Would you volunteer to be euthanased?
Watch this postIf you were old and sick and pretty much brassed off with life, and if you were offered 'a way out' i.e, a shot in the arm, or a whiff of cyanide gas, and then peace, perfect peace. Would you go for it?
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We are all looking at this from where we stand now. Life is precious and most people will hang on to it.
1. In a coma
2. In a lot of paiin
3. Terminally ill
I wouldnt want to be a burden to anyone.
If I am bedridden but can talk and/or write and I'm not in pain, then. i probably would explore options on how to make myself productive.
My life, my death, my choice.
However, that’s because I’m not in that place and so have no idea what I’d think if I was in long term constant pain or fully paralysed.
I have a friend of 83 who has had the disease for 30+ years and is still able to walk with crutches although accept she is limited and slow in moving. As a result she downsized into a small bungalow. Another has been in a wheelchair for 20+ years but is able to self transfer etc.
Please don't despair, it is early days. I am sure you are already aware of support groups but do contact them, it often helps to to find people in similar situations and to be able to discuss your fears in a comfortable and confidential way. One website is
https://www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-support/Local-support-services
Euthanasia is a very difficult subject but we should be able to make our wishes known when in a position to do so. There will always be fears that it would be abused by a small number of people.
You are certainly correct that many people who believe they would want to end their life under certain circumstance, do change their minds when those circumstances become a reality for them. That is were the dilemma lies.
As to euthanasia I think we are agreeing on the main issue, just coming from a slightly different direction. You are certainly right in stating no animal is allowed to suffer but that doesn't alter the fact that asking a doctor or even two, to make a decision to end someones life when their oath states to conserve it is a very difficult one. Many feel unable to do that. I don't know if you have ever been in a position where you have had to make a life or death decision in a split second - it is one of the worst things ever if the decision turns out to be wrong. The fears of many with regard to abusing such a system calls to mind the likes of Harold Simpson and even Beverly Allitt. Many believe making it lawful to be able to end someones life could lead us down a path we will regret.
I have certainly had many patients sign that they do not want to be resuscitated and those wishes are usually documented and followed. Even then some relatives have taken doctors to court for following the patients wishes. The whole issue of having the right to die when you want to remains a hot debate and I'm not sure will ever be resolved. Don't forget that it was only 1961 that The Suicide Act in the UK, decriminalised the act of suicide in England and Wales so that those who failed in the attempt to kill themselves would no longer be prosecuted. We have come some way I suppose.
If you have gotten this far, thank you for taking the trouble to read my views.
Best wishes to you.
Without a doubt we should have a choice in our own life and death. Following two years of illness from a brain tumour, chemo etc., my friend died the most horrendous death in hospital in April this year, screaming, tearing at her self, this was the most barbaric end to anyone's life, it was also in an open ward where other patients were left sobbing uncontrollably, possibly leaving them in total fear for what may happen to them.
How dare the so-called powers that be dictate that we have to suffer this way. We are in the dark ages.