A few of us have been kicking around ideas to help with donor awareness and this thread is a worksheet for ideas, from anyone interested. I'm only new to the site, and like Assassin, who as Mr I has described us as brothers from a different mother, are in the pipeline for a transplant. This thread isn't about us. It's actually about you. I consider myself very lucky. In my case, I am on a kidney transplant list and it may only be a matter of months for me due to tissue and blood type. I've known this day is coming for 13 years, so I've had time to prepare. Many people I have met at clinic have had no warning. They got up one morning, felt something was horribly wrong and later that day, found themselves on dialysis. Their world as they know it, their plans, their dreams,their hopes of an overseas trip, all gone. Guess what. For one of you reading this, it may well be your future!!


Organ transplants are not cures, they are more like lifeboats, but they buy you time. I can assure you and I know Assassin will back me here, that when the doctor says times up, all the regrets of what you now cannot do start flooding in. Now as an adult, when this happens, you can cope, it's all a matter of staying positive and a lot of wishful thinking, but that's just me.What if your not an adult, haven't had the opportunity to live your life. If your a parent, I'm now talking about your children.


I belong to a group you don't want to join. I lost my youngest daughter in 1987 at the age of 16 months. I can't put into words the pain that comes with losing a child and as much as the years may dull the pain, it always remains. As a result,I am very sensitive when I see a child in distress. When you are on dialysis, you see them at clinic. Have you ever looked into the eyes of a child with a terminal illness? I have and it is the most painful thing you could experience. You will see joy and happiness, as you do with all young children, but you will also see the confusion, the knowledge that something is wrong, but in many cases, not knowing what it is. In older children, especially in the teenager range, that look of confusion is often replaced with fear and terror. But yet,they still strive to go on and live life as best they can.


So, what can we do to help. A simple tick to become an organ donor will go a long way towards saving many,especially children and their families, from going through this.Assassin made a quip about sticking his old heart on a trophy and having a game against the Eels for it to promote Donor Awareness. A Donors Cup?. A few of us have discussed this and other ideas of including a cup game for the bottom eight during finals. Do you have an idea that might work?. Are you connected to the Club??