rantings

You touched a nerve (not in a bad way tho) on this one. I whole-heartedly agree with you on this one!

Its okay to put an animal down if its suffering, but yet its illegal to do that to humans. That's not right! Especially if that person WANTS to be "put down" so they won't suffer anymore.

If you only knew how many times my aunt begged for the doctors to give her something to help her die quicker when she was fighting her colon cancer and was told that the treatments were no longer working and was taken off her treatments.

I do think however that if someone were to help someone die without the sick person's consent, then yes, by all means, lock em up & throw away the key, BUT if someone ASKS to be helped to pass on, and medical tests have proved that treatments no longer help, then they should NOT be held responsible for helping out.

Last time I cchecked, our lives were OURS, and if WE want to die,instead of laying in bed suffering, thn WE should be allowed to ask for help to achieve that WITHOUT the person getting in trouble with the law.

Had my aunt been granted her wish to be "put down", she would have only suffered as long as the medicine coursed through her blood, instead of the MONTHS of pain and agony she suffered after she was taken off her treatments and there was no painkillers available to her!

Good post girl!

Hi, preciouz!
I believe a person should be able to decide what the breaking point is. I don't want any heroic measures to be taken for me, but my husband believes we should hang on as long as possible, no matter what it takes. I want it all to end before I've had to suffer unnecessarily. He doesn't. We plan to respect each other's wishes, although we both find thinking of that difficult.

I've always said this, but there is one real obstacle to 'putting us out of our misery' as against the same action with animals. In most cases, another human will benefit from somebody else's death, whereas there's no great financial incentive in bringing Fido's life to a premature end, other than a small saving on dog food.

While most people genuinely want what's best for their loved ones, there's always going to be someone waiting in the wings to inherit, and the laws have to protect everyone, so I can see where the legislators are coming from. That doesn't mean I agree with the decisions, though. I certainly don't think a doctor or nurse who hastens a terminal patient's end for the right reasons should face criminal charges and perhaps prison. Then again, there could be another Harold Shipman around the next corner, and changing the law could give that rogue doctor a loophole to avoid punishment. As in most walks of life, we always have to consider the wicked minority along with the law abiding majority.