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Hi AEHarmon. You have a very generous spirit to want to donate your organs.
I don't believe there are any medical restrictions on signing up to be an organ/tissue/eye donor in Ohio. The Ohio Donor Registry encourages everyone over age 15-1/2 to register. They say that even people who have had cancer are eligible to be organ donors if they have become cancer-free.
Organ donation specialists don't make the decisions about your medical conditions when you register. At time of death they look at your medical history and decide then what organs or tissues are suitable to go to those in need. It might be a factor if specific organs were damaged by a disease in the past; for example if you had graft-versus-host disease. Otherwise, I think your donations have a good chance of saving the lives of others.
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