Firstly I need to apologise for the following rant, but I need to get it off my chest. What’s everyone’s view on euthensia? I’ve been watching my darling sister getting gradually weaker and weaker, lying in a bed in the Mountbatten hospice for well over a week. On her last conscious moment last Tuesday, she begged to be “let go” and said she never wanted it like this. Her body has packed up and she’s basically starving and dying from lack of water. It’s so ****ing unfair. I’m trying to comfort my 95 year old mother who’s sitting watching her oldest and only daughter gradually leave this world, plus my sister’s daughter, both of whom are in absolute agony waiting for the inevitable. It’s just so **** and none of us thought she’d hang on for so long. Surely there should be some way of peacefully ending someone's life when there’s no chance of her getting better and she’s expressed her need to be let go. The hospice is amazing and the staff incredible. I want to raise some funds for it when this is all over, but I rage against the absolute agony people are put through watching their loved ones fade away. Can’t something be done?
Thoughts with you Dave. Horrible situation and for what it’s worth, I’m favour of it being allowed in this situation. Mrs Fats sends her love too.
Dave . I am not even going to attempt to say much . I do agree however , it's time to let her go . Thoughts are with you and yours .
What a horrible situation for everyone that is Dave, all I can say is I feel for you and your family, and especially your sister. I absolutely agree that in this sort of situation there can surely be no moral argument against euthanasia.
So sorry for what you are going through. It is never good watching a loved one slip away. With regards to your question. I am wholeheartedly in favour of euthanasia when, as in your sister’s case, she has requested to be “let go”. I think the law needs to be changed, so that those who are terminally ill, with very limited time left, should be assisted to die, rather than prolong the pain and suffering. When my wife was first diagnosed with terminal cancer, she signed up to a “Do not resuscitate” scheme, should she ever have a heart attack. If this type of scheme is permitted, where medics can stand back and not try to save life, I see no reason for not taking that next step and introducing euthanasia. My thoughts are with you and your family.
My view on Euthanasia is that should be allowed. There are huge calls for it from practically every country in the western world. If it done right there should be no taboo or stain in anyone's character to give the go-ahead for an assisted death. In Switzerland there is a clinic to assist people to die, and it is undoubtedly going to be the first of many. You have my deepest sympathies Dave. It is an awful situation you have. I've heard that within the confines of practices in the NHS, some patients are effectively 'overdosed' on morphine, but that's as close as we get in the UK, I believe. My 102 year old Mum continues to sink lower. She never has a cogent moment these days, and spends most of her time bewildered and often frightened because she can't make sense of the world. Peculiarly, I have a method of calming her, and it is ASMR which I often use to help me sleep. This allows Mum half hour of peace and she drifts off to sleep. I've got past the point of feeling awful for wanting her to die. I know she should be gone.
I feel for you and hope for your sister's release. I am in favour of euthanasia (with strong rules and controls). How much happier would an ill person feel knowing that their end is under their control. My feeling is that you would enjoy your life more fully.....you'd enjoy your good days more....knowing that you faced a peaceful end when you wanted to go. You wouldn't make a dog suffer as my father did. I say with strong rules because we can all imagine how it could be misused by greedy uncaring relatives, but such cases are rare....we are mainly faced with suffering by the patient and their relatives. Bless you all.
So sorry to hear, TSS. That’s just so unfair too. Everyone I’ve spoken to here at the hospice is of the same opinion (I’ve only spoken to relatives not staff I hasten to add, but I’d bet they’d agree). If is done properly and with the necessary safeguards, it should be allowed. My sister has had a great (though shorter than one would hope) life and doesn’t deserve to go out like this. I’ve always said when it’s my time, I don’t want to die like this, but the staff have their hands tied. They can make one “comfortable” but until they die from lack of fluid or pressure on lungs to stop breathing, they can do more. I find it morally wrong - no family should have to go through this. I shall shut up now - sorry to be so vocal, it’s unfair on you bunch of great people.
Don't be afraid to speak your mind on this Dave. That's what this thread is about, and this issue is an important one.
Yep I was sad enough that when the dogs wanted to go for a pee at 4am, I saw it and remembered it was happening, so although I didn't get my scope, I got my binoculars and looked for about 20 mins in the cold
My thoughts are with you Dave. We had a similar experience a year ago it was terrible to see. We don't let animals suffer like that because it's 'not humane' so it just seems crazy to me. Stay strong.
My wife had her final chemotherapy treatment today , with an MRI Scan to be arranged for February, with the results revealed at her next consultant appointment, 2nd March. I’ve mentioned on here before about the discount parking given to outpatients attending oncology appointments, such as chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, so I was a bit surprised when I was asked to pay £6.20 and not the usual £2, this morning. I noticed a message flash up, on the ticket machine, saying “time limit exceeded”, which has never happened before, even when we were there for around 7 hours for blood transfusions, so I queried the charge by pressing the help button. To be fair, after a quick explanation of my wife’s treatment, the price was immediately reduced to the usual £2, but I did wonder if some patients were just paying the much higher price, rather than querying it. As already said, we’ve never been refused the discount on the grounds of having exceeded an unknown time limit, so my cynical self was wondering if this is just a way to make a little bit more money out of the very ill, who may not have the fight to argue, after going through debilitating treatment.
