Whole Body Donation Blog

If you're considering a funeral or possibly a cremation you're about to embark on a fascinating and sometimes eye opening journey. If cremation sounds more like your fit then this is an article you should read. If you're still considering a funeral but find you are undecided, you're invited to.

There are many reasons to consider whole body donation. A free cremation is but one of the many reasons. Donors who donate their body to science are supporting various medical education and research projects in medical schools and hospitals all over the country. A colon resection lab for surgeons learning a new technique,  a minimally invasive heart procedure, a spinal decompression lab for surgical residents. These are the reasons to consider body donation.

1. Somewhere in a classroom, a lab or a lecture there is a bright mind learning how to save lives. That person will spend countless hours studying, researching and painstakingly memorizing human anatomy and all it's marvels and mysteries. Some of these bright minds will make it their life's work unraveling these mysteries. These people need anatomical donations to begin their work. They will also need donors to sustain their learning.
2. Human anatomy is the absolute best model for education and research. There are computer models, simulators and animal labs. But none of them offers the invaluable experience of a hands on cadaver lab. If I need a surgery in the future you can believe that one of the first questions I will be asking the surgeon is, "have you trained in cadaver labs?"
3. People we have spoken to us say they want to be remebered for something. They say they want to know their existence whether blessed with good health or tested by disease meant something. Leaving your body to help others, who more than likely will be total strangers, that's the ultimate gift. The ultimate act of selflessness.
4. It's no mystery that the costs of living have gone up. Heating your home, gassing your car, feeding your family, providing for your child's education. Funerals are no different. Funeral costs and cremation costs have both risen over the last decade and not surprisingly, sharply over the last five years. Body donation however still costs the same. $0-$150.
5. Someday, when we are gone, people will talk. They will say all kinds of things. Some good. Maybe some bad. Hopefully more good than bad. They might say, "I attended the funeral" or the "memorial service". They might speak about the wake or how the family chose to scatter the ashes. Or, they might talk about how you donated your body to science. You can do that? I never knew you could still do that. Or, I never knew anyone who did that. Then, your story will be told.

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