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golden: I tend to be the polar opposite of my mother, who was a sugar coater. Also, she never questioned her physicians, especially specialists. Her retinologist destroyed her vision by way too many Lucentis injections. So poor was that physician AND staff that I witnessed and reported an associate speaking very inappropriately to an elderly patient.
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This is a long and interesting thread! What I noticed more than anything is that people talked about what they wanted toward the end of their lives. We have heard the expression “make plans and God laughs”. We don’t always get what we want. You could be hit by a car tomorrow or end us shot in a mall. There are practical things that can be done right now: eldercare lawyer, POA, Health care proxy and if you are older, perhaps a prepaid funeral. You can look into local facilities from adult daycare to nursing home long before you need them BUT you don’t know if you will be in right mind to choose when the time is right or to select physician assisted suicide. You can sign off on no extraordinary means to be kept alive now but spell that out. No feeding tube, no CPR for example but be specific- if there is no reasonable way I can return to a previous level of health. Certainly if you are doing well and suddenly need CPR, you might want it but if you are frail and elderly you might want to forgo it. These are discussions you need to have with relatives/friends you expect to survive you. There is a good book “Talking about Death won’t Kill you”Get a copy of 5 wishes.
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