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Old 08-30-2013, 10:44 AM
teachnmo teachnmo is offline
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Default Just my two cents

My father passed away from Pancreatic Cancer in 1988 at the age of 64. My mother passed away from colon, lung, and eventually brain cancer at the age of 80 in 2010. I truly feel it was all of the chemicals used on our farm for crops.

My mother-in-law passed away at the age of 92 after spending five years in a nursing home. Initially it was from falling off a ladder while cleaning out her gutters. She was near death four times, but like a cat with nine lives kept fighting to live. Her mind was good, but her body was in very poor shape. She hated every minute of being in the nursing home, even though my husband would stop and see her every day after work.

My daughter is a nurse on an oncology ward. She says very few patients have DNR orders or living wills that will allow them to leave this earth gracefully.

It is a matter of personal opinion. I don't want to be kept alive with life support if I get to that point in life. I want to have a gathering of my family and friends, celebrate my life, and be allowed to exit without long months or years of pain and suffering. No funeral for me please.

As I said, it is just my two cents. The beauty is that we all don't have to think alike in order to exist in this world.
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