What a horrible way to die (not for those with a sensitive nature)
By littleone3
@littleone3 (2063)
May 15, 2009 3:39pm CST
My partners brother-in-law suffers from MS. He now is at the stage where he can no longer do anything for himself. He can no longer hold his head up any more.
My partner's sister told my partner that he now has less than a year left to live.
Then she went on to describe how he was going to die. Apparently his windpipe will slowly close up and he will suffocate to death.
This sounds a horrible way to die as he will suffer very much and it will be a slow and painful death.
Personally if that was me I would have preferred to die before I got to that stage.
Don't you think it is awful way to die?
6 responses
@uath13 (8192)
• United States
15 May 09
That sounds a little odd. M.S. attacks the nervous system. Eventually he'd need a respirator because his lungs would stop working properly ( as they wouldn't get the right commands from the brain ). I never heard anything about the throat swelling up before & believe me I would have ( my wife has it ). Simple throat swelling could be countered with a tube & wouldn't likely be fatal.
@littleone3 (2063)
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16 May 09
Sorry to hear about your wife. I hope she is well at the moment. I have to admit I do not know a lot about MS. Apparently this is what my partners sister was told.
@sandymay48 (2030)
• Canada
16 May 09
Hi there..I have to agree with Uath13...I have cared for many people with MS, The worst case one eventually had to be fed with a tube through the belly but I would agree that if the throat closed off, they would just do a trach.
The woman I cared for with the worst case, couldnt control her swallowing so at first they would just puree her food but when it got worse, they put in the feeding tube. But of all the ones I cared for, i have never heard of the throat closing off and them suffocating. I dont think they would allow that to happen that way in this day and age. There are so many things to help us now so we dont suffer terribly like that and I think you will find, that wont be the case. I wish both of you luck.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
16 May 09
Hey littleone~ I had a neighbor with MS. He was quite sick
when he moved out of here. I think that he was no longer
able to live on his own. It was very sad to see him. He was
barely able to walk anymore. He had a very young son and I
felt very badly for both of them because he couldn't play
ball with his son and his kids always looked so miserable
when they came to visit him. I often wonder how he is doing.
That is such a terrible story that you told about your
partners brother-in-law. That is beyond a horrific way to
have to die. That is such a miserable way to have to suffer.
I think that it is just plain cruel to allow someone to live
like that. You wouldn't let an animal suffer like that so
why do we let a human being suffer that way?
@littleone3 (2063)
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16 May 09
Hi opal
I have to agree I don't know why we do allow humans to suffer like that. In the four years I have know him I have seen him deteriorate so quickly and it is very distressing even more so for his family.
@DarthJustice (2013)
• United States
15 May 09
Yes, I definitely agree that that is a horrible way to do. I'm like you with that I would much rather go on before I reached that stage. I would hate knowing that's how I'm going to die. I can't even imagine having to go through that and I hope I never have to do that. I don't know him but that definitely makes me wish he wasn't going through all of this.
@littleone3 (2063)
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16 May 09
I wish the same as you Unfortunately I never knew him before the disease took hold but it is quite distressing to see him deteriorate so quickly.
@kiss_me2070 (277)
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15 May 09
Yes, I think thats an awful way to die and I feel very sorry for him and his members of family who know this is the way he will die.
I think I also would have prefferred to die before I got to that stage as well.
@littleone3 (2063)
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16 May 09
I am of the same mind. It is a very stressful time for his wife as she is his main career. Not sure if she has told their two sons but the youngest one is just 12 and that is a very young age to lose your Dad.
@lelin1123 (15594)
• Puerto Rico
15 May 09
Yes without a doubt that is a horrible way to die. I would probably have to take a bunch of pills and kill myself than go thru that. May God be with him.
@littleone3 (2063)
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16 May 09
Thank you. The one saving grace is that he is not aware of they way he is going to go.
@aakansha12 (183)
• India
15 May 09
If i knew that gonna happen to me i would have ended my life in an instant than dieing slowly like this . But i am saying this only because i still cannot feel your brother in law might be going through . Its easy for me to comment anything here but i can never even guess how hard would be for him to live every moment .
@littleone3 (2063)
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16 May 09
That is very true I can not imagine how hard it is for him. I just hate to see him suffer.
