tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211105887891536939.post9028421125456534982..comments2023-04-30T07:43:10.434-04:00Comments on Eternal Autumn: Assisted SuicideAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15527614419477766505noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211105887891536939.post-76711488487502906722008-12-15T10:28:00.000-05:002008-12-15T10:28:00.000-05:00i'm not sure, to be quite honest, how i feel about...i'm not sure, to be quite honest, how i feel about all this. i think that people shouldn't suffer... that is very true. i watched my 23 yr old SIL die from cancer... it was horrible... for her and for all of us. But the selfish side of me doesn't think i could ever let or help someone that I love die any sooner... although it would take them out of pain and suffering. <BR/><BR/>i guess i'm just a really selfish person. to have an extra month, week, day, hour or minute with them... i would just want that. i'd give almost anything to have time back with the people in my life that have passed away. <BR/><BR/>i do NOT deal with death well at all. i have experienced a LOT of it and it never gets any easier. it just seems to suck more and more. <BR/><BR/>but i do see the point in trying to be more humane and caring to someone that is terminal and suffering... i do see it. i just am not sure i could rationalize it when it came to someone i loved. i of course would NOT want anyone to suffer... poeple I LOVE, like, know, have meet, don't know at all, I just wouldn't want anyone to suffer... but it would be hard for me to have to say goodbye any sooner... <BR/><BR/>i'm probably not making any sense here, but this is something great to think about and definitely discuss. :)<BR/><BR/>xoxoxoJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211105887891536939.post-2064821712932557322008-12-11T13:34:00.000-05:002008-12-11T13:34:00.000-05:00WOW!I didn't know about this. While I disagree...WOW!<BR/>I didn't know about this. While I disagree with it being openly televised, I don't disagree with his choice to die comfortably and peacefully in his own time.<BR/> <BR/>I have been at the bedside of four, FOUR of my relatives at their time of death from cancer. There is nothing more hopeless or more devastating.<BR/>My mother couldn't be given any more painkillers, because her liver & kidneys would have shut down, being unable to process any more medication. She had to suck it up until death came.<BR/><BR/>The progressive deterioration from cancer and the effects of chemotherapy are sometimes so intense that too many people are left to suffer it out....to die with no quality of life left whatsoever. <BR/>It's horrible to watch someone you love dying, knowing you can do nothing to help them.<BR/><BR/>I believe if a person is of sound mind and makes the choice that he/she doesn't want to prolong the horrific suffering, and if there's no cure or comfort in sight, then by all means, they should be allowed to end their own lives in whichever way they choose.<BR/><BR/>Like your brillant son said, we are not cruel enough to put our animals through that suffering, so why shouldn't people be treated with the same compassion and respect.<BR/>Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com