(July 4, 2014 at 8:17 pm)Blackout Wrote:(July 4, 2014 at 8:14 pm)Minimalist Wrote: My mother-in-law spent her last 3 months blind, bed-ridden and in pain from bed sores. She stopped taking any medication in the hope it would end things and perhaps eventually it did...but she hung on for two months after making that decision. I don't think she "enjoyed" her time.
Again, it depends on the pain and complications. I am talking about myself, I don't need anybody else to follow my choices, if I preferred being in pain while alive to be with my family that is my choice and mine only. Others can do what they want. But the more we help people dealing with complications, the more time they'll spend with loved ones and the less they'll need to commit suicide. It benefits all society.
Your choice is yours and everyone else's choice should be theirs alone as well. Some "complications" cannot be helped. Some people suffer immensely and there is no therapy or medicine that could alleviate their pain and humiliation. They deserve to be allowed a nice goodbye before things get too horrible and a peaceful death if that's what they choose.
Sadly most people in most places are not allowed that option.
