Just wanted to say how much I appreciated all your posts. You were in there telling the truth for those of us like andysmom and HairoftheDog etc.
The others can do no more than screech and lie about what we say. We are the enemy because we want to talk about the larger issues, and disagree with them.
The American people don't want the govt involved in these end of life decisions.
We will take care of those we love in the way THEY wish, and they will do the same for us.
I do agree, that I would like to talk about the larger issues...simply because these larger issues, will eventually involve all of us sooner or later...whether its with our own aging parents, our spouses, our children, or of course, when it comes to our own selves....
I never, ever want the govt. to come in, and tell me or my family, how we must conduct ourselves when it comes to the decision of medical care, that we wish to receive, or wish to refuse...and therein lies a problem...some people believe that no one has the right to refuse treatment, whatever that treatment might be...and that truly violates the most very basic rights that we each have...If I wish to say, refuse chemotherapy should I get cancer, or should I refuse antibiotics for a bacterial infection, no one has the right to force me to have those things which I wish to refuse....
But there are folks who would try to intervene and force other people into treatment, even tho its against their will...I know this all to well, I have had to deal with them in real life, not in some internet scenario...I think due diligence must be made to assure everyone concerned(that is, the family, the loved ones, the medical personnel), that a person is making decision for himself, of his own free will, and clear mind...once that is determined, no one, and I mean no one at all, has the right to force that person to have treatment,when they have decided not to have treatment...
So yes, I do think that this whole issue of what happens to folks either at the end of their lives, or if they are in a serious medical situation, is very important, very personal, and should be discussed...