Originally posted by stimpy: Could you live the life of Job?
Live the life of job heck I'll tell you what I couldn't even read it again.Thats painful enough just reading it.. I read it several times and while I'm reading it I keep saying to myself dude just quit already I can't watch you suffer anymore.LOL any one else just better tough it out because nobody suffered like him and he didn't quit.
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02:09 PM
avengador1 Member
Posts: 35468 From: Orlando, Florida Registered: Oct 2001
I have instructed my wife that if there is no sign of higher brain function to just have them pull the plug. My brain would have been too badly damaged at that point so I wouldn't want to be brought back to "live" a life like that. I would not wish to be a prisioner inside my own body if I cannot use it. I would rather be dead, at least I stand a better chance in the afterlife. Keeping my body artificially alive is just preventing me from reaching the natural end of my journey and would be a waste. My legacy is in place and so are all the moneys, insurance, etc. that he would need to get his own life on track, even if I am not there to finish guiding him. I would hope to see him marry and have children of his own, but if it isn't meant to be, there is nothing I can do about it. I also would rather be remembered as a live person, not some semi-dead phantasm.
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03:33 PM
Formula88 Member
Posts: 53788 From: Raleigh NC Registered: Jan 2001
I have instructed my wife that if there is no sign of higher brain function to just have them pull the plug.
What a horrible, horrible thing to ask of your wife! Do her a favor and get a living will. Seriously, if she knows your wishes she would want to make sure they were carried out, but that would put her in the position of having to fight to end your life. Don't ask that of anyone. Get a living will. It keeps the burden from being put on her shoulders.
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03:59 PM
Formula88 Member
Posts: 53788 From: Raleigh NC Registered: Jan 2001
Originally posted by stimpy: I talked to a homeless black guy for an hour about God, the afterlife, brotherly love. I had never felt so spiritually exhalted in years.
I've had an experience similar to that once and it was amazing. Someone else can't fully appreciate it if they haven't been there. And who needs a church for that? A church is just a building where people go once a week to compare clothes.
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04:04 PM
Formula88 Member
Posts: 53788 From: Raleigh NC Registered: Jan 2001
What a horrible, horrible thing to ask of your wife! Do her a favor and get a living will. Seriously, if she knows your wishes she would want to make sure they were carried out,
There is a way to designate a person to be your proxy (I think thats the word for it)
you cant anticipate every possible situation that might come up in your care, so you formally appoint someone to speak on your behalf when you cant speak for yourself
if you have a living will that says "I dont ever want to be on a resperator" you might end up with a temporary condtion, like pneumonia, where being on a resperator for a few days will save your life.
If you dont appoint a proxy then the doctors will decide how to interpret your living will, and by default they will do everything they can to keep you alive.
