12 May 2008
The topic of “Death with Dignity” is rearing it’s ugly head again. It failed the last time it was on the ballot and in November voters will once again get to decide about a very sensitive issue. As I’m a lot closer to possibly being able to use such an end-of-life option, I’m all for it. When I get to a point when I can no longer care for myself and have no quality of life, I’m heading south. Since I’m also a person who will continue to go, go, go until the very end, you can bet that I’ll go down kicking and screaming but I will come to a point when I will welcome the choice to end my life on my terms. That decision should be mine and my doctor’s and no one else’s darn business. I feel certain that my children will honor my wishes when that time comes. I sure hope that they won’t want their poor old mother to be tied to a chair in a nursing home peeing in her Depends. I hope that you’re out there reading this kids!
It’s hard for me to understand why some people are so against granting the option of “Death With Dignity.” I’ve listened to The Right to Life arguments, but do they really want to suffer, and suffer they may, as not all pain can be lessened at the end of life? Do they want their family and friends to remember them in pain and without dignity at the end of life? There are many safeguards built into the plan being offered, to avoid it’s misuse, if that is an issue for them. When my time comes I hope that I will be able to choose how I want my life to end.
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