Someone I know is dying and has expressed that she would like to just fall asleep and not wake up. She is a atheist and is surrounded by bible thumping relatives who don’t really know she is atheist. Or at least they don’t want to know it.
The thing is, she is in pain and is suffering a long and cruel progressive illness. She knows she is dying. And she does not believe there is an afterlife. So she is at peace with it all.
Her family is not at peace. They prey for her recovery which we all know is not possible. Still they persist and claim a miracle could happen.
Honestly, I wish euthanasia were an option. I hate seeing her in the state and on top of it having the discomfort of people all around her preying when she has now interest.
I just wanted to vent. Thanks for listening
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I don’t know if you are aware and the logistics etc. work but assisted suicide is legal in Holland I believe and certainly in Victoria Australia
Geoffrey51
Level 8
Feb 12, 2020
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My grandmother was a few days away from turning 90. She told me shortly before she passed, she wished she was dead. Could not make it to the bathroom in time. I cleaned the shit off the carpet for her. My grandfather was so bad towards the end that he could not open a beer. My mom said she shed a lot of tears when he was dying. She said that the day he died she never shed a tear because he was not in pain. My mom ain't doing well, and said she had a dream of kevorkian. Friend of mine dad died of cancer. Last time I saw him he looked like he was 90, and was laying in bed with the lights on and no TV or music on. Another friend of mine dad also died from cancer. He got off chemo because he said that it made him feel terrible, and if he was younger, he would have kept up with it. Some will be at peace. Sometimes it is okay to let go.
TheGreatShadow
Level 9
Feb 12, 2020
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You might be able to find some information here:
[exitinternational.net]
PBuck0145
Level 7
Feb 11, 2020
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I’m not sure this is helpful for this situation but in the interest that it might help others in the future I thought I’d mention. I think Euthanasia is legal in Oregon but one must establish residency for three months first. I am not from there so have no specifics but it was all over the news about a young woman who moved there to established residency and then got her wish of a peaceful death.
Cinco
Level 5
Feb 14, 2020
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There are just so so many ways to overdose when you are getting all these medications on your deathbed.
Surfpirate
Level 9
Feb 12, 2020
0
@Lightupmylife We have medically assisted suicide here in Canada but I knew a few people who made 'arrangements' before the process became 'legal', certainly members of the medical community have practiced this for years.
Tylenol overdoses are so prevalent that they go largely unnoticed in the medical community.
Take her to Switzerland, I think, where euthanasia is legal. There are one or two countries in Europe where euthanasia is legal.
Paddypereira
Level 7
Feb 12, 2020
0
@Lightupmylife, that's a shame. Unfortunately, many countries still have backward mentalities regarding issues like this one. People have so much right to live as to die. I think your friend would go for this option if she had the chance. Life is really unfair.
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