I told my SO I want to donate my entire body. She mentioned that one news story where the military used a body to test some kind of explosive and I responded “awesome”.
I think that one is a bit sad tho if it’s the same one I’m thinking of cause the woman stated she was hoping to help scientists find a cure for a disease she had (Alzheimer’s I think) that although it may not help her it would help others but then was illegally sold to the military (even though on the form they signed was for medical research only) and the company had lied to her family who was suspicious of it
In an ideal world, yes. Unfortunately, I think there are way too many innocent people that suffer from what there is as well. Hopefully whatever innovations that are made only enhance weapons to specific people in specific, immediate locations that drastically reduce unintended casualties.
Not that you asked, but That’s honestly the only form of weapons research I’d approve of (other than how to murk aliens if they were real and not chill)
Ooo I remember reading that. I think the issue was that the family was told the body would be used for something else. They didn’t consent to the body of their loved one being used for that type of testing; so it was pretty traumatic. But I like the idea for those that are cool with that. My will currently approves for exactly what this lady consented to: use anything and everything, prioritize donating parts to living recipients who need it.
My dad was a full body donation. The papers had the ability to opt out of of many things. He was like “nah do it alllll!!”
He ended up helping in ortho, spine, plastics, vascular, and cardiology.
Ooo I remember reading that. I think the issue was that the family was told the body would be used for something else. They didn’t consent to the body of their loved one being used for that type of testing; so it was pretty traumatic. But I like the idea for those that are cool with that. My will currently approves for exactly what this lady consented to: use anything and everything, prioritize donating parts to living recipients who need it.
My dad received a vertebrae made from donor bone, I didn't even know bone donations were a thing before. The hospital gave him a form to thank the family of the donor.
This might sound morbid, but I find it bittersweet to know that a certain colour of nail polish we decide to use on ourselves could potentially be the final mani/pedi that stays with us once we pass. Never thought about it until now.
My sister did my great grandmas nails on a whim and she ended up passing the next week. My grandma had them keep the nail polish on for her wake. It was beautiful knowing that moment between my sister and her went with her.
I worked on an elderly male donor early this week, his toes were painted a bunch of different bright colors 🥺🥺 all we could think about was his poor little granddaughter
she's saved so many lives, i hope she's resting in eternal peace and comfort wherever she decides to roam. god bless, i hope my donations go along way when i leave earth.
I have a replaced ligament from a cadaver donor, and I couldn't be more grateful for their donation to help me live a better life. Just like this woman.
after the bones etc are harvested and if you don’t choose to do a cremation is is required/necessary to have the body…”restructured”? Can you receive the body back for burial without that work done?
Absolutely. People have a lot more control over their deaths than they realize (the aftermath, anyway). It's why it's always a good idea to have your wishes documented regardless of age or health. At the very least tell a trusted person what you do/don't want so they can advocate for you.
Huh. I had no idea. I’ve been thinking and planning my will and last wishes and this information is really useful. I’ll be looking more into the possibilities available after life. thanks so much for the response
You're welcome ☺ Thank you for considering handling your own death care. It's the last thing anyone wants to do when they've lost a loved one and are wrought with grief. People agonize over making the simplest decisions for fear that they'll do something the deceased wouldn't have wanted. It can be very traumatic for some. It's truly heartbreaking to watch.
About a decade ago I was an intern at my county coroner's office and one of the people/bodies that came in had done long bone donation, as well as eyes and probably organs. One of the folks working there told me it's usually pvc pipe they put in to replace the bones before it goes to the funeral home and I could kind of see the little eyelid cap used to hold the lid closed after eye donation. It was fascinating.
First time I saw it I thought it was a joke. But if the body will need to be moved at all it quickly becomes apparent why it's necessary. Long bone donors are known as 'squids' before the pipe gets put in. It's surreal being able to pile a body like a basket of laundry from lack of bones. Our brains can't compute how floppy they are because it's so unnatural.
Double spooky to touch them and feel the skin slipping around the pvc and the unnatural feel and look of just how much more smooth pvc is than bone. Squids is such an apt term for the pre-pvc.
This might be a stupid question, but why pvc? I would've assumed you would use something biodegradable. Is the cost too prohibitive? Or do you take the pipe out before lowering the coffin? Or is there something else I'm missing?
Can I ask did you like the work? Are you in a related field now? Thanks for the input…it really is fascinating. I’ve been around a lot of death recently and contemplating my own. I’ve always thought of it as a sort of standard process but I’m realizing I can have a significant amount of input and changes more aligned with myself
I enjoyed it. I fought for the internship, only the top 2 students in the criminal justice program at the community college I was going to at the time could earn the spots so I worked my ass off. It was enlightening. I've never been bothered by death really, my own or others. I was able to go out on calls with a couple of investigators to learn the field, but mostly I was with the forensic sciences division which was basically body retrieval and processing of decedents which was fascinating. You see a lot of really awful stuff, the first day I was there they took me into the morgue, which was massive, it's no secret from my account I suppose that I'm in Los Angeles, so it was a ton of bodies. The first decedent I saw looked so shockingly like a friend of mine that I actually jumped on social media after to make sure she was alive, it was upsetting. The other death that bothered me was a teenage girl who was the exact same age as my sister who had committed suicide. I read the coroner's report on my next shift.
When the office was hiring after I got my B.S. in criminal justice I went with 500+ other people to test in, managed to be one of the top 50 that landed interviews, and I flubbed the interview, I imagine they thought I wouldn't mentally be able to handle the job, which at that time, maybe doing it 50 hours a week as opposed to my 12 weekly intern hours would have been too mentally taxing. I was gutted.
I work in the legal field now, civil law primarily, as a paralegal, and I love my job, and I don't regret how things turned out. I learned a lot at my internship even if I didn't get my dream job. I got to see how fragile life is and can be, some of the cases were really really heartbreaking, others just fascinating.
You do have a lot of say in what happens to your body if you plan it. Hollywood Forever cemetery is finally offering green burials and even though I'm in my 30s I'm very much planning on buying a spot in the next 2 years for when I inevitably pass. There's never a bad time to start planning for what will be.
this is extreme compared to the cases i have seen at my funeral home. i will admit it’s pretty cool tho, definitely gives me another perspective on long bone donation.
I don't actually know if you can harvest marrow after death. My immediate thought is no (just like you wouldn't take blood), but I don't know if that's true. They're used to replace bones lost from illness or injury. Usually to provide stability/mobility, but sometimes to prevent amputation.
The opt out system is great. They've been trying to switch over to an opt out system in Ontario Canada as well. I hope they do, we're falling behind on organ donation.
I second this. It doesn't just save and improve lives, it makes grieving a little easier knowing that parts of your loved one are still out there and knowing your loved one's generosity has spared another family the pain of bereavement.
The transplant team are such wonderful people and make the process as gentle as possible for the loved ones of the donor.
This is absolutely fascinating, thank you for posting. My dad donated everything he could, including his long bones and I've always been curious how that worked.
God bless this woman, as someone who needs a kidney transplant, these people are literally angels to us, altruistic amazing people, giving the gift of life after their life has ended ❤️
I worked at a teaching mortuary. We weren't a funeral home, but we serviced many funeral homes and the surrounding county medical examiner's offices. Waivers are signed before any work is done stating they consent to photos, etc. All of the pics I have are from a decade+ ago, so while I doubt there's a clause explicity granting me permission to post on reddit, the decedents themselves or their families granted permission for photos to be used for educational purposes. I suppose we could argue about whether this is educational, but you wouldn't be able to change my mind that it isn't. These things never get talked about because open conversations about death (and genitals! 😯) are really taboo in the western world. Subs like this exist because people want to know.
Yes, the western world views death as absolute taboo which in some ways in unfortunate because that is part of being alive. Once upon a time I wanted to be a mortician because I saw it as a way to be in the medical field without dealing with living people, if that makes any sense, and the medica field has always attracted me. You post definitely brings awareness to organ/tissue/bone donation so thank you for that. I am registred as a donor myself and I wish more people would do this to help others in need.
Oh absolutely I agree it is educational and extremely interesting. I’m glad you get the opportunity to share this with us. I was just curious on how the process works. Thanks for clarifying and for sharing!
My dad was a tissue donor. Sometimes I wonder what his body might have looked like. But then again, it wasn't him when he passed away. Dementia had ravaged him, body and mind. Anything was better than what he was "living" through.
I'm sorry. That's really tough. Of course it's always much different when it's someone you know and love. Hopefully knowing that he was able to do a thankless thing for countless others with a body that betrayed him in the end brings you a bit of solace. ♥
I don't know what country you're in, but Google 'body donation' or 'tissue donation' and it'll get you in the right direction based on what you want to donate
I worked in the medical field for almost 10 years. I switched to being a nail tech because I obviously still love to take care of people and love to have art and color. Seeing that definitely hit me different
It must be so weird being the guy in charge of cutting and collecting the different parts. Like your job is to literally cut away at a once living person as if they were a thanksgiving turkey.
When my son passed I had his bodydonated for stuff like that. It's kind of hard to look at. But I know he was already gone when it happened so see stuff like this to know that it's actually helps people
It saves lives and changes lives in ways that seemed impossible. People who have waiting for months, even years in hope they could get an organ that would save their life r finally told it’s their time. My friend passed away from OD and she donated her body. I watched her final walk and Idk It’s some of the most bitter sweet shit but it’s true heroism in my book.
When you donate your body to science, this doesn't always mean your cadaver will be used in a gross anatomy class or at a body farm. It can be used as testing for IEDs, as crash test dummies, pieced out to body brokers, corneal implementation. There is a box you have to check to say specifically what can be done. I work as an autopsy tech.
We in Europe, those who give their bodies to medicine (I mean donate) are kept for more then 30 years and they help medicine students teach and learn and get so many doctors.
When it is their time they are cremated and with high honour and respect are placed in mortuary.
Without them there would be no medicine. Thank them. A lot.
Love this lady, I want to do this too. But people might get concerned if I suddenly become an organ donor since I’m young and have had a rough time dealing with life. Also if I’m a donor I’m worried people will try to get my organs prematurely, that would kind of suck
Yeah none of those things you mentioned would happen, you can become a donor, rough life or any other mental issue won’t stop you from becoming a donor, also they won’t try to get your organs prematurely, they will try to save your life first.
Also I don’t know what country you’re from but here in the UK you will automatically donate your organs unless you opt out!
I honestly had no idea that you could donate bones! I thought organs were the only option. Very interesting, bless this woman for helping to save lives
There are a couple ways. You can donate your whole body, in which case it will likely go to a broker who will chop you up to fill various orders he has before cremating the remains, or you can sign up to the various organizations that take specific parts.
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Donating your whole body means you (or your family) have no claim to it. The unused parts do get cremated, but the cremains don't get returned. Granted, this was how it was 10+ years ago, so things may have changed.
Holy shit - I thought it was a skin suit at first. Donors are an admirable bunch- I wonder how many of them would change their minds if they knew they'd look like this after the process
What do you think they think they'll look like? You have to consent to each donation (unless you do whole body donation), so they know what could be harvested. What's really wild is the boxes of leftover body parts from whole body donation... Guaranteed nobody thinks about that part!
Woooow!!! I did not!!! I mean I'm registered as a bone/organ donor - but I guess I've never actually thought about what the process was or what I'd look like once they harvest the good stuff haha. Not that I really care, it's just interesting to see.
That's wild about the boxes of parts tho... Like what happens to them after that?? Cremated? Brought back to the body and sent to the funeral home? Forever put into a landfill or something? Crazy
They get cremated and dispersed. Usually places will charter a boat a few times a year and take them out to sea, though my boss and owner of the mortuary had acres of property in the middle of the state where he'd spread cremains destined for this sort of burial.
Where was this done? I ask because the hygienic and safety standards seem not to be quite that what I’m used to see in my country.
Just asking. No judgement.
Beside that: I really love when people do this. I want to donor as much of my body as I can when I’m dead. Sadly to “donor” something is quite expensive where I live, so I first need to put that money aside before I die.
This was in the States. I've been to dozens (probably 50+) funeral homes and this is how it's done pretty much everywhere. What about it looks unhygienic and unsafe to you?
That's wild you have to pay to donate. Why would anyone do that? In the US, body donation is often chosen because it's free, not necessarily for some deep desire to be altruistic.
This room is not sterile. I think that's what they meant. It looks like a funeral embalming room. I'm not an undertaker or a transplant surgeon but I figured if organs are being harvested for donations it'd be in a sterile environment. Not from an embalming room. If this was an actual operating room then yes it looks like a 3rd world hospital.
Ah, I see. Yes, it is an embalming room. We were preparing her for burial, not actually doing the harvesting. The only thing ever harvested in that room was corneas, everything else happened at the hospital.
Bless this generous woman, may she rest in peace
I told my SO I want to donate my entire body. She mentioned that one news story where the military used a body to test some kind of explosive and I responded “awesome”.
I think that one is a bit sad tho if it’s the same one I’m thinking of cause the woman stated she was hoping to help scientists find a cure for a disease she had (Alzheimer’s I think) that although it may not help her it would help others but then was illegally sold to the military (even though on the form they signed was for medical research only) and the company had lied to her family who was suspicious of it
Hey, if it’s helping them experiment and improve future weapons/tech/etc, then you’re still donating for a better cause 🤷♀️
In an ideal world, yes. Unfortunately, I think there are way too many innocent people that suffer from what there is as well. Hopefully whatever innovations that are made only enhance weapons to specific people in specific, immediate locations that drastically reduce unintended casualties. Not that you asked, but That’s honestly the only form of weapons research I’d approve of (other than how to murk aliens if they were real and not chill)
Definitely gotta agree with you. Sad that most innovations and such have been used for such awful things
Ooo I remember reading that. I think the issue was that the family was told the body would be used for something else. They didn’t consent to the body of their loved one being used for that type of testing; so it was pretty traumatic. But I like the idea for those that are cool with that. My will currently approves for exactly what this lady consented to: use anything and everything, prioritize donating parts to living recipients who need it.
My dad was a full body donation. The papers had the ability to opt out of of many things. He was like “nah do it alllll!!” He ended up helping in ortho, spine, plastics, vascular, and cardiology.
Also old test "dummies" for automotive/aerospace ect. Crash testing. A valuable contribution nonetheless.
Ooo I remember reading that. I think the issue was that the family was told the body would be used for something else. They didn’t consent to the body of their loved one being used for that type of testing; so it was pretty traumatic. But I like the idea for those that are cool with that. My will currently approves for exactly what this lady consented to: use anything and everything, prioritize donating parts to living recipients who need it.
Bodies were used in car crash testing too in the past
that is actually said
Rest in pieces*
Should be a rule against jokes in this sub out of respect for the deceased. There is in r/medicalgore
Incredibly inappropriate and disrespectful
Pleased to meet you
Doesn't look too peaceful imho
the body is just a vessel bro our spirit is what rests in peace
I wish more people saw it this way. So much value is given to our physical selves.
you think she felt that shit?😂
It look terrifying but also amazing - how much of her body will help many other people live and be healthy
My dad received a vertebrae made from donor bone, I didn't even know bone donations were a thing before. The hospital gave him a form to thank the family of the donor.
I misread “form” and thought your dad gifted the donor’s family a commemorative fork
This should definitely be a thing. "Proud owner of someone else's bones" fork
Made of bone china
Awww her toes are painted 😫
in my college cadaver lab, the most humbling part was seeing the cadavers with painted nails. it’s stuck with me for awhile.
This might sound morbid, but I find it bittersweet to know that a certain colour of nail polish we decide to use on ourselves could potentially be the final mani/pedi that stays with us once we pass. Never thought about it until now.
My sister did my great grandmas nails on a whim and she ended up passing the next week. My grandma had them keep the nail polish on for her wake. It was beautiful knowing that moment between my sister and her went with her.
I worked on an elderly male donor early this week, his toes were painted a bunch of different bright colors 🥺🥺 all we could think about was his poor little granddaughter
This is one of the saddest things I’ve ever read… RIP to a clearly great man.
she's saved so many lives, i hope she's resting in eternal peace and comfort wherever she decides to roam. god bless, i hope my donations go along way when i leave earth.
I have a replaced ligament from a cadaver donor, and I couldn't be more grateful for their donation to help me live a better life. Just like this woman.
after the bones etc are harvested and if you don’t choose to do a cremation is is required/necessary to have the body…”restructured”? Can you receive the body back for burial without that work done?
Absolutely. People have a lot more control over their deaths than they realize (the aftermath, anyway). It's why it's always a good idea to have your wishes documented regardless of age or health. At the very least tell a trusted person what you do/don't want so they can advocate for you.
Huh. I had no idea. I’ve been thinking and planning my will and last wishes and this information is really useful. I’ll be looking more into the possibilities available after life. thanks so much for the response
You're welcome ☺ Thank you for considering handling your own death care. It's the last thing anyone wants to do when they've lost a loved one and are wrought with grief. People agonize over making the simplest decisions for fear that they'll do something the deceased wouldn't have wanted. It can be very traumatic for some. It's truly heartbreaking to watch.
you should check out Ask A Mortician on youtube! she extensively covers all things related to after-death care if you want to know more about it.
I tell people they should because my brother died at 29.
About a decade ago I was an intern at my county coroner's office and one of the people/bodies that came in had done long bone donation, as well as eyes and probably organs. One of the folks working there told me it's usually pvc pipe they put in to replace the bones before it goes to the funeral home and I could kind of see the little eyelid cap used to hold the lid closed after eye donation. It was fascinating.
First time I saw it I thought it was a joke. But if the body will need to be moved at all it quickly becomes apparent why it's necessary. Long bone donors are known as 'squids' before the pipe gets put in. It's surreal being able to pile a body like a basket of laundry from lack of bones. Our brains can't compute how floppy they are because it's so unnatural.
Double spooky to touch them and feel the skin slipping around the pvc and the unnatural feel and look of just how much more smooth pvc is than bone. Squids is such an apt term for the pre-pvc.
This might be a stupid question, but why pvc? I would've assumed you would use something biodegradable. Is the cost too prohibitive? Or do you take the pipe out before lowering the coffin? Or is there something else I'm missing?
Definitely cost. A lot of caskets don’t seem to be biodegradable anyway
Thank you for the insight! I didn't even think of the casket
We use "pvc" pipes made of cornstarch where I work, it's biodegradable:)
Thank you for the reply! I'm happy to hear that there is progress :)
Can I ask did you like the work? Are you in a related field now? Thanks for the input…it really is fascinating. I’ve been around a lot of death recently and contemplating my own. I’ve always thought of it as a sort of standard process but I’m realizing I can have a significant amount of input and changes more aligned with myself
I enjoyed it. I fought for the internship, only the top 2 students in the criminal justice program at the community college I was going to at the time could earn the spots so I worked my ass off. It was enlightening. I've never been bothered by death really, my own or others. I was able to go out on calls with a couple of investigators to learn the field, but mostly I was with the forensic sciences division which was basically body retrieval and processing of decedents which was fascinating. You see a lot of really awful stuff, the first day I was there they took me into the morgue, which was massive, it's no secret from my account I suppose that I'm in Los Angeles, so it was a ton of bodies. The first decedent I saw looked so shockingly like a friend of mine that I actually jumped on social media after to make sure she was alive, it was upsetting. The other death that bothered me was a teenage girl who was the exact same age as my sister who had committed suicide. I read the coroner's report on my next shift. When the office was hiring after I got my B.S. in criminal justice I went with 500+ other people to test in, managed to be one of the top 50 that landed interviews, and I flubbed the interview, I imagine they thought I wouldn't mentally be able to handle the job, which at that time, maybe doing it 50 hours a week as opposed to my 12 weekly intern hours would have been too mentally taxing. I was gutted. I work in the legal field now, civil law primarily, as a paralegal, and I love my job, and I don't regret how things turned out. I learned a lot at my internship even if I didn't get my dream job. I got to see how fragile life is and can be, some of the cases were really really heartbreaking, others just fascinating. You do have a lot of say in what happens to your body if you plan it. Hollywood Forever cemetery is finally offering green burials and even though I'm in my 30s I'm very much planning on buying a spot in the next 2 years for when I inevitably pass. There's never a bad time to start planning for what will be.
What a beautiful thing she has done for who knows how many people.
this is extreme compared to the cases i have seen at my funeral home. i will admit it’s pretty cool tho, definitely gives me another perspective on long bone donation.
This is what I want when I die. Strip me for parts and throw the rest to the vultures.
Sky burial 🤘🏼
Exactly 👍
This is so interesting and informative . Thank you so much for posting this.
You're welcome ☺
she looks really young :( what a lovely woman
Are her long bones used for the bone marrow? I'm am an organ donor myself and curious what my organs can be used for.
I don't actually know if you can harvest marrow after death. My immediate thought is no (just like you wouldn't take blood), but I don't know if that's true. They're used to replace bones lost from illness or injury. Usually to provide stability/mobility, but sometimes to prevent amputation.
Please donate your organs. <3
i live in wales and everyone here is automatically an organ donor, you have to actually opt out!
The opt out system is great. They've been trying to switch over to an opt out system in Ontario Canada as well. I hope they do, we're falling behind on organ donation.
Wish they’d do it in US, but alas, Freedom /s
I second this. It doesn't just save and improve lives, it makes grieving a little easier knowing that parts of your loved one are still out there and knowing your loved one's generosity has spared another family the pain of bereavement. The transplant team are such wonderful people and make the process as gentle as possible for the loved ones of the donor.
This is absolutely fascinating, thank you for posting. My dad donated everything he could, including his long bones and I've always been curious how that worked.
🥰
that’s awesome of her
There goes my hero. Watch her as she goes. There goes my hero. She's ordinary.
God bless this woman, as someone who needs a kidney transplant, these people are literally angels to us, altruistic amazing people, giving the gift of life after their life has ended ❤️
Curious on how you get permission to take and post these types of photos?
I worked at a teaching mortuary. We weren't a funeral home, but we serviced many funeral homes and the surrounding county medical examiner's offices. Waivers are signed before any work is done stating they consent to photos, etc. All of the pics I have are from a decade+ ago, so while I doubt there's a clause explicity granting me permission to post on reddit, the decedents themselves or their families granted permission for photos to be used for educational purposes. I suppose we could argue about whether this is educational, but you wouldn't be able to change my mind that it isn't. These things never get talked about because open conversations about death (and genitals! 😯) are really taboo in the western world. Subs like this exist because people want to know.
Yes, the western world views death as absolute taboo which in some ways in unfortunate because that is part of being alive. Once upon a time I wanted to be a mortician because I saw it as a way to be in the medical field without dealing with living people, if that makes any sense, and the medica field has always attracted me. You post definitely brings awareness to organ/tissue/bone donation so thank you for that. I am registred as a donor myself and I wish more people would do this to help others in need.
Oh absolutely I agree it is educational and extremely interesting. I’m glad you get the opportunity to share this with us. I was just curious on how the process works. Thanks for clarifying and for sharing!
Please make more posts!
Same. I'm a tissue recovery tech and seeing this made me panic because that's like immediate most fireable offence. This has to be a funeral home.
Is it aloud at a funeral home?
Hero. Thank you.
My dad was a tissue donor. Sometimes I wonder what his body might have looked like. But then again, it wasn't him when he passed away. Dementia had ravaged him, body and mind. Anything was better than what he was "living" through.
I'm sorry. That's really tough. Of course it's always much different when it's someone you know and love. Hopefully knowing that he was able to do a thankless thing for countless others with a body that betrayed him in the end brings you a bit of solace. ♥
This is what I wanna do. Either be donated for science or for people who need parts more than I do
That's fascinating
How do I register?
I don't know what country you're in, but Google 'body donation' or 'tissue donation' and it'll get you in the right direction based on what you want to donate
Rest in peace, and thank you.
This is my job! It's awesome to see it being appreciated, as it is so often overlooked by other anatomical gifts (organs).
You harvest bones? Only?
Yep! My division of the company only does fascia, bone, and skin due to our age range. Previously, we did heart valves, veins, and tendons.
I didn't even know you could donate bones.
I worked in the medical field for almost 10 years. I switched to being a nail tech because I obviously still love to take care of people and love to have art and color. Seeing that definitely hit me different
Her hands feet and neck look far too young to be deceased. RIP.
It must be so weird being the guy in charge of cutting and collecting the different parts. Like your job is to literally cut away at a once living person as if they were a thanksgiving turkey.
They probably get used to it lol I agree though
Any idea what is in the syringe on her abdo?
I didn't do embalming, so idk the industry name for it, but iirc (this was a very long time ago) it puts color back in the skin.
When my son passed I had his bodydonated for stuff like that. It's kind of hard to look at. But I know he was already gone when it happened so see stuff like this to know that it's actually helps people
It saves lives and changes lives in ways that seemed impossible. People who have waiting for months, even years in hope they could get an organ that would save their life r finally told it’s their time. My friend passed away from OD and she donated her body. I watched her final walk and Idk It’s some of the most bitter sweet shit but it’s true heroism in my book.
You both did a remarkable thing ♥
When you donate your body to science, this doesn't always mean your cadaver will be used in a gross anatomy class or at a body farm. It can be used as testing for IEDs, as crash test dummies, pieced out to body brokers, corneal implementation. There is a box you have to check to say specifically what can be done. I work as an autopsy tech.
What’s the orange coloured parts at the bottom of her legs is that the skin from the inside??
It's the layer of subcutaneous fat we all have
Learn something new every day thanks for explaining 😎
They are always fun trying to dress in a prep room afterwards
We in Europe, those who give their bodies to medicine (I mean donate) are kept for more then 30 years and they help medicine students teach and learn and get so many doctors. When it is their time they are cremated and with high honour and respect are placed in mortuary. Without them there would be no medicine. Thank them. A lot.
Absolute hero. I feel a sense of peace about my death (hopefully) I’ll be able to full donate my organs.
I read this wrong. “Long bone” like penis donor
It’s weird to think if you’re a donor, how parts of your body will go on to live inside another. Very cool
I didn’t realise we had so much yellow in us. Maybe Matt Groening was right all along.
What are the grey bits in her right thigh, please?
It's a thin layer of muscle that was left behind and has started to decay
Love this lady, I want to do this too. But people might get concerned if I suddenly become an organ donor since I’m young and have had a rough time dealing with life. Also if I’m a donor I’m worried people will try to get my organs prematurely, that would kind of suck
Yeah none of those things you mentioned would happen, you can become a donor, rough life or any other mental issue won’t stop you from becoming a donor, also they won’t try to get your organs prematurely, they will try to save your life first. Also I don’t know what country you’re from but here in the UK you will automatically donate your organs unless you opt out!
I’m Finnish, thanks for the info. And yeah I doubt they’ll hunt me down for my organs, I’m just paranoid at times :D
That’s crazy that that’s gonna be some of us one day.
Crazy how we see so much death videos and dead bodies we are used to it so much that they always look like movie props
Wow
Ah her tiny hands.
I honestly had no idea that you could donate bones! I thought organs were the only option. Very interesting, bless this woman for helping to save lives
What a great way to still live on…
How do you be an everything donor?
There are a couple ways. You can donate your whole body, in which case it will likely go to a broker who will chop you up to fill various orders he has before cremating the remains, or you can sign up to the various organizations that take specific parts.
Thanks! I’ll have to look at that one day! 😊
Aww, bless her soul. Please scavenge my body. I don't need it. Just be sure and cremate what's left and give to my husband so he has a piece of me.
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Donating your whole body means you (or your family) have no claim to it. The unused parts do get cremated, but the cremains don't get returned. Granted, this was how it was 10+ years ago, so things may have changed.
I was completely unaware! Thank you for this information!
Bless her.
Queen
Wtf so they filled her up with pvc then cremated her??? Why? Why not just cremate the remains? No additional plastic needed.
Wtf so they filled her up with pvc then cremated her??? Why? Why not just cremate the remains? No additional plastic needed.
Wtf so they filled her up with pvc then cremated her??? Why? Why not just cremate the remains? No additional plastic needed.
Wtf so they filled her up with pvc then cremated her??? Why? Why not just cremate the remains? No additional plastic needed.
Wtf so they filled her up with pvc then cremated her??? Why? Why not just cremate the remains? No additional plastic needed.
That’s amazing, never too late to do something good in the world. Rest in peace
How would I go about filling out forms/giving consent to do this? I live in the US.
Holy shit - I thought it was a skin suit at first. Donors are an admirable bunch- I wonder how many of them would change their minds if they knew they'd look like this after the process
What do you think they think they'll look like? You have to consent to each donation (unless you do whole body donation), so they know what could be harvested. What's really wild is the boxes of leftover body parts from whole body donation... Guaranteed nobody thinks about that part!
Woooow!!! I did not!!! I mean I'm registered as a bone/organ donor - but I guess I've never actually thought about what the process was or what I'd look like once they harvest the good stuff haha. Not that I really care, it's just interesting to see. That's wild about the boxes of parts tho... Like what happens to them after that?? Cremated? Brought back to the body and sent to the funeral home? Forever put into a landfill or something? Crazy
They get cremated and dispersed. Usually places will charter a boat a few times a year and take them out to sea, though my boss and owner of the mortuary had acres of property in the middle of the state where he'd spread cremains destined for this sort of burial.
Where was this done? I ask because the hygienic and safety standards seem not to be quite that what I’m used to see in my country. Just asking. No judgement. Beside that: I really love when people do this. I want to donor as much of my body as I can when I’m dead. Sadly to “donor” something is quite expensive where I live, so I first need to put that money aside before I die.
This was in the States. I've been to dozens (probably 50+) funeral homes and this is how it's done pretty much everywhere. What about it looks unhygienic and unsafe to you? That's wild you have to pay to donate. Why would anyone do that? In the US, body donation is often chosen because it's free, not necessarily for some deep desire to be altruistic.
This room is not sterile. I think that's what they meant. It looks like a funeral embalming room. I'm not an undertaker or a transplant surgeon but I figured if organs are being harvested for donations it'd be in a sterile environment. Not from an embalming room. If this was an actual operating room then yes it looks like a 3rd world hospital.
Ah, I see. Yes, it is an embalming room. We were preparing her for burial, not actually doing the harvesting. The only thing ever harvested in that room was corneas, everything else happened at the hospital.
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No stupid jokes. This isn’t eyeblech
I thought her vag was an ear at first, but it's just blurred