The truth is ... if you have given or indeed received an organ or tissue from someone else that you CANNOT give blood. It doesn't matter what kind of graft you have had, when it was done, or what medication you are taking, you have still had tissue from someone else and there is a risk of CJD.
A corneal graft counts as contributing to the central nervous system, and this has a very high risk of transmitting disease, although i was told that there is probably nothing wrong with this eye! Well, i dam well hope not as well!!!
I asked about donating other organs myself, but there is a high chance that i will not be able to. It is ok to carry the card, but they will obviously run tests after my death and may not take anything.
While this is sad, i wish i had known this BEFORE i had a graft done, as while it probably wouldn't have changed my mind, it would have made me think more about what i was doing.
Anyway ... Jay, i guess you will need to sort this out, but let me know how it goes!
Sweet X x X
