View Poll Results: Kept alive or allowed to die?

Yes. Keep me alive and hope for the best.

2.63%

No. Unplug me and let me die naturally. DNR order.

44.74%

No. Unplug me and help me die with drugs. DNR order.

44.74%

Put me on an iceberg with the other vintage folks.

7.89%

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11-10-2003, 01:49 PM

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MsPerky

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Well, you are right...people need to be specific and think hard about exactly what they do want. But I think what most of us don't want is to be a burden to our loved ones. That would be my most important consideration. And I think I would be a burden in the scenario you just painted.

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11-10-2003, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by MsPerky
Well, you are right...people need to be specific and think hard about exactly what they do want. But I think what most of us don't want is to be a burden to our loved ones. That would be my most important consideration. And I think I would be a burden in the scenario you just painted.

Well, I think "loved ones" have some responsibility too. My sister was closest geographically to my mom when she was in the nursing home and she visited her every day for 6 years. It was very hard but she did the right thing IMHO.