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Same with my dad in the 80s. His descent was horrible to witness, in my case at the age of 21. I’ll never know the truth, but I think his doctor took pity on hi

Same with my dad in the 80s. His descent was horrible to witness, in my case at the age of 21. I’ll never know the truth, but I think his doctor took pity on him, dad died very shortly after a push of morphine.

latchkey 3y ago
Thanks for sharing and sorry to hear that. My mom was only 56 (2004) and I got a call from the hospice very early in the morning. At her request, I had tried to take care of her myself for the couple weeks after her diagnosis, but once the hallucinations started, due to her increasing the pain meds, she started screaming one night and the neighbors called the police thinking I was abusing her. Thankfully, they called a case worker and I was able to get her into hospice pretty shortly after that and then it was just a couple days more at that point. It was pretty traumatic. One of those life events you never forget. RIP mom.
- Scubabear68 3y ago
  My family tried home care in the terminal stage, but it was too much for my mom and sister. My mom also had some serious mental illnesses, compounding the difficulty we had as a family. The trauma was so great I did not really hit a normal state of emotional and mental stability until I was about 30. I was the only one there as he took his last breath, and it still brings tears when I think about it.
  - arisAlexis 3y ago
    Have you gotten therapy for that trauma?
    - latchkey 3y ago
      I have. One thing one of the therapists told me was that it is ok to be angry at her for the abuse I took from her growing up, due to her mental illnesses. That worked wonders. Once you get past anger, it is pretty much all downhill from there.
Xenoamorphous 3y ago
I'll never understand how in this day and age we still allow people to die suffering this way. How come we are ok with euthanasia for pets but not people?
- samus 3y ago
  It is allowed in some places. The problem is it's a terrible slippery slope which has been used to get rid of people whose lives were considered to not be worth living.
- Mo3 3y ago
  "We" don't. Here in NL euthanasia is freely available if needed.
- nicoburns 3y ago
  > How come we are ok with euthanasia for pets but not people? I think because: - It mostly wasn't an issue we had to deal with until recently because we didn't have the medical techniques to preserve people's lives so long anyway. - There are some concerns around people being forced into it that require any laws enabling it to be carefully designed. - Religion providing it's usual function of inertia around societal customs slowing the change. Pretty much everyone I know under the age of 60 (and many older) support euthanasia for people who have dementia or some other unpleasant condition that affects their quality of life (self-determined, not forced on people), so I'm quietly confident that it will be happen soon. I'll be pretty mad if it's not available for me if/when I get to the point that I want it!
- lr4444lr 3y ago
  Because pets are property. There is no concept of consent. Human consent to die vs. pathological suicidal ideation is a very tricky thing.
- gosub100 3y ago
  It doesn't need to be legal to do it. People commit suicide all the time. The government doesn't need to be involved in each and every section of our lives, from cradle to grave.

latchkey 3y ago

Thanks for sharing and sorry to hear that. My mom was only 56 (2004) and I got a call from the hospice very early in the morning. At her request, I had tried to take care of her myself for the couple weeks after her diagnosis, but once the hallucinations started, due to her increasing the pain meds, she started screaming one night and the neighbors called the police thinking I was abusing her. Thankfully, they called a case worker and I was able to get her into hospice pretty shortly after that and then it was just a couple days more at that point. It was pretty traumatic. One of those life events you never forget. RIP mom.

Scubabear68 3y ago
My family tried home care in the terminal stage, but it was too much for my mom and sister. My mom also had some serious mental illnesses, compounding the difficulty we had as a family. The trauma was so great I did not really hit a normal state of emotional and mental stability until I was about 30. I was the only one there as he took his last breath, and it still brings tears when I think about it.
- arisAlexis 3y ago
  Have you gotten therapy for that trauma?
  - latchkey 3y ago
    I have. One thing one of the therapists told me was that it is ok to be angry at her for the abuse I took from her growing up, due to her mental illnesses. That worked wonders. Once you get past anger, it is pretty much all downhill from there.

Xenoamorphous 3y ago

I'll never understand how in this day and age we still allow people to die suffering this way. How come we are ok with euthanasia for pets but not people?

samus 3y ago
It is allowed in some places. The problem is it's a terrible slippery slope which has been used to get rid of people whose lives were considered to not be worth living.
Mo3 3y ago
"We" don't. Here in NL euthanasia is freely available if needed.
nicoburns 3y ago
> How come we are ok with euthanasia for pets but not people? I think because: - It mostly wasn't an issue we had to deal with until recently because we didn't have the medical techniques to preserve people's lives so long anyway. - There are some concerns around people being forced into it that require any laws enabling it to be carefully designed. - Religion providing it's usual function of inertia around societal customs slowing the change. Pretty much everyone I know under the age of 60 (and many older) support euthanasia for people who have dementia or some other unpleasant condition that affects their quality of life (self-determined, not forced on people), so I'm quietly confident that it will be happen soon. I'll be pretty mad if it's not available for me if/when I get to the point that I want it!
lr4444lr 3y ago
Because pets are property. There is no concept of consent. Human consent to die vs. pathological suicidal ideation is a very tricky thing.
gosub100 3y ago
It doesn't need to be legal to do it. People commit suicide all the time. The government doesn't need to be involved in each and every section of our lives, from cradle to grave.