30-05-2015, 07:11 PM
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Re: Euthanasia.
Originally Posted by Myra
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Silbee, that sounds awful. It must have been incredibly difficult for you to see your husband suffering like that. You would feel helpless. Obviously there are some pains that no amount of medication can help. How very sad in this day and age. No one should have to suffer like that and no one should have to witness a loved one suffering like that.
We had a neighbour two doors along who was diagnosed with CML when he was only twenty seven years old, what he went through (over a three and a half period) stayed with us a long time after we moved.
We were talking about him one day and my husband said, I could never go through what he went through, I would refuse all treatment and go quickly. Our shock when he was diagnosed three months(ish) later was huge.
He actually died seven years ago and you do get over it but I'll never understand the fight he put up. He was one of the first trial patients in this country with Imatinib (Glivec). I seem to notice something in the press every other day of a drug ending in nib which is probably fourth or fifth generation on from the original.
Huge breakthroughs are being made except for freedom of choice on euthanasia but it will come ...
30-05-2015, 07:13 PM
152
Re: Euthanasia.
Originally Posted by Cass
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Sorry to say but there is no legal option for non Dutch residents. What your husband suffered was awful and totally un-necessary..
30-05-2015, 07:35 PM
153
Re: Euthanasia.
Originally Posted by Silbee
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The worse of it probably was the fight he put up, if Euthanasia had been available he wouldn't have used that as an option and option is the key word in this topic.We had a neighbour two doors along who was diagnosed with CML when he was only twenty seven years old, what he went through (over a three and a half period) stayed with us a long time after we moved.
We were talking about him one day and my husband said, I could never go through what he went through, I would refuse all treatment and go quickly. Our shock when he was diagnosed three months(ish) later was huge.
He actually died seven years ago and you do get over it but I'll never understand the fight he put up. He was one of the first trial patients in this country with Imatinib (Glivec). I seem to notice something in the press every other day of a drug ending in nib which is probably fourth or fifth generation on from the original.
Huge breakthroughs are being made except for freedom of choice on euthanasia but it will come ...
I know it is COMPLETELY different, but my partner's wee dog was put to sleep the other week. She was on her last legs. The vet came to the house and shaved her leg and administered a life ending injection. The wee dog's life peacefully came to an end with no pain. Isn't this what humans should have administered too? At end of life? As opposed to lingering for days, weeks and enduring so much discomfort.
There has to come a time when the medical profession can choose when a human does not have to suffer any longer. It's only humane.
30-05-2015, 08:04 PM
155
Re: Euthanasia.
Originally Posted by Silbee
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Absolutely, it's what I would want. Ironically, this was a mantra of mine at the time, "They wouldn't put a dog through this".
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