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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 633844" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I hope his end was as easy and painless as possible.</p><p></p><p>I think that as adults we should ALL have the right to decide when and how to die I a sure a time will come when I reach that decision and end things myself.</p><p></p><p>What MANY if not most people do not know until it is too late, is that in some states your living will does not matter if you are not of sound mind or it can be argued that you are not of sound mind. In my state if you lose your ability to think and/or communicate, and you do not have a durable medical power of attorney in addition to a living will and an advanced directive, NONE of your wishes matter one teensy bit. You will be resuscitated and kept alive because you didn't know all the facts and are not capable of making decisions once your condition worsened. A doctor who helps your family end your suffering generally will lose his license. Here they DO go after the doctors who help as most of our hospitals are owned by various religious corporations/churches/whatever you call it. </p><p></p><p>Be very sure that you speak with an attorney and someone with experience with this issue long before you need this sort of assistance.</p><p></p><p>Even with a do not resuscitate order on file and all legal, we had to have someone present with the paperwork every time my grandma needed medical care. This was in HD's state. Without that paperwork, she would have HAD to have a tube placed and a ventilator used during her last ride to the hospital. Other things would have been done also, things she did NOT want done under any circumstance. My uncle was the one who's name was on the papers, and he had to show up within an hour of her entering the hospital or all those tubes and machines would have had to have been hooked up. Once in, there has to be a judge called to remove them. Thankfully my uncle lived very close and kept copies of the paperwork everywhere so that they could be produced and he could be called. We were all truly shocked at all of this. We thought that you filled out the papers and that was it. Even with the DNR and other papers, some doctors will push to have the extra measures taken anyway. </p><p></p><p>Thank you for bringing this up. I need to talk to my mom about this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 633844, member: 1233"] I hope his end was as easy and painless as possible. I think that as adults we should ALL have the right to decide when and how to die I a sure a time will come when I reach that decision and end things myself. What MANY if not most people do not know until it is too late, is that in some states your living will does not matter if you are not of sound mind or it can be argued that you are not of sound mind. In my state if you lose your ability to think and/or communicate, and you do not have a durable medical power of attorney in addition to a living will and an advanced directive, NONE of your wishes matter one teensy bit. You will be resuscitated and kept alive because you didn't know all the facts and are not capable of making decisions once your condition worsened. A doctor who helps your family end your suffering generally will lose his license. Here they DO go after the doctors who help as most of our hospitals are owned by various religious corporations/churches/whatever you call it. Be very sure that you speak with an attorney and someone with experience with this issue long before you need this sort of assistance. Even with a do not resuscitate order on file and all legal, we had to have someone present with the paperwork every time my grandma needed medical care. This was in HD's state. Without that paperwork, she would have HAD to have a tube placed and a ventilator used during her last ride to the hospital. Other things would have been done also, things she did NOT want done under any circumstance. My uncle was the one who's name was on the papers, and he had to show up within an hour of her entering the hospital or all those tubes and machines would have had to have been hooked up. Once in, there has to be a judge called to remove them. Thankfully my uncle lived very close and kept copies of the paperwork everywhere so that they could be produced and he could be called. We were all truly shocked at all of this. We thought that you filled out the papers and that was it. Even with the DNR and other papers, some doctors will push to have the extra measures taken anyway. Thank you for bringing this up. I need to talk to my mom about this. [/QUOTE]
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