Posted on 01/18/2009 9:16:06 AM PST by wagglebee
Sophie Pandit breaks into a smile as she recalls a nervous meeting with Julie Walters last summer. The actress plays Sophie’s mother in a new film and they met after Sophie was invited on set during rehearsals. ‘Don’t worry, I won’t do your mum with a Brummie accent,’ Julie had said mischievously, by way of an ice-breaker.
Sophie knew her mother would have approved. Throughout her life, Anne Turner was known for unleashing her wicked sense of humour to diffuse tension in difficult situations. This never stopped, even in the hours before her death.
Last summer, Sophie, 44, herself an actress, her brother Edward, 42, and sister Jessica, 40, were approached by the BBC, who wanted to make a film about their mother’s extraordinary final years of life.
Three years ago next Saturday, Anne Turner, a 66-year-old retired doctor from Bath, made the journey to the Dignitas assisted suicide clinic in Zurich to take her own life after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy – a rare, incurable degenerative condition similar to Parkinson’s that gradually destroys nerve cells in the parts of the brain controlling eye movements, breathing and muscle co-ordination, eventually leading to paralysis, making the sufferer totally reliant on others.
‘This was a future Mum refused to accept and on the day she was diagnosed, she told me of her intention to commit suicide,’ says Sophie.
‘We were horrified and deeply upset but as a doctor, Mum was under no illusions about the outcome of her illness. She was a fiercely independent woman and she could not face losing that independence or being physically reliant on others.’
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That wasn't my entire point. Perhaps the woman thought she was being unselfish by saving her children from the burden of caring for her, rather than selfishly trying to avoid the pain of her illness?
It doesn’t matter, it’s still WRONG.
If you are asking me do I think that assisted suicide should be illegal, the answer is : Yes, I do.
What did I say that made you think I needed a reminder?
you don’t sound like the sort of person who likes to be contradicted, big mama.
The post was to MamaTexan, I pinged you as well since her original post was to you.
The whole family visited my dad to say good bye when my father decided to end his life because his legs had given out and he couldn’t work any longer and at age 92 who’s to deny him his wishes.
He just refused to eat or drink anything until he died 2 weeks later.
We all have worries and concerns about ourselves and other people. When there is suffering, especially a family member's suffering, we want a resolution immediately, and sometimes we can only see one course of acceptable action, "take the pain away." We pray and pray for a happy outcome. But we can't possibly see that persons suffering the way God sees it; we can't possibly know why things happen the way they do. We have to accept the fact that not everything we ask for is for our own good, and that the only reason God might say "no" to saving this loved one from suffering is to unite this person closer to Him. It just takes a lot of Faith, Hope and Love.
I hope you are getting medical help.
that sounds like extended epilepsy (form of)
i had a friend who would get that for a few minutes...not hours
Not “classic” either one. Only happens when flat on my back or in recliner.
Prescription gets me to sleep at night.
Would not wish to live in that condition every day.
Only happens with absence of external stimuli.
take care of yerself!
But we can't possibly see that persons suffering the way God sees it; we can't possibly know why things happen the way they do.No, we can not, although I suspect it would be the same how we would see the suffering of a single bacterium.
No, He paid for my whole life, in this world and in the next one. That’s why I try my best to live for Him now. I am His and that’s a awesome thing!
YOU don’t run her life. YOU have no say. Her death is her choice and is up to her and her God, not YOURS. Free people get to choose how they live and die. Not YOU, the state, the church or the courts.
Thank you for your replies and concern. I am quite contented with the condition of my condition.
My best hope of course is for a quiet exit in my sleep. Barring that I would not be averse to a bon-voyage celebration with beloved family and friends present.
I anticipate the existance of my soul on a higher plane no matter what the circumstances of my exit.
To repeat from my first post as to the topic of this thread.
Far be it from me to decide what is right or wrong for anyone else or for anyone else to decide what is right or wrong for me under these circumstances.
if they could, they would.
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