Does death scare you?

[Bluemanc100]

SWMBO is a week into a month long stay at the Christie for a stem cell transplant.. she’s had a week of very strong chemo and has now developed a clot on the lung…

We’ve clearly talked about what if’s but it’s definitely a scary time..

Lost my brother in law suddenly last month after a cardiac arrest and my brother last year after a ruptured ulcer took him away in seconds…

My advice, get your affairs in order as soon as possible.. You have zero clue what’s coming

 

[pride in battle]

SWMBO is a week into a month long stay at the Christie for a stem cell transplant.. she’s had a week of very strong chemo and has now developed a clot on the lung…

We’ve clearly talked about what if’s but it’s definitely a scary time..

Lost my brother in law suddenly last month after a cardiac arrest and my brother last year after a ruptured ulcer took him away in seconds…

My advice, get your affairs in order as soon as possible.. You have zero clue what’s coming

I feel for you mate, sounds like you've had a really really tough time, hope better times are on the horizon.

 

[mackenzie]

SWMBO is a week into a month long stay at the Christie for a stem cell transplant.. she’s had a week of very strong chemo and has now developed a clot on the lung…

We’ve clearly talked about what if’s but it’s definitely a scary time..

Lost my brother in law suddenly last month after a cardiac arrest and my brother last year after a ruptured ulcer took him away in seconds…

My advice, get your affairs in order as soon as possible.. You have zero clue what’s coming

My sister died recently. Blood clot from her leg to her lung. Very sudden. 50 years old.

I've recently told my other half what I want for my funeral, and I have been thinking a lot about making a will.
It's unfair to leave a load of crap to those left behind.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I agree.
Thankfully my own Grandmother (who raised me) was in a nursing home.
She was in the latter stages of dementia when the doctor asked for a family meeting.
She was 88 and kept getting severe chest infections. So they gave her antibiotics etc.

Yet her quality of life was shite. So we agreed with the doctor that next time she would be given plenty of pain relief. Nothing else.

She slipped away quietly the next time. As she would have wished for.

Very similar. We were on cycle 6 of the regular infections and I was fortunate to get the same doctor twice in 3 days in A&E who understood geriatric care as well as emergency care. He gave us the choice of treatment or palliative care alongside a statement on intent.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

SWMBO is a week into a month long stay at the Christie for a stem cell transplant.. she’s had a week of very strong chemo and has now developed a clot on the lung…

We’ve clearly talked about what if’s but it’s definitely a scary time..

Lost my brother in law suddenly last month after a cardiac arrest and my brother last year after a ruptured ulcer took him away in seconds…

My advice, get your affairs in order as soon as possible.. You have zero clue what’s coming

Puts my situation in perspective. I’m truly sorry for you mate and hope you have enough energy to keep fighting with your partner.

If you, or anyone on here, wants to rant to stranger, feel free to PM me.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Yep, terrified of it, I wanna live forever, what the fuck will humanity do when im gone??
I won’t be a Blue anymore either.. :-(

 

[Bluemanc100]

I feel for you mate, sounds like you've had a really really tough time, hope better times are on the horizon.

It’s been tough for her all year since her cancer transformed into an aggressive form last year but (touches wood) they are on top of it.. She’s 9 years post diagnosis now

Thanks for your best wishes.. And thanks to everybody else who’s been supportive

 

[Bluemanc100]

Puts my situation in perspective. I’m truly sorry for you mate and hope you have enough energy to keep fighting with your partner.

If you, or anyone on here, wants to rant to stranger, feel free to PM me.

Cheers Blue… I’ve got the energy, no way I’m giving up on her ..

I posted recently about giving up Twitter for my mental health and has some tw*t answered “bless”

A comment like that just proves that you should never dive in with criticism until you know all the facts.. I’ve done it myself though in the past so there are no hard feelings

 

[mackenzie]

Very similar. We were on cycle 6 of the regular infections and I was fortunate to get the same doctor twice in 3 days in A&E who understood geriatric care as well as emergency care. He gave us the choice of treatment or palliative care alongside a statement on intent.

Good to hear you got someone who understood.

Celebrate her life now in the days to come. I bet she had a few tales to tell at such a great age ;-)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Good to hear you got someone who understood.

Celebrate her life now in the days to come. I bet she had a few tales to tell at such a great age ;-)

Oh yes, the stories are flooding in. She told one of her former neighbours that if their tortoise didn’t stop eating her plants that she’d drown it.

It’s okay though. The tortoise is currently about 120 years old.

She was a proper Nora Batty type.

 

[mackenzie]

Oh yes, the stories are flooding in. She told one of her former neighbours that if their tortoise didn’t stop eating her plants that she’d drown it.

It’s okay though. The tortoise is currently about 120 years old.

She was a proper Nora Batty type.

My sister was a massive fan of Twilight. Once told me, quite seriously, that she wanted a vampire for Christmas. Lol

It's these anecdotes that live on in the memory and keep them close x

 

[Bluemanc100]

My sister died recently. Blood clot from her leg to her lung. Very sudden. 50 years old.

I've recently told my other half what I want for my funeral, and I have been thinking a lot about making a will.
It's unfair to leave a load of crap to those left behind.

Definitely

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

he has refused going hospice and felt the nurses were to rough with him so they was cancelled - so leaving it to my step mum who's not qualified for all this, not great.
he is high on medication which helps but every time he tries to sit up or move he is in agony.
he has thrush and can't swallow hardly anything, also has lost his vision. final days and hopefully will be out of all this as it's taking its toll for sure on us and step mum.

A friend of ours had the macmillan nurses for his mother she went in the hospice for a few days to have the pain sorted returned home for her final days
I don’t know if you tried them but they were excellent for the family it must be hard on you all

 

[Two Gun Bob]

A great Stoic philosopher of antiquity Marcus Aurelius, last emperor of the Pax Romana once allegedly said .. ..
“Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back"

 

[Indaparkside]

Not worried one bit it’s the loved ones that are left behind that suffer, we all have to go at some point adios my blue friends

 

[Petethemancinleeds]

Not as much as the lack of quality on the bench at Villa tonight.

 

[RayCTID]

No. Make sure I have had a decent life before I do. Whether it is now or in 30 years time.

 

[city2]

Euthanasia should be allowed for our loved ones to go peacefully and with dignity. we don’t let our pets suffer so why should we let our families and loved ones suffer for months.

 

[Bill Walker]

Euthanasia should be allowed for our loved ones to go peacefully and with dignity. we don’t let our pets suffer so why should we let our families and loved ones suffer for months.

We have a state which allows it here in Oz.
If I get very ill I'll be going there to be put to sleep.

 

[PinkFinal]

"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them"