Hayley hangs up her Red Anorak

[sarah c]

Just because your sick should not mean that people have a right to kill you. If dogs had voices I am sure they would say don't do it. If we used the same rule for humans a lot of us would not be around.

I would rather be put to sleep than suffer the pain of cancer?

it is a disease that eats you up from inside. Its not like taking a painkiller for a headache - the ache goes and you are fine - to relieve the pain of you disintergrating you need heavy duty pain killers that make you drowsy and out of it - so you are not in pain as you waste away - ask any dog if that is what they'd like, or to sleep at peace and I think they'd be with me?

[swmc66]

I just pray that god takes me before I can't do things for myself e.g go to the toilet and bath myself but I would never kill myself or support anyone else to die human or animal. I think this putting animals down is a very old practice that was done because of costs and practicalities.

[sarah c]

I just pray that god takes me before I can't do things for myself e.g go to the toilet and bath myself but I would never kill myself or support anyone else to die human or animal. I think this putting animals down is a very old practice that was done because of costs and practicalities.

so if you saw an animal suffering that could not be cured, you would let it continue to suffer?

and what do you think palliative care is if not slowly and carefully making a person that is beyond cure/help to drift off to sleep without pain (i.e being put to sleep)?

[sarah c]

my other half is disabled physically, and has already written a living will in case their condition deterioates beyond a certain point?

[swmc66]

My friend buried her 11 year old daughter this New Year's Day she had series conditions that led to her death and her being in and our of hospital for years. She wanted to live as long as possible and so did we. She was in terrible pain but wanted to live. She kept talking about all the things she would do once she got out of hospital after her heart surgery including decorating her new room in their new house. She never got to see the new house as they just got it two weeks before she died.
I watched a programme where a man could only move his eyes and he desperately wanted to live when everyone around him were thinking that he would want the machine switched off. It was an amazing nurse who actually managed to get his viewpoint by getting him to answer questions moving his eye left and right. He communicated he wanted to live.

[swmc66]

My friend buried her 11 year old daughter this New Year's Day she had series conditions that led to her death and her being in and our of hospital for years. She wanted to live as long as possible and so did we. She was in terrible pain but wanted to live. She kept talking about all the things she would do once she got out of hospital after her heart surgery including decorating her new room in their new house. She never got to see the new house as they just got it two weeks before she died.
I watched a programme where a man could only move his eyes and he desperately wanted to live when everyone around him were thinking that he would want the machine switched off. It was an amazing nurse who actually managed to get his viewpoint by getting him to answer questions moving his eye left and right. He communicated he wanted to live.

[mariba]

why??!!

Yes, I would like to have answer too. WHY wouldn't you put down a suffering animal??? I surely hope you don't own any!

[mariba]

Just because your sick should not mean that people have a right to kill you. If dogs had voices I am sure they would say don't do it. If we used the same rule for humans a lot of us would not be around.

Are you serious??! As I already said, I really hope you don't own any animals. And I do hope that you won't be diagnosed with terminal illness yourself-you might think differently then.

[sarah c]

My friend buried her 11 year old daughter this New Year's Day she had series conditions that led to her death and her being in and our of hospital for years. She wanted to live as long as possible and so did we. She was in terrible pain but wanted to live. She kept talking about all the things she would do once she got out of hospital after her heart surgery including decorating her new room in their new house. She never got to see the new house as they just got it two weeks before she died.
I watched a programme where a man could only move his eyes and he desperately wanted to live when everyone around him were thinking that he would want the machine switched off. It was an amazing nurse who actually managed to get his viewpoint by getting him to answer questions moving his eye left and right. He communicated he wanted to live.

Ok, but if either of those people had said the opposite, that they wanted to die because they had taken enough, would you have ignored their wishes?

And if you'd ignored them, why? Who made you god if they were decided?

[sarah c]

Everyone should have the right to make that one decision over their life if they are suffering illness and pain