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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
That's the part that sucks. I am seriously considering a "do not treat / DNR" just so I don't have to go through that kind of hell. If it's my time. I just want it to be my time and be done with it. It's horrible seeing what we put people through in their so-called "golden years".
It's mind-boggling to me that our supposedly enlightened society hasn't openly accepted euthanasia and assisted suicide yet as options for those at the end of life (although it's going that way finally - albeit extremely slowly). It galls me to think that a person who's miserable, suffering and has no quality of life can be made to languish for years simply because the insurance industry refuses to let assisted suicide laws become reality (it'll screw up their precious actuarial tables - they're the staunchest opponents of assisted suicide and euthanasia laws along with religious zealots).
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The Canadian government recently opened up assisted dying laws and the change was widely supported. It make take a little longer to see this in the US but who knows, you legalized pot in some places earlier than we did.
Regarding dying, I too am not counting on an afterlife. I fully acknowledge the astonishingly long odds of having just existed so I am just happy to enjoy and appreciate the time I have. I also think that humans die too soon; there are many mammals and even fish that live longer than us so I am a big proponent of life extension sciences. From a personal and collective wisdom perspective, I think that humanity would benefit from a larger pool of wise old people.