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4. Without question or hesitation...
Reply to OxQQme (Original post)
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 12:22 PM
Aug 2018

...there is no reason whatsoever for anyone to suffer through a lingering, debilitating, painful death unnecessarily.

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Would you choose to "pull the plug"? [View all] OxQQme Aug 2018 OP
No question... A kind passing is something we rightfully offer our pets, but not our people? hlthe2b Aug 2018 #1
IKR? workinclasszero Aug 2018 #9
Yes. My living will designates a time period of non-responsiveness after which I request to be taken dameatball Aug 2018 #2
+1 2naSalit Aug 2018 #11
Absolutely. MontanaMama Aug 2018 #3
Without question or hesitation... ADX Aug 2018 #4
Not to mention the financial and emotional toll it takes on families and other loved ones. Dave Starsky Aug 2018 #12
I concur 100%... ADX Aug 2018 #16
Yes. I have a living will with a medical directive. Adrahil Aug 2018 #5
Jack Kevorkian deserved a Freedom Medal. Hoyt Aug 2018 #6
The family endures it along with the patient. davsand Aug 2018 #7
Why I did not vote. 3Hotdogs Aug 2018 #8
"Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo" - "I was not, I was, I am not, I care not." Towlie Aug 2018 #10
I lived through these issues with my Mother's dying last year - it's very tough. empedocles Aug 2018 #13
after watching 2naSalit Aug 2018 #14
For myself, absolutely. I would have a hard time doing so for a family member smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #15
The choice is not binary, you know. Ms. Toad Aug 2018 #17
Already arranged RichardRay Aug 2018 #18
My parents gave this a lot of thought when they were healthy. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2018 #19
I have been through this Meowmee Aug 2018 #20
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