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End of Life Issues

PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. Your story is all too typical.

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 04:24 PM

Jun 2020

I think a lot of people just have no idea what is involved in "doing everything possible."

I'm 71 years old, which while it's getting up there, isn't all that old as far as I'm concerned. I'm wonderfully and annoyingly healthy. I have plans for my 97th birthday, and do hope I make it that far. But, and this is a huge but, I want a decent quality of life for however much longer I'm around. I have long had DNR orders, and people close to me know how I feel about these things.

I am sorry about your father. I suspect that esophageal cancer is particularly nasty. Not that any cancer is good.

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An old article, but worth a read if you haven't seen it [View all] Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 OP

Good articles. I doubt I'd try to fight pancreatic cancer. And I might move to Hoyt Jun 2020 #1

My mother died of pancreatic cancer and refused to even take pain killers. Frustratedlady Jun 2020 #2

There is far too much of "heroic measures" taken, PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #3

My father died of esophageal cancer after... Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 #4

Your story is all too typical. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #5

I agree Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 #6

Right. It is incumbent upon each of us to PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #7