Discuss your decision with your family. Tell them they are an important part of this personal decision that you want to share with them. Explain that organ, tissue and eye donation is consistent with your life values and feels like the right thing to do. Put your wishes in writing. The Virginia driver's license application asks if you want to be a donor.
Medical professionals can obtain that information when needed.
Remember, even if you've signed something, you must tell your family so they can act on your wishes. Download the Acrobat Reader to view .pdf files. The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying. At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped. When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine.