2007-03-19 03:50:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Because most people would rather have a quality, pain-free, normal existance where they enjoy life...than opposed to living everyday in a vegetative state, or in chronic pain, suffering, etc
2007-03-19 04:01:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because what is the point of living if it is pain filled and looks endless.
I have been having this debate (with myself) since I was diagnosed. At first the docs told me it was not going to be long, so I thought about it a lot. Now that I have responded so well and they are more positive, I have not been dwelling on it
the question always comes back to : When I get "bad" do I stop and try to have a few good last days or fight to the end with a lot of pain in a hospital setting.
I am not sure; have always been a fighter and staying alive one more day could mean they come up with something better to make you better.
I really don't want to spend my last days in a hospital in pain; not a good way to go. There is a lot of work going into pain management; so those last days can be a little better.
With cancer; it is usually a hard death the body try to live as long as it can and there can be a lot of pain. Which no one want to go through.
Interesting question, the answer is more complex than can be said.
Jewells
36 months and still here
2007-03-19 05:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by jewells_40 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life Expectancy (first link)
Age to which an average person can be expected to live, as calculated by an Actuary. Insurance companies base their projections of benefit payouts on actuarial studies of such factors as sex, heredity, and health habits and base their rates on actuarial analysis. Life expectancy can be calculated at birth or at some other age and generally varies according to age. Thus, all persons at birth might have an average life expectancy of 80 years and all persons aged 40 years might have an average life expectancy of 85 years.
Quality Of Life (second link)
In the past, the study of behavior has focused mainly on what goes wrong in human affairs: aggression, mental disease, failure and hopelessness. While it is essential to study and contain such pathologies, it is equally important to understand those aspects of human experience that make life worth living. The QLRC conducts research on such issues, and provides a forum for scholars from the U.S. and abroad who wish to extend their studies in positive psychology.
IMO:
Quality of life, and life expectancy, are interelated. If you live to be 90, but from 80-90 you lie in a vegetative state, then the quality of life is diminished. Quality of life is to have the ability to learn, love, and serve others. Even if the life expectancy is 30 or 100.
2007-03-19 06:15:26 · answer #3 · answered by Bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quality of life is more important. Live in the momen, enjoy what you have, share with other and chase your dreams. If you worry about life expectancy too much, youe basically sitting aroung waiting to die, I am sure you don't want that.
2007-03-19 04:00:19 · answer #4 · answered by d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it? I'm not sure I think it is. Religious types might say prolong life at all costs, but let's not go there...
In hospitals, these kinds of decisions get made all the time.
2007-03-19 04:00:08 · answer #5 · answered by Higlet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it is,.. This is the burning area of research now
2007-03-19 04:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by Dr.Gagan Saini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are there any updates on these? (Jewells, etc.)
2016-02-24 05:17:57 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋