tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post2463904604417991889..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: Doctors And DeathSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-44988648896292786712011-12-09T19:21:46.309-08:002011-12-09T19:21:46.309-08:00"HOW DO YOU PLAN TO DO IT??"
My dentist..."HOW DO YOU PLAN TO DO IT??"<br /><br />My dentist says Nitrous Oxide, headphones on, or a good video - like in Soylent Green.<br /><br />No mess.<br />Exit laughing!<br /><br />EugeneInSanDiegoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-40198501083079328342011-12-09T04:12:52.521-08:002011-12-09T04:12:52.521-08:00"Take thangs in my own hand"??
I take my..."Take thangs in my own hand"??<br />I take my thang in my own hand almost every day, sometimes twice.<br />Well at least the days Mrs. Drackman has a "Headache".<br />Like I said, almost every day.<br />OK, I know your talkin bout the S-Word, Self Inflicted Euthanasia, which for years I thought was "Youth in Asia" and I was really confused why old people were so concerned about young people in Asia.<br />And I actually "Pulled the Plug" on a patient as an Intern, nothin Ill-Legal, and even if it was, my Attending told me to, so I Vas Just Following Orders...<br />Funny thing was the damn ventilators have a osygen powered backup, and it kept ventilating and alarming louder than the million dollar slot machine at Trumps Casino...<br />So I did like any true Anesthesia Transitional Intern, disconnected the ET tube...<br />Dammit, I hate when I ramble, my real question is..<br />HOW DO YOU PLAN TO DO IT??<br />cause my Dad says the same thing, eventhough he got his Prostrate taken out and was playin Golf 3 days later.<br />Computer Golf, but thats all he plays.<br />Theres the Hemingway Lobotomy, but makes quite a mess for the family to deal with.<br />Even if you do it in the woods, your just gonna ruin some hikers day when he finds you a month later.<br />Cyanide? Pro's low LD50, Cons, that bitter almond taste for eternity.<br />Hanging? Even if done correctly they'll think you were some auto-ass-fix-u-ation freak..<br />And even if you could find an Old School Thermometer with Mercury, Elemental Mercury isn't toxic...<br /><br />FrankFrank Drackmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17846499693803159688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-37438570650031778032011-12-08T11:03:01.489-08:002011-12-08T11:03:01.489-08:00Excellent post on a subject that needs to receive ...Excellent post on a subject that needs to receive more attention.<br /><br />The burden placed on families when there has been no plan discussed and documented is great and for all too many no choice but ask the doctors to do everything.<br /><br />Perhaps more folks should see what "do everything means". A stroll through any SICU/MICU would be a shock for most. Alive but not living would make a good country song.<br /><br />My family and my doctor know what I want when my time comes-tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-71329776680162600772011-12-08T09:01:48.979-08:002011-12-08T09:01:48.979-08:00Dr. S: this is one of the best things you have wri...Dr. S: this is one of the best things you have written of late here. I too have seen first hand (as a wound care nurse) the horrors of the futile prolongation of death in ICU. I would leave at the end of a day,having cared for such patients, emotionally drained and incredulous that anyone in their right mind would wish that sort of death on someone they purport to love.<br />My father -in-law, who I loved dearly, died this past summer in an ICU in a hospital where he was taken after a cardiac arrest (details still not completely understood, he was living at home, driving etc.one day before) When we got there (from Pittsburgh to New Jersey) he was on life support and, yes, we were hysterical. The critical care doctor did his best to calm us and give us "reasonable" options but my eyes and my brain told me that there was no hope even though my heart wanted to believe that a miracle would happen (no religious rebuttals please). His written wishes were DNR, and he died the next day after his heart stopped again. At least his family got to see him--but it wasn't really him. I will always regret not getting to say goodbye. At least he documented his wishes which to some degree, were honored. We will all die. I agree that physicians should be reimbursed for providing comprehensive family education around end-of-life care. Maybe physicians like yourself, with political interests and medical expertise should take the lead in making this every person's right under the law. <br />No one should have to be tortured in their last weeks of life and yet it happens in hospitals every day. We don't even let our pets suffer such an end!<br />DDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com