An altruistic itch I can't scratch

I've been donating blood since I was a teenager and found pleasure from the act despite the local discomfort.  I love that quote from the book Tuesdays With Morrie, "taking makes me feel like I'm dying, giving makes me feel like I'm living"




As I'm ineligible to donate blood until I've been cancer free for 5 years so I've got a couple thoughts on how to scratch this particular itch. Perhaps I can investigate if it's possible to become a living kidney donor. I think maybe I've realized too late in life that I'm a people person, medicine has always turned me off in the past as having to touch people and their bodily fluids seemed gross My spiritual journey can be summaried as a misantropist coming to have a deep love of humanity, Need to find out if there are any places I can volunteer my skills or perhaps it's not too late to get into nursing or maybe even medicine. I'm thinking God complex lol. but truely I've got such an appreciation of all forms of medical care, maybe a hospital needs an occupational safety guy somewhere, imm investigate.Does MSF accept non medical volunteers? Since I'm already signed up to donate my organs and my body, maybe some future doctor will be fortunate to dissect the exceptional cadaver I'm sure to leave behind.

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