Henry Boyd
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- Apr 24, 2007
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- Boat Info
- ‘09 Sabre 38 Hardtop Express “Serenity”
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- Volvo D6 w/IPS450 Pods
No, this isn't a spam thread. Its time for me to come clean with my CSR friends and make a pitch for an important decision; Organ Donation. I never gave it much thought until the past year when it became clear I would require a transplant to survive long enough to have some semblance of a retirement. I apologize for not saying anything sooner about my condition, but there have been a lot of unknowns over the past few months, and I wanted at least one group of friends to whom I was wasn't known as the sick guy. A little normalcy goes a long way to staying on an even keel.
As some of you know I was diagnosed with liver cancer a little over a year ago. For me the only course of effective treatment is a liver transplant. The good news is I have finally reached the top of the list and I am being cared for in one of the best liver transplant centers in the country. The bad is that being at the top of the list does little good if there are no organs. All that being said, I have been told I'm within 30 to 60 days of the main event.
I know all of you have heard that the number of donor organs of all types is far out stripped by the number of those for whom a transplant is a matter of life or death. If you wish to make a meaningful change to another person's life, and have not done so I ask all of you to consider becoming a donor. In my case I can be a donor as my cancer is very localized leaving other organs and tissues usable. There is apparently enough good stuff to re-use.Hard to think of yourself as spare parts, but there you have it.
You all know I'm kind of a hard headed engineer. So here is how I have come to look at this. None of us gets out of here alive. The two inevitable conditions of death and taxes are quite true. The other fact is none of us needs any leftover body parts where we are all going. Make a difference and possibly save someone's life. Don't do it for me, do it for yourself and your own karma.
I know this is a deeply personal decision. It was hard for me even in my condition, but at the end of the day I realized there are only a few other better legacies.
In the short term we are still planning to go boating next summer. We have reserved a slip for the second year in Newburyport. My spirits are up, I remain the incorrigible curmudgeon I have always been and look forward to many more years of expounding on the dangers of Honda Generators.
Henry
As some of you know I was diagnosed with liver cancer a little over a year ago. For me the only course of effective treatment is a liver transplant. The good news is I have finally reached the top of the list and I am being cared for in one of the best liver transplant centers in the country. The bad is that being at the top of the list does little good if there are no organs. All that being said, I have been told I'm within 30 to 60 days of the main event.
I know all of you have heard that the number of donor organs of all types is far out stripped by the number of those for whom a transplant is a matter of life or death. If you wish to make a meaningful change to another person's life, and have not done so I ask all of you to consider becoming a donor. In my case I can be a donor as my cancer is very localized leaving other organs and tissues usable. There is apparently enough good stuff to re-use.Hard to think of yourself as spare parts, but there you have it.
You all know I'm kind of a hard headed engineer. So here is how I have come to look at this. None of us gets out of here alive. The two inevitable conditions of death and taxes are quite true. The other fact is none of us needs any leftover body parts where we are all going. Make a difference and possibly save someone's life. Don't do it for me, do it for yourself and your own karma.
I know this is a deeply personal decision. It was hard for me even in my condition, but at the end of the day I realized there are only a few other better legacies.
In the short term we are still planning to go boating next summer. We have reserved a slip for the second year in Newburyport. My spirits are up, I remain the incorrigible curmudgeon I have always been and look forward to many more years of expounding on the dangers of Honda Generators.
Henry
