Re: OT: Why Suicide?
- From: "SNIGDIBBLY" <snigdibbly@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:49:31 -0600
I've made the same decision and told all those I love that when I decide
I've enjoyed all of this life I can stand that I will control how and when I
leave. Needless to say - those that love me are not happy knowing that this
may occur but are comforted by knowing that I won't have to suffer and that
I will die with dignity. I have a living will that outlines in detail my
refusal of extreme life saving measures and my DS has my health proxy giving
him the authority to enforce my living will. I understand how your sister
could make such a decision and glad to hear that she had a loving and
understanding family to support her in that decision.
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"Tia Mary" <CatWom7711@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> SNIGDIBBLY wrote:
>> I don't have an answer for that. I have known some people who said their
>> lives were just too painful to endure. I strongly believe in
>> self-determination but suicide can be a selfish act that leaves those who
>> loved that person with such raw, agonizing pain and so many unanswered
>> questions. ......
>
> This is sort of long -- sorry. I haven't followed this thread but I
> wanted to say that there are people like my older DSis who committed
> suicide. She was in her mid-50's at the time (1994) when she finally made
> the decision to leave us. When conceived, she was *supposed* to be a
> conjoined twin connected at the base of the spine. The other fetus
> spontaneously aborted at about 6 months gestation and as a result my DS
> was born with Spinabifida, clubbed feet, Scoliosis, severe nerve damage to
> her bladder and other problems too numerous to mention. He spine was so
> deformed that one hip was a full inch higher than the other. She was
> *always* in pain as an adult. When her Dr. told her that she would soon
> be on morphine to handle the pain, she knew she would very soon end up in
> a nursing home and be bed-ridden.
> She knew that once on morphine she would have less than a year to live
> so she decided it was time to take her leave. After Christmas, she
> started to tell everyone that she was just too tired and in too much pain
> to deal with another hot Phoenix summer and would probably "do what needs
> to be done". She left us on 04 June 1994 and the only one who was really
> surprised was my Dad, probably because he never did acknowledge the fact
> that she had such severe handicaps. Her suicide *was* a selfish act but
> one that was understandable and didn't really cause severe trauma for
> those of us left behind.
> Anyway, I personally feel that people who are in chronic terrible pain
> that cannot be alleviated or have a terminal illness -- things that we
> know will not ever get better -- have the right to choose when they will
> die. I am still upset about the fact that my poor sister had to take this
> last step all alone because anyone who had been with her could have been
> prosecuted and put in jail. DSis was SO severely handicapped that an
> autopsy wasn't done, even tho' she had died "under unknown circumstances".
> Once the medical authorities got one look at her body, they understood and
> KNEW she had been a suicide.
> Obviously, the whole family was upset about loosing her but we knew why
> it happened. Her true friends understood and there wasn't really anything
> unusually traumatic for us in dealing with the loss. We were lucky in
> that we all (except for Papa) accepted her decision and knew that she WAS
> in a better place. Unfortunately, this isn't true for many families of
> suicides. I like to think that she chose self euthanasia as opposed to
> suicide. Her death was a well though out occurrence, there was no severe
> emotional problem, and she really didn't have many other options. VBS --
> I still miss her even tho' we weren't close. CiaoMeow
> >^;;^<
>
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