#yesidonate

It is a week until my 22nd birthday and I have decided to donate my organs when I do die. Since my parasailing accident last year I have wanted to sign up but due to PTSD I always got scared that by signing it I was accepting the fact that I could die young. People who know me know that my biggest fear is death but since June 2017 I have kept thinking what if I needed an organ after my accident last year and could not recieve one because someone like me was too scared to do it. I have come to realise that once you are dead you are either going to be buried where everything in your body would rot away or you will get cremated where everything gets burnt. If I am to die young I am not going to need my organs anymore so today I finally signed up to donate my organs and if I ever was to die with healthy organs that they get to stay alive while I could not. Now all I need to do is tell my parents and wait for my card to come through the post.

I signed up to the @nhsorgandonor registrar a couple of weeks ago and today my NHS Organ Donor Card arrived in the post.

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Anyone can sign up to be an Organ Donor even if you have a disability or a disease and there is no age limit. When you sign up it’s important to tell family and friends because even if you are a registered donor your family can still refuse your organs being used in a transplant.

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Take two minutes out of your day and sign up today to become an Organ Donor and you may be able to save and improve the lives of up to nine other people.

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