Someone close to you is on Life Support,will you cut the switch? (52)
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Sometimes people are faced with that decision and its heartbreaking and extremely traumatic.
Why would do you ask?
How can anyone truly answer unless they have been in that very situation?
Why would do you ask?
How can anyone truly answer unless they have been in that very situation?
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If there is no hope, yes.
If there was only hope of a quality of life which that person would not have wanted, I wouldn't be able to turn it off fast enough, just in case the window of opportunity was lost.
I would appreciate it if others afforded me the same dignity, although, I appreciate, having euthanised a couple of my dogs, how difficult it is to make those decisions and how much it complicates grief.
If there was only hope of a quality of life which that person would not have wanted, I wouldn't be able to turn it off fast enough, just in case the window of opportunity was lost.
I would appreciate it if others afforded me the same dignity, although, I appreciate, having euthanised a couple of my dogs, how difficult it is to make those decisions and how much it complicates grief.
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its difficult to loose someone you love.but if there's no hope,i say yes,may god bless my soul for that split second descision.and if im the one on that situation,i will be very thankful for ending up my hardest hurtfull situation
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My family spent three years watching my father go from a healthy man to a mere shadow of a human being in the hospital with various infections and other major medical issues.
On the last day when the family got "that" horrible phone call and we spent our last few hours together, we was looking at that choice whether to pull the plug or not.
As it was, he passed on, on his own. We were spared from having to make that choice.
The idea of pulling the plug is something I try not to think about or associate my thoughts with, but I will say this. Whatever way it happens, it will be something you may have to live with for your life, whether the plug is pulled or not. You have to consciously decide just how much suffering is enough and if you decide enough is enough, be prepared for what that decision will do to you and your family.
On the last day when the family got "that" horrible phone call and we spent our last few hours together, we was looking at that choice whether to pull the plug or not.
As it was, he passed on, on his own. We were spared from having to make that choice.
The idea of pulling the plug is something I try not to think about or associate my thoughts with, but I will say this. Whatever way it happens, it will be something you may have to live with for your life, whether the plug is pulled or not. You have to consciously decide just how much suffering is enough and if you decide enough is enough, be prepared for what that decision will do to you and your family.
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Very tough call as it's not easy to let a loved one go! I don't know what I would do & hopefully I'm not presented with that situation. 
My sympathies to all who have that decision to make.
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If the doctors have decided 100% there is no hope of recovery,i will allowed them to do it,certainly not myself.-
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Thats a tough call... it would also depend on thier wishes. A lot of peeps express that they dont want to be in that state. Im not sure that makes it any easier 
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loveprovider: There is no hope for this person,you are the only one left to decide,do I put the switch off?
It would depend on the person. I'd try to act in accordance to what I think would be their wishes and not what I thought was best.
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No, I don't think I would, sometime miracles happen and they start to recover.
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I guess its personal choice. But my choice would be to have the plug pulled. I would rather live on in good memories than have my kids go through that or remember me that way
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its not a easy decision...my family left the decision up to me and i held my fathers hand for his last 60 hrs ...but was what he wanted ....but would probly have a harder time putting a animal down than a person lol
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loveprovider: There is no hope for this person,you are the only one left to decide,do I put the switch off?
Yes and have done.
My Father had worked in a hospital for over 30 years and seen what people being left on life support can do to families, he always made it clear that he was not to be left like that.
So when the time came I honestly didnt hesitate.
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Glatlol: Yes and have done.
My Father had worked in a hospital for over 30 years and seen what people being left on life support can do to families, he always made it clear that he was not to be left like that.
So when the time came I honestly didnt hesitate.
My Father had worked in a hospital for over 30 years and seen what people being left on life support can do to families, he always made it clear that he was not to be left like that.
So when the time came I honestly didnt hesitate.
good for you
dying is a part of living and i think sometimes we extend emotion over a space where no one 'is' -meaning they are already moved on to whatevers next but we sort of keep them here from our need
its not all that can get out of the way and participate in what is right now
its not easy but it is simple
they are here or they are not
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khan1459: its not a easy decision...my family left the decision up to me and i held my fathers hand for his last 60 hrs ...but was what he wanted ....but would probly have a harder time putting a animal down than a person lol peace:
I know what you mean 
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chris27292729: If the doctors have decided 100% there is no hope of recovery,i will allowed them to do it,certainly not myself.-
That is what they get the big bucks for, not going to be by my hands though...
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.................no i could,nt do it.......dont ask me why....
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loveprovider: There is no hope for this person,you are the only one left to decide,do I put the switch off?
I think I would pull the plug, if it was me and there was no way I would survive without the machine I would want someone to switch it off.
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loveprovider: There is no hope for this person,you are the only one left to decide,do I put the switch off?
37 years ago my mother was on life support and if she hadn't already died while on it I would've pulled the plug.Come to find out her brain was so far gone from a brain tumor that there was nothing else the doctors could do.
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jac379: If there is no hope, yes.
If there was only hope of a quality of life which that person would not have wanted, I wouldn't be able to turn it off fast enough, just in case the window of opportunity was lost.
I would appreciate it if others afforded me the same dignity, although, I appreciate, having euthanised a couple of my dogs, how difficult it is to make those decisions and how much it complicates grief.
If there was only hope of a quality of life which that person would not have wanted, I wouldn't be able to turn it off fast enough, just in case the window of opportunity was lost.
I would appreciate it if others afforded me the same dignity, although, I appreciate, having euthanised a couple of my dogs, how difficult it is to make those decisions and how much it complicates grief.
I have a DNR (do not resuscitate) in place. Which means, don't even try to revive me, if I'm gone, I'm gone. No tube feeding, no life support. They are legal documents here in the US, or at least in my state. Sorry, been there, done that. I will not put that burden on my children. And, if I had it to do, I could do it in the blink of an eye.
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Definitely, yes. As has been mentioned, it is a terrible decision to make and an even worse decision for the person who turns the switch. Ethical questions are often difficult, which is why questions such as this one evoke such emotional replies. These types of questions were not meant to be easy.
To me, it is not the quantity of life that is important -- it is the quality of that life. Think about that. Quality of life.
Think about looking down at the dates on a headstone. A birth date, and a died date. But, what is important, are not the dates, but what has happened between the two dates, between the dashes, so to speak.
If I could live to be 200 and know that I would continue to enjoy good health and all of the other attributes we assign to "quality of life", then yes, I would live that long. But, if after 65 of those years, I was confined to a bed, unable to take care of my own most basic personal needs, then I would hope that either myself, or someone who loved me, would help me to end my life.
To me, it is not the quantity of life that is important -- it is the quality of that life. Think about that. Quality of life.
Think about looking down at the dates on a headstone. A birth date, and a died date. But, what is important, are not the dates, but what has happened between the two dates, between the dashes, so to speak.
If I could live to be 200 and know that I would continue to enjoy good health and all of the other attributes we assign to "quality of life", then yes, I would live that long. But, if after 65 of those years, I was confined to a bed, unable to take care of my own most basic personal needs, then I would hope that either myself, or someone who loved me, would help me to end my life.
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My sister had a motorcycle accident in 1971 and cracked her skull 5 inches her brain swelled so bad her eye popped out,doctors said this is how it would be for the rest of her life so after 15 days my dad made the choice to pull the plug,even in that bad situation he did the right thing, it broke his heart till the day he died.
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loveprovider: There is no hope for this person,you are the only one left to decide,do I put the switch off?
This exact scenario has happened to me twice now in my life.First it was my father and then it was my sister.Both times as a family we decided to turn off the machines.When someone is brain dead they are gone.Keeping their bodies alive is not keeping them alive.------ This poll is Archived ------
loveprovider: There is no hope for this person,you are the only one left to decide,do I put the switch off?
I had to make that decision and frankly, I couldn't bring myself to do it until I had a good talk with a hospital clergy....I kept battling with the concept of "who am I to decide when a person dies" and "what gives me the right to do it". After discussion, I did it but still always question whether I did the right thing or not. After all, this was my biological mother who I hardly knew but nonetheless, I grieved over it like I'd known her since day one.
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Both of my parents have passed on and thier wishes were always that they were never to be put on life support. They both died with the dignity they wanted. Looking back now, I realise that they may of also made that choice so we, thier children, did not have to. To have to say good bye to a loved one is never easy but when me time comes, I will make the same choice that my parents did.
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Someone close to you is on Life Support,will you cut the switch?
Only of they have excluded me from their will !!
Where there's a will, there's a corpse !!
Only of they have excluded me from their will !!
Where there's a will, there's a corpse !!
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kennn: Both of my parents have passed on and thier wishes were always that they were never to be put on life support. They both died with the dignity they wanted. Looking back now, I realise that they may of also made that choice so we, thier children, did not have to. To have to say good bye to a loved one is never easy but when me time comes, I will make the same choice that my parents did.
Hi KenAs much as I know my daughter would want me to do it I can honestly say I wouldn't be able to. I know that is selfish of me but I just couldn't end her life.
This kind of decision is sometimes compounded when the sick person wants to donate their organs.
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loveprovider: There is no hope for this person,you are the only one left to decide,do I put the switch off?
I'm in the medical field and I've dealt with this dozens of times with patients and and on occasion with family members.
It's always very difficult and very sad. I think the key is to just not let your emotions get to you, talk things out and don't lose your head. It's rough.
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if they are suffering and there is no hope, i wouldn't want anyone i love suffer if i can ease their suffering
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Someone close to you is on Life Support,will you cut the switch?(Vote Below)