my gran is 97 and has to have her hand off as she has real bad arthritis and is very poorly with her health in general she is very frail old lady and it hurts me to watch her suffer like this , so should they be able to have some kind of traetment to help them die in dignity?
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Personally, I'm a great believer in euthanasia.
My great aunt was in her 90's and underwent a hysterectomy, mastectomy and colostomy....I was only a child at the time and my parents didn't take me to visit her.
Her life - if you can call it that was laying in a hospital bed waiting to die...
I sincerely hope that your grandma is kept free of pain and probably given something to keep her tranquil.. It must be awful for you to see her like this. My thoughts are with you as I'm sure anyone with any compassion will be..
If its any consolation, you'll probably do your grieving now whilst she is still alive, and when the time comes, you'll just feel relieved.....I don't mean relieved that she's passed away, just relieved that she isn't suffering anymore.
yes i think that we should have the choice to end it if we feel that we can not gain a better quality of life im sorry to hear that she is suffering
Err, does SHE want to die?...or do just want her to die beacuse you imagine her quality of life is too impaired? That is to say is her condition making you feel she should be dead, or is she actually so miserable with life now that she is just 'waiting to be taken'?
Even when suffering with health challenges life can be worthwhile IF effort is made to make it so. What is most sad is that elderly people often become so neglected by their family that they have little desire to continue living in a world that seems to care so little for old folks.
Of course it seems from a distant perspective that to die with dignity seems a fair objective -- but I am not sure just what that really means. My Dad died with Alzheimers -- in the end he didn't know us from Adam...but HE was happy enough (though th efact that the home e was in by this time dressed him in a turquoise tracksuit three sizes to small for him did little for his dignity!
But his death was more of a release for us than him -- he was past worrying about dignity!
We always have to be careful about euthanasia -- sometimes life can seem unbearable -- for days, weeks even months but then one small thing can make it worth living again.
If families showed the care and love that it should for its eldery realtives there would be far more people enjoying life to the end, with or without health issues, than there are today!
(re: Added points - It is amazing how even the realtively 'unconscious' will-to-live is so strong in some people. I am sure you know that your dear Gran will not be here much longer given that outline of her condition. I hope that she slips away peacefully and as painlessly as possible -- aI am sure her rest is near at hand.)
I agree to some extent but i think it would be abused what if someone didn't want to die but a Dr or their family decided it was time they died ,
Would they start putting people to sleep if they needed their beds
Its really scary stuff !
Life to a lot of people is so precious even if they are suffering
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