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Originally Posted by Zeke
First thing that crossed my mind.
You guys talk about diminished capacity but what about family? Someone knows what's going on and in this instance it's someone who will post it on the Net.
Jeezus.
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I know that in some situations families will, and in fact have accepted the facts for what they are, and even told the remaining partner that they are ok with it if he goes on with his life. If the situation is really that the partner is a plant, and is not going to recover, and the remaining partner did and still does everything humanly possible to take care of the other one...
Hell, i would not like the idea myself, that if i had somebody i loved.. and i turned into a cabbage head.. That the person i love, would be lonely for another 30-40 years.
I feel it would be selfish on my behalf to expect that of anybody.
Ideally i'de like em to pull the plug or actively euthanize me first, cause i hate the part of me laying there like a bag of bones for that time..
And the risk that some part of me remains.. well that's no risk.. if my mind is trapped in a shell.. i'de rather have em pull the plug then be trapped for decades..
Either way, it's not all black and white.. In certain situations it can be reasonable to move on. People cannot stay alone and in a state of perpetual grieving for decades.