Death and Dignity

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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Well said, WhatYouTaughtMe. Kudos to those fighting the fight. Much respect to those who have to make difficult choices. I am happy to live in a state that allows one to choose to fight, or choose to shed this mortal coil with dignity and peace. Positive thoughts to those in this thread who have loved ones going through terminal illness.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Mayday,Wishing you,your family and your wife all the best,and a safe journey onto the next place for your brother in law.Hope you guys will find some peace in knowing when he has stopped suffering.We will keep your family in our good thoughts.

    Jeff,No state tax,right to die laws ,legal Mary Jane and The best music ever made.
    Washington has its shit together,Florida could learn a thing or two from you folks.
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    PJ_Soul said:

    Drowned Out said:

    Godfather. said:

    Last-12-Exit said:

    What a horrible decision. What a horrible hand this woman was dealt. I agree 100% with her right to die peacefully and pain free.

    the story was so sad but made me think, my sister-n-law has a rare disese called cerabellium degeneration she got at about 20 years old and the few cases that are known the people usally die by 40 years old ,she is now 43 but her quality of life is bad..her speach is affected she can't walk and and suffers head aches that no drugs will help, even when she wishes she could just die the thought of seeing her kids and grand kids pushes her to survive another day so I kind of doubt she choose this option.

    Godfather.

    Brutal, man :(. A good friend of mine from high school, who lived in my basement suite up until 3 years ago, was stricken with the same disorder 2 years ago. He woke up one morning and could barely move his legs...within a week or so, he was in a chair, speech impeded, all of his motor skills completely fucked...and he hasn't been the same since :(. It affects his emotions, too...so he cries a lot. So hard to see him like that, and so messed to think how something like that could show up literally over night. Sorry to hear about your sis-in-law.

    My old man, now in his mid 60's, has been obsessed with his death forever. I bet the guy has rewritten his will 25 times, but refuses to change his life expectancy in his retirement budget :)). He told me a couple weeks ago that if it's ever decided that it's time for him to move to a care facility, that that's the time to go to Amsterdam and end it. He insists he would prefer death to depending on others and living out his days surrounded by the sick and miserable, and I believe him. I told him I didn't need to be asked twice to go to Amsterdam :p. Hopefully by the time it's his time, right-to-die laws in Canada will have become more humane.
    My mom is kind of obsessed with the issue of her dying too. Not in a morbid way. It more seems like her greatest concern is making her death as painless as possible for everyone who survives her. She's also very concerned about the items that she wants to stay in the family, with how the family grave plot (which she owns, and which will go to me when she dies) is managed and who goes in it after she's dead, and other stuff like that. She just wants everything to go really smoothly after she dies, lol. Which is insanely considerate of her!

    As for actually dying... she's also thinking about how she goes out of this world a lot more, which says a lot because my family has already been really open to talking about it (she turns 70 this year but is actually more fit than most people less than half her age, myself included). She is apparently taking the hardcore approach in terms of euthanasia. Supposedly, if she can't use her body the way she wants to use her body, she's done. Period. Forget about excruciating pain that she can't live with anymore - that's a given as far as she's concerned. She says that if she even loses the ability to walk she's outta here, lol. But in the same breathe, she admits that maybe she'll change her mind and cling onto life for as long as she possibly can once she's actually in the situation. She is very honest in saying that she has to experience it first to know. And I think that would be true for anyone. What's important is that those who do get there and do realize that they'd rather check out than suffer have the right to make that choice.
    Sounds like she will still be rocking way into her 100's.

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