# Recipients of Donated Organs/Tissue

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipients-of-donated-organs-tissue/611187>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 30, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipients-of-donated-organs-tissue/611187 "2012-01-30T14:31:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipients-of-donated-organs-tissue/611187/1 "2012-01-30T14:31:38Z")

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If you feel like sharing, I’m interested to know what organs or tissue you received and whether or not you sent a thank you note to the family of the donor. Or, are you the family member of an organ donor who has received thank you notes? Do you like that?

I received a patellar tendon from a cadaver to replace my ACL. I was given the information to write a thank you note but never got around to writing it. Thanking people for their family members being organ donors seems a little awkward to me.