TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoIf you were born with a disease that made you blind, complete loss of hearing by 20, have seizures, require a feeding tube, colostomy bag, wheelchair and have sleep apnea. Would you want to live?message-squaremessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareIf you were born with a disease that made you blind, complete loss of hearing by 20, have seizures, require a feeding tube, colostomy bag, wheelchair and have sleep apnea. Would you want to live?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoGet your living will done, my dude. If you don’t make your wishes known, you’ll traumatize some EMS who has to perform a very crunchy CPR on you. My dad, a former EMS, has a “no aerobics” DNR set up so he won’t be someone else’s trauma.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoThats all well and good but there is no death with dignity here and I have seen the horribleness of hospice.
Get your living will done, my dude. If you don’t make your wishes known, you’ll traumatize some EMS who has to perform a very crunchy CPR on you. My dad, a former EMS, has a “no aerobics” DNR set up so he won’t be someone else’s trauma.
Thats all well and good but there is no death with dignity here and I have seen the horribleness of hospice.