[little jeremiah]

Thank you for your insights and tales of experience.

[little jeremiah]

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Good discussion on Living Wills, Advance Directives, what they really mean, and what happens in real life/death. Make sure you read TASMANIANRED's comments.

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[TASMANIANRED]

Thanks for your kind remarks.

I used to be a big supporter of living wills when they first started being discussed.

It seemed right and proper that people should have a say so in what happens to them at the end of their lives.

Then the Law of Unintended Consequences kicked in.

If you have a terminal illness they still may be a good thing.

However there are many many things that can happen that are temporary set backs and are completely correctable.

It is far more likely that you would experience a post OP Mi, a cardiac irregularity, a minor pulmonary embolis, a DVT, pulmonary edema, than it is to have a lethal occurrence.

There is no reason for a fatality for a non-lethal situation.

A Living Will/No code status greatly increases your chance of death from correctable situation.