What will you do if you're terminally ill?

@Daisy_22 (1229)
Philippines
August 3, 2012 8:57am CST
No one wants to die first. If we can only extend our time I guess we would do that to have a longer life. But sad to say it's impossible......when i arrived home this afternoon one of my student asked me, teacher what are you going to do if you know you will die next month? For a few minutes i was not able to response,,,it seems that i was fall in a deep sleep.Then i try to think and wonder,what if it is going to happen what should i do? how about you mylotters? Right now i'm still in the stage of confusion and how to make things workout if it is going to happen.
9 responses
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
3 Aug 12
Daisy: God has purposely kept that a secret. if a man comes to know of it he will not be able to live the present also. We are all eager to know when we will go for picnic-we plan and do all the things required for that. But if we get to know when we will die it will be difficult to bear that. No one would like to leave his close people and belongings. but we cannot take even a pin with us when we die.
@ShyBear88 (59306)
• Sterling, Virginia
3 Aug 12
I would spend every last moment I could with my children and husband. I want them to remember me as being happy and having fun with them not sick and dying.
@marguicha (216377)
• Chile
8 Aug 12
Even when you are terminally ill, you can only guess how much more life you will have. So I believe that thinking that my life will end in a month is unrealistic. Nevertheless, I will fight for my life if need be and try to live it well as I can if I know that it will not be aas long as I thought it would. I am sure of that because I was diagnosed last year with an incurable kind of cancer. I had chemotheraphy and did all the doctors told me to do as diet and cleanness of the house went. Last year I thought I`d never travel again as I like. Yet now I`m on remission (not cured) and coming back from a 2 week vacation to the Caribbean. My avatar is a picture of me taken there by the friend I went with. Of course I chose the best photo as I`m choosing the best life I can live, day by day.
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
4 Aug 12
well, i just try to live in happiness in every second and try to complete what i haven't completed it yet.... Living or dying is just a phase and i don't worry much about it. If it happens, just let it happens, we was born and we do live, nothing is regret more if we have to die...
@ardoy0731 (7308)
• Philippines
4 Aug 12
Live life to the fullest.Be thankful for all the blessings and ask forgiveness for all the sins that have made.Love and happiness all the time.Enjoy life and live life the way you have wanted.Do your best and God will do the rest as they says.
4 Aug 12
this is so difficult to answer!!! the first thing that would come to my mind maybe is to ask God's forgiveness. second would be to thank god. and for the rest i don't know!!! come what may... as if i can still do the things i want before bidding goodbye to life...
@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
4 Aug 12
I can admit to not being a very strong person emotionally so I would probably spend a lot of time feeling sorry for myself. I can only hope that if this day comes, that I snap out of moping around and focus on as much happiness as possible with those that I love. It's scary to even think of this happening, but life throws surprises at us everyday.
@GemmaR (8517)
3 Aug 12
I think that this is one of those situations where you're never going to know how you'd react unless you were personally in that situation yourself. I know that I have a friend who has just found out that they have cancer, and he has done nothing but try and get out and do as much as he possibly can since he found out. In my opinion, that's the best thing that he could have done because it means that he is getting a lot of things done that he might not have been able to if he hadn't had the wake up call that he's had.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
4 Aug 12
If I knew I was terminally ill I wouldn't want it to drag on. You know how some people have to do lots of things (like a bucket list) in their lives before they die? Well, that wouldn't be for me. I'd want a pillow over my head (preferably by hubby, after I wrote a letter saying it's what I wanted so he wouldn't get prosecuted for murder) as there's no point hanging around.