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> I personally know if my odds of waking up brain dead from a procedure were 50-50%, I wouldn't take that risk. You would accept guaranteed death to avoid a 50
by jessriedel 5y ago
> I personally know if my odds of waking up brain dead from a procedure were 50-50%, I wouldn't take that risk.
You would accept guaranteed death to avoid a 50% chance of brain death? That’s not necessarily an inconsistent preference, but it’s a highly unusual one.
- coderaptor 5y agoDid you consider the impact on those responsible for your long term care?
- krisoft 5y agoBrain dead is dead. [1] There is no long term care. They turn off the machines pumping air in your chest and that's it. I think you are confusing brain death with vegetative state caused by severe brain damage. 1: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/brain-death/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/brain-death/
- ceejayoz 5y agoThe poster's point would've made more sense, I think, if they'd used "significant cognitive impairment" instead of brain death. Being left in a permanent state where I'd be conscious enough to want to die, but not be able to legally access that option, is a scary thought. I'd rather not live in a nursing home bed for fifty years.
- vkou 5y agoFortunately for your case, once people are bedridden, they very rarely survive fifty years. Our bodies don't work very well when they can't keep moving.