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Old 08-29-2012, 03:27 PM
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NO ONE HAS TO SUFFER WHEN THEY DIE.
WHY ALL THE SHOUTING? I CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE!

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We know a lot of people who have died recently.
They all were given morphine constantly and no one suffered, believe me.
I believe you but I wasn't talking about that. Example: The man who had a stroke was confined to his appartment and couldn't go for his daily walks. He couldn't drive his car. He had to have a 24 hour home health aid to cook, shop, bathe and help him on and off the toilet. And for about 15 years leading up to that he had many medical proceedures for heart trouble. THEY DON'T GIVE MORPHINE FOR THESE ISSUES!

My aunt had a radical mastectomy and when the cancer came back she had almost half her brain removed. Then she took lots of prescription drugs and later suffered kidney failure. Most people don't know the miserable life of someone on kidney dialysis. After a long time on dialysis the cancer came back behind her eye and was inoperable. She may or may not have had morphine at the very end but that's not the part of her suffering I was referring to.

The above man was her long time friend and they could no longer see each other because he was confined to his appartment and she went to assisted living. It was a very depressing situation for both of them because they used to see each other every day.

The man I had referred to with cancer was my neighbor. His suffering came when he had to go for chemotherapy. Evidently, at his age it must have been very difficult for him as he was living alone. He was the one who was wishing he would die. And my Aunt's friend said the same.

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