There are a lot of bogus stories out there about what happens with body donation. But if you read the book Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers, it does illuminate the subject a great deal. Yes, you can become a crash test dummy and the book explains why cadavers are better than dummies in those experiments.

the only thing that bothers me about death is what happens to my dental gold crowns. maybe if i have enough notice i'll pry them out myself.

It occurs to me that some people, who've been left responsible for the 'disposal' of the body of someone they didn't much like, might pay good money to have it strapped to a chair and explosives set underneath it.

We're missing a trick, here.

Is it bad that I felt my nine-year-old self imagining my corpse blowing apart after death to be rather AWESOME. Testing explosives? RADICAL!

My body is going to research. It personally doesn't matter to me because I'm dead and would never know it.

My wish is to be part of a body farm, but I would have to pay for the transportation and it's just too much.

Looks like I am spreading fear folks. Don't lose heart. Keep the faith in a good cause.

I will be left to a medical school. And they can do whatever they want.

I've thought about doing it, even told my kids. I didn't think too much about what they'd do with my body but did think they'd most likely use it for research for my ailments. I wouldn't care.