I wonder if they can still plant a tree on me

[minoanmiss]

Content advisory: death, fatphobia.

Donating your body to science? Nobody wants a chubby corpse

As someone who did indeed want to donate my body to science I am dismayed quite.

Comments

[acelightning73]

I'd like to know, also. I'd also like to know what might disqualify me from donated any usable spare parts.

[med_cat]

Re: your second question: multiple reasons--health conditions, age, and the manner of death, to keep it brief

[acelightning73]

I have had radiation therapy to my abdomen and my chest. Does this make the leftovers unusable? And I hope I die doing something dramatic and heroic and memorable.

[med_cat]

Not necessarily, but history of malignancy can.

Also, a very common misconception--organs can only be procured if they're perfused, i.e., one has to be in the hospital on a mechanical ventilator, etc.

I can post or PM you if you wish more detail

[acelightning73]

I would like very much to learn more about this subject. I figure that, when I'm done using the spare parts, it would be a nice idea to recycle them. And I'm getting old enough to start worrying about it now. If you can squeeze the information into a PM, please do!

My son and his wife had a college friend living with them for a while. He had cystic fibrosis, and he was waiting for a lung transplant. He eventually received one successfully, and he started moving and acting like a genuine human being (not a Taiwanese knockoff replicant). And people stopped being nice to him when he was being an asshole, because he stopped being The Guy Who's Not Going To Live To Grow Up.

[med_cat]

Quite a story... Will PM you

[ex_flameandsong751]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

What the fuck, science.

[sabotabby]

JFC

[sovay]

Donating your body to science? Nobody wants a chubby corpse

If nothing else, this feels hugely short-sighted in terms of science.

[julian]

Yeah, I was like, "They ought to want us more, if they're serious about Trying To Prevent Chubby People!"

[conuly]

Ditto. This is the corpse-study equivalent of only studying breast cancer medicine on cisdudes.

[amaebi]

Good grief.

[killing_rose]

The part that gets me is that comment about how they want "ideal" bodies.

As someone with non-standard features, maybe, just maybe, doctors knowing "huh, this bit looks weird, that bit also looks odd, oh shit, I saw this in medical school" might maybe be a good thing?