Assisted Suicide.

By Maxine Jasmin-Green

Fri, 29 Nov 2024
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I don't listen to the news, nor do I watch the news, but like everyone else this week, no one could escape the topic of the week, assisted suicide.

I went sent a text with a link to give my vote against it. I didn't vote, but I shared it on social media for others to vote if they wanted to, or for them to discuss the topic with their friends.

A close family member also sent me the same link too.

A friend of mine, he said to me this week, after I had told him about my Mum and her Carers, he said, "I would NEVER let anyone care for me, never," He went on, "I would take a pill and kill myself!" I have known him for a long time, and I knew he meant it.

Another man that I know died a few days ago, from a very fast acting cancer, that he only had for five months, he had a horrible, slow, painful death! None of us, know the pain he felt, we were not in his shoes. Maybe he would have wanted it, I don't know. 

There is nothing worse than physical pain! I don't know what my view is on the subject, for to have cancer and knowing that you are going to die, and while the person is awake, they are in the worst pain ever, where morphine, will make them sleepy, but when they wake up, the horrible pain is still there.

I think, if someone is in their right mind, and going to die anyway.....

Rest in Peace J.    

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Submitted by Rhiannonw on

"Compassion" can be mistaken. Understanding of others' situation can be shown later to be incomplete, their concerns changeable. End-of-life care and spport has improved tremendously. Doctors' vocation and concern has always been to help the living. Asking them to positively bring forward death at a particular time is a huge burden to place on them. Difficult, and very difficult times have been seen by many later to have been of use to themselves and/or others.

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Submitted by Maxine Jasmin-Green on

Thank you for your valued comments.

For me as a Christian, I don't think it is what would be allowed. My personal view, as we all have a free will and choice, I thank goodness don't know what the pain of cancer and dying feels like. For example, when I had syngles many years ago, and I declaired it the worst pain in the world!!! I had it for over a year. I have had two children, and that was painful but it didnt last a year one child I was in labour for 23 hours and then I had a C Section. I have had toothache, I have had  siaticia, and back pain. As an adult I have talked with others about pain when dying of cancer, personally I would take anything ANY drug allowed or not allowed!! For those who have watched a loved one die, and watch the Suffering and have cried silent hidden tears, so that the person who is Suffering does not see. But what of the person who is feeling the PAIN? I have 6 Cats and 2 Dogs, if I was to let them suffer, and someone was to find out? I would get into a lot of Trouble. I would be taken to court and fined. Rightly so too.

This is not an easy subject, nor is it a new one. That evil Doctor who killed those who were dying..... my Husband told me, "Years before that Doctor, other Doctors used to help their sick patients to die...."

When my friend told me, "He would Kill himself, if I needed to have care." To be fair I could not see that man with care, that would be a sorry sight.

I have learnt to "Never say Never." We have to just cross that bridge when we come to it.

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Submitted by Ed Crane on

I am free to make that choice.

And all I know is: at my age, I would not want to go through another course of chemo (it would probably kill me anyway)

 

Submitted by Maxine Jasmin-Green on

Yes it is a personal choice. I am glad you have been through your chemo. Going through all that must make views different, with all the questions and thought and decisions you had to make, that was best for you.

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Submitted by Di_Hard on

That is well argued. Agree with you about the pain. I read a book about the Romans. Had not realised that in their time people did not want to die of old age, or from sickness. For them, a "Good Death" was as important as a "Good Life". How you died, the impression you gave, how your death was remembered, that really mattered. Now, people are kept alive even when all life has to offer is pain, humiliation, despair. I don't want to be gnawed away by pain so I cannot think of anything else, not my son or anything beautiful. I can't see how that helps anyone - I will not be his Mum like that. I feel that if more resources were put into pain medication and palliative care, than on lengthening the end of life, which is actually the time taken to die, that would be a good thing

 

Submitted by Maxine Jasmin-Green on

I agree with You.

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