Euthanasia, Death and General Anesthetics.

[kaz7]

That's the problem with dementia though, you wont have a clue, you're in no fit mental condition to do anything about it......

I think early doors i would be able to have some lucid moments

 

[kaz7]

I'll be going on my terms if given the chance and it'll be very messy and very expensive but great fun.

Fired out of a cannon ?

 

[denislawsbackheel]

I think early doors i would be able to have some lucid moments

And won’t think there’s anything wrong.
Believe me, we are currently going through it with a relative.
One minute you can have a nice lucid chat.
Next she wakes up every morning in a piss soaked bed, doesn’t recognise her own house thinking it’s a hotel, thinks she can hope without daily essential medical help and writes cheques on deposit slips.
It’s a fucking nightmare for everyone.

 

[metalblue]

As the legal controversy continues--this newly revised and updated third edition of the landmark bestseller contains new, critically important information for patients, loved ones, and medical personnel.
The original publication of Final Exit stunned the nation by offering people with terminal illness a choice on how--and when--to end their suffering. It helped thousands by giving clear instructions to doctors, nurses, and families on how to handle a patient's request for euthanasia.
In the wake of court cases and legislative mandates, this revised and updated third edition goes far beyond the original to provide new information about the legality of euthanasia and assisted suicide, and a thoughtful examination of the personal issues involved. It has become the essential source to help loved ones and supportive doctors remain within existing laws and keep a person's dying intimate, private, and dignified.
With deep compassion and sensitivity, it spells out why a living will may not be sufficient to have a person's wishes carried out--and what document is a better alternative. It updates where to get proper drugs and exactly how to carry out the quickest, most peaceful way to make a final exit. Finally, it gently talks to a person considering self-deliverance about alternatives, planning, and the means to make every death a "good death" at our time of greatest need.

amazon

US book, probably not going to offer the most robust defence when you’re up on a murder charge in the UK.

Advance directives are the best we can do right now to convey our wishes whilst we still have capacity.

 

[kaz7]

And won’t think there’s anything wrong.
Believe me, we are currently going through it with a relative.
One minute you can have a nice lucid chat.
Next she doesn’t recognise her own house thinking it’s a hotel, thinks she can hope without daily essential medical help and writes cheques on deposit slips.
It’s a fucking nightmare for everyone.

Sorry to hear that, must be awful for everyone

 

[Tuearts right boot]

And won’t think there’s anything wrong.
Believe me, we are currently going through it with a relative.
One minute you can have a nice lucid chat.
Next she wakes up every morning in a piss soaked bed, doesn’t recognise her own house thinking it’s a hotel, thinks she can hope without daily essential medical help and writes cheques on deposit slips.
It’s a fucking nightmare for everyone.

Been there, done that and it doesn't get any better....We were recommended to sort out her financials as soon as possible as it had reached a stage whereby she couldn't. My mum got in the local papers by having the fire brigade round 3x in a week.....toaster on full and setting smoke alarms off. Had to turn off the gas appliances, take the phone out, put up a Hive camera as she wandered off, even her cat gave up and buggered off. We had to try and pre empt her next move and basically prevent it from happening.....I do not want that and more put upon my kids for their sake.

 

[stonerblue]

And won’t think there’s anything wrong.
Believe me, we are currently going through it with a relative.
One minute you can have a nice lucid chat.
Next she wakes up every morning in a piss soaked bed, doesn’t recognise her own house thinking it’s a hotel, thinks she can hope without daily essential medical help and writes cheques on deposit slips.
It’s a fucking nightmare for everyone.

Yep. This shit has to be sorted before any sign of dementia

 

[Blue Mist]

I'm sure there's nothing you would like better Musty but according to the trusty death clock I will be around until I am 86 believe it or not.
Bet that's longer then you, you old fossil haha

My death clock has me going at 96.
Unfortunately I saw an asterix and when i looked at the bottom of the page it said 'unfortunately at 63 you will be senile, dribbling and ergh I can't remember the rest

 

[idahoblues]

OK to start with, this is not a thread about getting rid of @Blue Mist or WW anybody else.
I was thinking about this last night. I dont know how many have had a GA but its fucking wonderfull, I'm not surprised Michael fucking Jackson had one every night. You attempt to count to 10, you get to about 3 and thats it, you conk out, into the complete void of nothingness. You dont dream, there is quite simply, nothing, like I imagine being dead. Its not like sleeping, nothing wakes you up, you dont struggle to go to sleep, you dont need a piss etc etc.

Anyway, Im getting on a bit now, 68, I dont know how long Im here but if I ever get some shite illness, and its terminal, Id love to be given a GA, put me to sleep please, once you go under theres no more problems, quandaries', relationships, aches and pains, doctors visits, money to worry about. Its all over rover. Your endless sleep.
I really dont want to go through weeks/months of chemo, hospitals, doctors, feeling sick and knowing the end is nigh. I dont want to think about death. Just put me to sleep.

We do this to dogs and cats, why the fuck should they get an easy way out and we cant ?

Although slightly unrelated......Just in case there are newcomers who never saw my Death Clock thread you can get get an approximate time of death here.

The Death Clock: Calculate When Will I Die? (death-clock.org)

I’ll nip over on your dime and put you out of your misery

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Been there, done that and it doesn't get any better....We were recommended to sort out her financials as soon as possible as it had reached a stage whereby she couldn't. My mum got in the local papers by having the fire brigade round 3x in a week.....toaster on full and setting smoke alarms off. Had to turn off the gas appliances, take the phone out, put up a Hive camera as she wandered off, even her cat gave up and buggered off. We had to try and pre empt her next move and basically prevent it from happening.....I do not want that and more put upon my kids for their sake.

Luckily she set up power of attorney for us in 2006 so we can”manage” the situation.
Gas is turned off at the cooker. Had locksmiths round twice because she fucks about with keys getting them stuck. Today she tried to cancel the care package we set up. She phoned up to tell them she was perfectly capable of looking after herself and it was a needless extravagance. This from a woman who has to be showered, all meals made, all chores done for her, got ready for bed every day, bedding needs laundering every day. Sooner or later we will be putting her in her a home because it’s becoming un-manageable at home whatever help we buy in.