2015 9:39am CST
Maybe a bit of a morbid subject for some, but when I die I want to leave my body to medical science. I have completed all the paperwork, informed the university of my choice and updated the solicitor and family and friends.
I have worked within the medical profession for quite a few years and I know how important cadavers are to assisting the next generation of doctors to develop their skills. So what better way of helping people then to be actively involved in the training of new doctors.
My current job involves a certain level of surgical work on the deceased, so I think it would be quite fitting that the body of an embalmer gets prodded and poked, cut open and stitched up lots after death.
I certainly do not want my body preserved to be brought back to life in the future @Fleura and just getting burnt to ash or buried in a hole seems like such a waste of a perfectly healthy dead body!
What do you want to happen with your shell after you die?
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
26 Oct 15
I have not decided yet but i would love to see mine being put into something useful. I admire you courage. It is not easy to make such a decision
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
26 Oct 15
@destry I have never had someone close make such a decision and i guess no wonder i would consider it such a hard decision to make
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@KnehKnah (3584)
• Philippines
26 Oct 15
I had a similar plan too, when I was younger, my dear. But, when I had this thyroid cancer in 2001, followed by this & that (ailments), I'd been thinking that my body may not be of good use to future Doctors anymore. Maybe it will be better to just bury it or to cremate it instead (to save space). Ha! Ha! Ha!
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@41CombedaleRoad (5968)
• Greece
26 Oct 15
You are looking at this is such a rational way I can only admire you. At present you appear to be single but later on when someone has grown to love your body they may not like this appear as much...
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
26 Oct 15
where do they get cadavers currently? how are they 'disposed' afterwards?
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@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
26 Oct 15
All the bodies are left by people leaving the bodies to medical science.
Once the students have finished with a body, which is about a year, the remains are cremated and returned to your next of kin. Also, the university has a service for those who donate . . So really, you are just lending your body for 9-12 months to the university.
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I think some of my organs are healthy enough 
@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
26 Oct 15
I think my husband would want to bury my body. I think it is wonderful what you are planning on for your body.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
26 Oct 15
@destry My husband has already decided for both of us. We already have our graves site and everything else that will be needed. We both will just be laid in casket, and then burried.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
27 Oct 15
i've no desire to be't the aid 'f others learnin' when i'm gone. i'll be cremated 'n my ashes scattered to the wind.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
27 Oct 15
I have no clue at this time nor do I have a preference. I guess it is something to think about
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@ankit0418 (83)
• Hyderabad, India
27 Oct 15
I would want my organs to be donated when I die
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
27 Oct 15
Sort of right is kind of morbid. For me I am being burned and scattered here on the islands. i want to be free and not confined in a box or laying on a cold table. I hate the cold and this one doesn''t sound to appealing for me right now. But it's a great choice and hopefully they can learn from your body.
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@celticeagle (169853)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Oct 15
I figure since my body is just that after I am gone, I would rather be burned to ashes than be buried. That prospect creeps me out. But, I am a donor and it says so on the back of my driver's license. I hope that there will be something healthy enough to salvage when I drop off. 
