Serious talk here: Britney Maynard: In January, Maynard was given six months to live and told her death would be painful because of the aggressive nature of her cancer. Brain cancer. Ok Moe here: I am not trying to offend anyone. I have friends who have had relatives commit suicide. Young people who were a bit screwed up and they did the unthinkable. This is not a case like that. This young woman Knew she was dieing. She knew and understood what the end would be. She would be on feeding tubes. Machines to keep her breathing. The brain runs everything. As it died parts of your body shut down. Staying alive till the end probably meant, seizures, convulsions, involuntary bowel movements , feeding tubes, respirators , being drugged to the point of hallucinations. This was not a person Like me or Teddy. We know the angel of death is close. No one is ever ready to lose a loved one. We can be sitting in a hospital room every day and they die. Still we cry. We grieve. In an accident/murder/sudden death there is no heads up. Bang the family is hit with your death. In a suicide of a young person who is emotionally unsound. You get the call. In an older person we expect to get the call. man was not meant to live forever. How many times I have heard people joke Is that old bastard ever going to die? I have heard people say OMG I thought they died years ago! I have already started grieving for teddy and he is still alive! My mum was 84. I found her. I knew she had a bad heart. I knew it was coming. It did not make losing her any easier. Today we are spoiled. In the old days people became sick and the family tended to them. When they finally died, the family would call it a blessing. Their suffering was over. Can you imagine a time when a family sat in the parlor with the body of a loved one and say It was a blessing , she was in so much pain at the end. No , you cant because today we can go home from the hospice or hospital. We can go home and make tea and not clean the mess up all night. We can relax and not hold them down as they are seizing. Today we just visit the terminally ill for a few hours a week. The nurses are the ones who see the suffering. They clean the mess. They administer anti seizure meds. Today its almost like we go from diagnosis to hospital to funeral parlor. Very antiseptic for the family. Some one comes to visit and asks where is moe? Oh shes in the hospital again. Oh how sad. If I were in the house throwing up, soiling sheets it would resemble a horror story. We have made illness and death very clinical. Britney wasnt someone with mental illness or depression who jumped off a bridge because the world didnt like them or their girlfriend or boyfriend dumped them. This wasnt even a case of a bereaved spouse or parent. She WAS dieing. She knew what was coming. She was already suffering from it. No parent is ready to let go. Never. I dont think she was being selfish. I think probably her family knew of her intentions. God comfort her beloved. Dont judge her actions. Pray for her family.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:10:53 +0000
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