Originally Posted by
lsllc
Sometimes there is no perfect solution but human suffering is a thing. You can’t ask others to take on that burden, even though they are willing right now. Those demons have a way to come back and haunt them later in life.
The burden should be on the individual. Not others’.
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Here again we disagree.
There are people I'm responsible for. Hell I have better options when making sure my dog is taken care of when the good days are over and only bad days ahead of him. It's my responsibility to make sure that it's done right.
When my father was going, I wish I had a similar option where he could say the things that were important and then get a sedative and then have his pain ended there was no reason for him to have to endure that final week trying to just breathe without it hurting. And guess what, when you are in the ICU even if you have the cocktail know how, you can't just walk in and say "Here...drink this."
You should be able to do that, but right now it's considered murder.
So your choices when you find out you are sick and provided a timeline are:
1. Preempt the entire thing and go out in the most pain free method you can provide yourself even if this ends up short changing you weeks or months of tolerable days that you could otherwise spend with family, taking care of final arrangements or simply just living the last days you are able to enjoy.
2. End up in the ICU and / or hospice where you have little or no control over your destiny and being forced to endure every last painful day until you finally die. If you are lucky, you can spend most of that time in a altered state on morphine but honestly that isn't really living either.
It's not what I wanted for my father, it's now what I want when my time comes and it's not what I'd want for anyone I care about.
As for burdens, the burden I carry is I wasn't able to do better for my father. If I could have spared him those last few days, my burden would be much lighter. And when it comes to those I love, who aren't able to do things for themselves anymore, I'd gladly accept that burden. In the last hour, it's the final act of proving you love them by sparing them pointless pain and suffering.
Real hell is watching someone suffer when there is nothing you can do about it to make it better and it's a crime to end their suffering.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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