If it's legal, he's in excruciating pain, and he's absolutely terminal, is it okay to escape his pain now?
My opinion: Unless you've nursed a loved one to the death, you cannot know the depths of pain they experience. They would never put you through the trauma of watching their last minutes after a lasting illness if they could possibly avoid it.
If an animal was this ill, we would euthanize it. But many people would say allowing a man to end his life by himself is wrong, even if his suffering is deep.
I'm not talking about the teenager who is down, or the drunk who is trying to get dry, or the mother, who, having lost a child, wants to join them. These people need to wait, and they will feel better in time or with meds.
What do you think? I want to hear from people who know--people who have experienced great pain, people who have taken care of their ill relatives, and people who would never consider suicide even to alleviate the suffering of the terminally ill.
2007-08-30 17:15:10 · 9 answers · asked by TX Mom 7 in Health ➔ Mental Health
The man wants to take care of this himself, alone.
2007-08-31 03:27:23 · update #1
Hi Debbie,
As you know this is something I can relate to from many sides....... I watched my poor Grandmother die with liver cancer, and her battle for soooo painful and so horible not only for her but for the ones around her. She asked me to help her end it, and if it had went on much longer I think I would have. She made sure I knew what she wanted, SHe did not want to be alone, she wanted me there all the time. It was very hard especially being at the end of a high risk pregnancy. But we made it thru. However if I could go back I would have helpped Gram end it sooner. We knew there was no hope, and even though I was prepaired for it..... when it happened it hit me so hard. Death is so hard on those ledt behind......
That being said........... Since I have this first hand knowledge, if i know for myself, there is no hope.... I would end it myself. I would go to a hotel room, and end it. I would not want my husband or my children to find me. I want my children to remember me as i am not as i would be after laying in my death bed for months. I would first cash in all my bons, stocks, transfew anything not in my husbands name into his....... I would make sure my family was stable without me. I already have my funeral services pre arranged, and all other matters taken care of. I wouldnt want to leave my family with anything to do because a loss is hard enough to deal with. I have letters written to all my loved ones and vidoes that i update regularly Incase ..... That way my children have a keep sake for if and when im gone........
2007-08-31 04:24:13 · answer #1 · answered by tammer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ive had relatives that whithered away in pain due to cancer. It was so hard to see them turn into a shell of what they used to be. They knew that they were suffering but they didnt know who they were. SO SAD.
I was diagnosed with an eye cancer and my thoughts are.. if i have an option to opt out before I get to the point where I cant understand who i am and who my loved ones are.. Ill be having a party.. kissing everyone goodnight and having a VERY strong cocktail.
I want to be me when I go.
2007-08-30 17:23:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Touchy subject eh?
According to most religions a person is supposed to live out their life completely and can only be taken off of anything such as a respirator or feeding tube that is keeping them alive. I actually believe life is a test so I tend to agree with this but I am curious about what others will say.
2007-08-30 17:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think assisted suicide when someone's condition is never going to improve should be allowed.
I watched my mother dyeing from a brain tummor for months. It aint nice and she died slowly and in pain. She was doubly Incontenent t and I see no merit for the person in an end such as that.
2007-08-30 17:29:03 · answer #4 · answered by Eye see! 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
DESPITE the person above me, that's the exeption....most of the time, the doctors are correct.
My grandpa had liver canser, had it for year....about 3 years ago( i think, i didnt keep tract) he just suddnly stoped getting treatment and just let himself die. I was, um, 9 when it heppened so I was mad at him, I didn't understand. But now I do, the treatment was harsh, he was old, i'm still not sure hte rest, but i think it had broken out into his blood stream. He spent 3days on just painkillers before he dyed.
I just wish he said he loved me ONCE, just once. :((
2007-08-31 00:13:05 · answer #5 · answered by Crazygirl ♥ aka GT 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life is a choice, a very personal choice, but always a choice. No one has the right to make that decision for another. No one has the right to take away that decision, either. If it truly is the dying person's desire, then it should be so.
2007-08-30 17:26:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is not for us to decide when we die and it shouldn't be our option.
On two occasions Drs.said I would die and I suffered great pain.
I'm glad my family didn't make that choice for me.
2007-08-30 18:20:29 · answer #7 · answered by G M 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
i dont have any past experiences about this.. but i think they should put him out of his misery, for his own sake. only if he agrees with it.
2007-08-30 17:23:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I THINK YOU SHOULD DO WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO DO SO IF YOU WANT TO END YOUR LIFE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO
2007-08-30 17:25:29 · answer #9 · answered by wvgunslinger2000 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋