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Originally posted by sexymama
We are very fortunate in Oregon to have laws that guide assisted suicide. There are some important things to note:
1. Assisted suicide is through medication, NOT violant means.
2. A person must request the means at least 2 times prior to having the prescription written.
3. After the prescription is written, there is a waiting period (I believe 24 hours.)
4. The doctor can only write the prescription if you are terminally ill.
I am all for it! 100 years ago, people died. Today we keep them alive and in pain. Is this "modern" technology really better? Not always.
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My mom lives in Oregon (where I grew up and spent most of my life) and while she was dealing with her kidney's failing, she always had her living will near her. She never wanted to be "sustained" or to put her family in financial jeopordy, because she went into a coma or some other terrible thing.
My mom, went through many years of living a life that had no quality to it. She fought for a long time, and came to the decision to stop dialysis after being on it for 8 years ( the normal waiting time for a transplant is 2 1/2 years if I recall correctly). She had called me and told me she was going to stop the next day. With this decision, my mom was going to live a maximum of 2 weeks.
I was fine with her choice. She was in a stable mind set and she had suffered long enough, and my brother, step dad and myself saw it. It was hard to accept, but it was her choice and I was all for her ending her pain.
Luckily, the next day, the hospital called and had finally found a match for her and she is alive and slowly regaining her life back.
Still, we still know, that if anything goes wrong with the transplanted organs....or something else happens, my mom will die. There is no more drawing it out. There is no more huge medical bills, there will be no more pain and suffering for her...and I will not stand in her way, to find peace.