Assisted suicide and euthanasia
Whether you agree or disagree with assisted suicide it is a subject nearly everyone has an opinion about. I won't get into the legalities of the terms . Assisted suicide, passive euthanasia, active euthanasia, involuntary euthanasia. But I am talking about ending ones life when no chance a cure or or recovery is possible. I am also not talking about DNR orders , Do Not Resuscitate orders. But about ones right to chose when they will die when faced with a terminal or degenerative and or incurable illness.
If you have ever watched someone you love suffer and die from any of the numerous terminal illnesses that plague or world today you would probably support it as well. I have had the unfortunate luck of watching far to many of my family and friends expire from a variety of these maladies. Both of my parents, three of my grandparents,, aunts and uncles, cousins, a nephew, and several close friends have suffered through painful, body and mind altering conditions. That would leave them a shell sometimes almost unrecognizable , of a human being. Lung cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, AID S, lupus, and several other terminal illnesses. But the one that that affected me the most was witnessing the slow, unforgiving , unrelenting, degenerative disease of Parkinson's . Over a period of up to 15 yrs or more it picks away at your muscle control , and your motor skills. Eventually making it impossible to do anything for yourself. Unable to talk, walk, write, feed yourself, use the restroom etc,etc regressing to an almost infantile like state. I watched my grandfather slowly consumed by the affects of this disease and it is truly heart breaking and gut wrenching to see someone you love suffer and dwindle away to the remnants of a human being. It is also unfortunately an affliction that I myself am now faced to battle and endure.
I believe a person should have the right to chose not to suffer and not to make their family witness the horrible affects that are a result of these afflictions
Assisted suicide is legal in 10 states I believe , euthanasia in none. It is not legal where I live and knowing and witnessing first hand what the eventual
results of this malady will be. I have no intentions nor will I let my condition progress to the advanced stages.
If you have never had to deal with any of them , I hope you never do , but the odds on that are slim. So that's something you might want to keep in mind if and when it pops up on your voting ballet. Bless everyone that has dealt with, is dealing with and that will have to deal with these afflictions.
If you have ever watched someone you love suffer and die from any of the numerous terminal illnesses that plague or world today you would probably support it as well. I have had the unfortunate luck of watching far to many of my family and friends expire from a variety of these maladies. Both of my parents, three of my grandparents,, aunts and uncles, cousins, a nephew, and several close friends have suffered through painful, body and mind altering conditions. That would leave them a shell sometimes almost unrecognizable , of a human being. Lung cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, AID S, lupus, and several other terminal illnesses. But the one that that affected me the most was witnessing the slow, unforgiving , unrelenting, degenerative disease of Parkinson's . Over a period of up to 15 yrs or more it picks away at your muscle control , and your motor skills. Eventually making it impossible to do anything for yourself. Unable to talk, walk, write, feed yourself, use the restroom etc,etc regressing to an almost infantile like state. I watched my grandfather slowly consumed by the affects of this disease and it is truly heart breaking and gut wrenching to see someone you love suffer and dwindle away to the remnants of a human being. It is also unfortunately an affliction that I myself am now faced to battle and endure.
I believe a person should have the right to chose not to suffer and not to make their family witness the horrible affects that are a result of these afflictions
Assisted suicide is legal in 10 states I believe , euthanasia in none. It is not legal where I live and knowing and witnessing first hand what the eventual
results of this malady will be. I have no intentions nor will I let my condition progress to the advanced stages.
If you have never had to deal with any of them , I hope you never do , but the odds on that are slim. So that's something you might want to keep in mind if and when it pops up on your voting ballet. Bless everyone that has dealt with, is dealing with and that will have to deal with these afflictions.
51-55, M
