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That's certainly a person choice, but given the nature of the disease, if you get to that point, you're going to pass uncomfortable and unable to communicate wi
by SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
That's certainly a person choice, but given the nature of the disease, if you get to that point, you're going to pass uncomfortable and unable to communicate with your loved ones. It's the nature of this particular beast. I don't want a doc not ventilating me just for a more comfortable end of life, because it won't be. At least on a ventilator I'll be in a coma.
- kerkeslager 7y agoI won't argue with you on the nature of the disease because I simply don't know enough about it, but that's sort of irrelevant to my point. My point isn't that people should never be put on ventilators. My point is that the decision to ventilate or not isn't just based on whether it increases the chances of survival. You need to also look at the suffering it causes. It may be that, as you're claiming, it doesn't cause more suffering, so in that case it makes sense to give it a try. I'm more inclined to think that that question needs to be asked on a case by case basis, however.