Actually I’ve seen the disease quite a bit during my 25+ years as a hospice nurse.
It’s very unnecessary to knock yourself off.
As a matter of fact, there’s honestly NO situation that I’ve yet to see that makes suicide necessary.
Hospice and palliative care fills that void well.
I have not looked back into your past posts.
I hope you are correct.
If I was in that position, not sure what I would do. Part of me thinks, let me go and let my family go on. Such a confusing issue.
If I was in screaming pain and drugs did not help, please let me go.
I believe that when my Dad was on his deathbed, he was pain free, but he wanted to go, his brain was mis-firing. He could not talk, the greater majority of the time, who knows what he heard....
The last 24 hours of his life, I told him to go if he wanted and I would deal with the family.
Mind you, I pushed for a DNR.....my Dad was a great man and would never want an extended care option. Period.
He could not talk, was curled up in a fetal position, after I told him it was okay to go...he looked right in the eye and told me he loved me. Clear as day.
He was dead 18 hours after that. Once my mom, sister and brother left him. He would not die in front of anyone.
I digress, if I was in screaming pain, let me go. My Dad went on his own.
It will be five years on the 26th of this month.
I miss him but it was good for him.