This is why I intend to let nature take its course and refuse to be a burden on my family. I’ve worked hard my whole life and a big part of that is to secure a future for my family after I pass, especially my wife.
I saw my grandparents and father given a death sentence diagnosis then spend months and months letting them suck their insurance dry. How many times we heard “Medicare will cover “x” treatments” or “x” therapy or “x” tests, always the maximum number and no further. It was a system they had down pat to milk everyone as much as possible before they died, and I really want no part of it.
If they can give me quality of life then I will do it, but if they are only looking to give quantity then let me say goodbye, give me something to ease my going, and let life go on.
Of course people have said “You talk like that now, but wait until it ever really happens and see how you feel,” I really don’t think my mind will be changed though, I truly believe that when your time has come then bowing out gracefully and under your own terms is how it should be done.
I keep tellin’ my better half to just take me up in the mountains in some remote area and drop me off and let nature take her course. :>) She no likey that idea.
Abathar, I agree with you 100% and have made that very clear in my pre-need planning documents, and I’ve relayed it to my spouse and children as well. Apart from some busy-body bureaucrat, there should be no questions, if/when the time comes.
If my time is up, let me go. Do NOT extend life if quality of life cannot be assured.