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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Posting on the refrigerator does no one any favors, if the person has a heart attack on the golf course, or gets into a lethal car accident on the road (for example).
I would suggest that anyone who has a DNR carry it on their person at all times.
You can have a copy - on yellow paper - on the refrigerator door. Or get a life capsule to put IN the fridge, on a shelf of the door inside. That would have the DNR, living will, list of medications and allergies, current physician's name, emergency contacts.
You can ALSO have a magnet on the fridge door informing EMTs that the patient is carrying their DNR on their person.
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I understand the idea here but for me, this misses a point ... if I can golf or drive a car then I wouldn't have a DNR in the first place.
A DNR will not come into play for me until I am so ill and physically incapacitated that I am done. I would be at the point where I felt that resuscitation would not be extending my life but only delaying a desired passing. If I am able to play a round of golf or drive a car then I am not close to being ready for things to come to an end.
My father needed to be resuscitated twice (that I know of) until the doctors were able to adjust his medications and pacemaker correctly. He lives a happy and relatively active life today which would not be the case if he carried that yellow paper.
This doesn't mean I haven't shared my wishes about extraordinary measures with my spouse, there might come a time when a difficult decision has to be made. But I'm not willing to have that decision be made automatically after a lightning strike, an accident in a pool, or a "basic" heart attack.