To: Mom MD
There is a huge difference between withdrawing mechanical ventilation and iv therapies to keep the blood pressure up and withholding food and water.
I was considering *all* methods of ending my own life, but there were not too any that I could carry out on my own without help.
I still remember asking myself, exactly how does a quadriplegic commit suicide.
Starvation was not an option, because they would just stick a needle in my arm...
I would have taken that "out", if it had been offered.
150 posted on
10/22/2007 10:44:28 PM PDT by
DelphiUser
("You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think")
To: All; floriduh voter
My post #142 gives the positions of various presidential candidates on whether or not Congress should have tried to save Terri.
243 posted on
10/24/2007 8:01:08 AM PDT by
Sun
(Duncan Hunter: pro-God/life/borders, understands Red China threat, NRA A+rating! www.gohunter08.com)
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