10/24/2007 10:47:17 AM |
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trublu5ft2
Saint Joseph, TN
age: 52
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We have heard the stories.. People taking their own lives to end the extreme pain and suffering they were enduring. The loved ones who assisted in the ending of a loved one's life. This is a very heated subject to say the least.
After hearing about the heartache case of the woman whose husband allowed the hospital to starve her to death ( so he could get her money and remarry) sent chills through me.
Shortly after that story, I did make out a living will.. explaining my views and what my wishes would be if I ever got to the point of life.. where there is no chance of me regaining my life.. I want the right to die. I did this so my sons would not have to go through what Terri Schiavo's parents had to endure. I would not want anyone to have to make that choice for me when I got to the place that I could not make that choice myself.
Thoughts?
[Edited 10/24/2007 10:55:45 AM PST]
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10/24/2007 10:53:15 AM |
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lawvixen
Oldsmar, FL
age: 53
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Everyone should complete a living will. No attorney needed, if cost is a factor for any of you not doing so. Legal Documents.com is a web site that contains the proper documentation needed.
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10/24/2007 10:58:02 AM |
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lawvixen
Oldsmar, FL
age: 53
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[blocked site], the "starving to death" story you are referring to happened here in my town. Terry Shiavo was the woman's name.
The husband did not allow her to starve to death. She had been brain dead for numerous years, and the money was used to pay for her extensive and very expensive medical bills which ranged in the millions. Yes, he had a girlfriend at the time, but he did NOT allow his wife to starve to death so that he could remarry.
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10/24/2007 11:02:57 AM |
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butterfly58
Arcadia, MO
age: 60
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Somehow I think that is a good idea in some ways--The Living Will--but even that it's hard. Example: My late husband had liver cancer and he had a living will with me as the one to say when it was time for Hospice which is a great thing but hard. He fought it as long as he could but the chemo always just put him into the hospital with more life threathing ailments. Then He had days when he wasn't "there" anymore which got more and more until I called Hospice in to help. Now you can only have Hospice if you no longer seek medical attention but they do give you meds for comfort. He did come out of it enough to say that He realized I called Hospice in and that He was ready for it and Thanked me for letting him die at home.
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10/24/2007 11:13:26 AM |
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butterfly58
Arcadia, MO
age: 60
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In answer to the question at hand YES people should have that right--Now let's move on!!!!
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10/24/2007 11:19:55 AM |
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cheygirl
Cheyenne, WY
age: 43
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It is my personal belief that for 1) Yes - everyone should have a living will and review it every year to make sure it still reflects your current feelings; 2) I think people who are dieing of an incurable disease and their future consists of laying in a bed drugged out on morphine until your last dying breath comes - has a right to do what they see fit to expedite that.
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10/24/2007 11:21:29 AM |
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trublu5ft2
Saint Joseph, TN
age: 52
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The story was that he was wanting to remarry ( at least in the newpaper it was reported as such). He even admitted to wanting to marry and move on. He had the choice as to let her die or not. It may not had been his choice to starve her... but that was what the doctors did. The story was just .. I can't even describe it. My heart went out to the parents more than anything.. who had no choice in the decisions of their daughter.. THAT is scary
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10/24/2007 11:41:22 AM |
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lawvixen
Oldsmar, FL
age: 53
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[blocked site], those are not the facts. Terry Shiavo had stated, even though she didn't have a living will, that she wanted to die if left in a vegetable state. Her husband was carrying out her wishes, it was HER parents that took the case to the Supreme Court.
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10/24/2007 11:49:47 AM |
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trublu5ft2
Saint Joseph, TN
age: 52
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Interesting.. guess is what I get for reading all that I could on her. Apparently the rumors and spectulations were flying
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10/24/2007 11:53:46 AM |
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sadlyalone
Charlottesville, VA
age: 71
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Lawvixen: Thank you for clearing that up. I have told my daughters, that I want to pass on according to my living will. Both my daughters and I are a victem of the press. We were all under the thought, that Big Brother was the fly in the ointment.
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10/24/2007 12:08:37 PM |
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lawvixen
Oldsmar, FL
age: 53
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The US Supreme Court overturned Congress' decision in the Terry Shiavo legal case, and carried out her "dying" wish, to the Right to Die. Her husband was the innocent bystander displayed all over the news as the evil husband wanting her death, so he could remarry. NOT TRUE at all....
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10/24/2007 12:10:13 PM |
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trublu5ft2
Saint Joseph, TN
age: 52
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has he remarried?
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10/24/2007 12:34:20 PM |
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lawvixen
Oldsmar, FL
age: 53
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Yes he remarried, and I am sure with Terry's blessings.
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10/24/2007 12:37:10 PM |
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waytogo51
Farmington, AR
age: 52 online now!
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I felt sorry for him. He did what was right. That was what she wanted. Same as for me. I have a living will. NO MACHINES ON ME.
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10/24/2007 12:47:40 PM |
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trublu5ft2
Saint Joseph, TN
age: 52
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The living will is an extremely valuable document. I have talked with my sons at length about this and they know my wishes. I do not want my husband or anyone else to have to make that choice for me.
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