PJ

[R.M.]

Funerals are fast becoming my new social activity... A far cry to the student parties I went to in Dunedin

[lakewoodlady]

Oh you scarifies you........!

[Richard]

Funerals are fast becoming my new social activity... A far cry to the student parties I went to in Dunedin

I've noticed that too, that as I get older more and more people are having funerals. Funny that.

[piroska]

Not more people.....more people you know.


Friend of mine, 63, got some horrible news. She has aorta issues, it's ripping.
If she does nothing, well they said go visit relatives now......

If she has the several surgeries, each time, it's not a maybe it's a definitely she'll have a major stroke, requiring full time care type stroke. And it might be fatal anyway.

She has a week to get back to them.
Horrible decision.

[John H]

Dad died as a result of an aortic aneurysm. There are many worse ways to die - at least he had time to say goodbye, he wasn't in massive pain, and he had his dignity to the end. He was also 63 like your friend. I am not sure what I would choose in your friend's situation, but I would certainly have a living will (as I do now) to help protect against some zealot doctor in the event of an adverse outcome such as you describe.

[R2x1]

I've noticed that too, that as I get older more and more people are having funerals. Funny that.

Hmm. i haven't noticed that. Maybe there's rationing, but 'round here they're pretty strongly sticking to one per person.

[zqwerty]

LOL R2x1

[piroska]

Dad died as a result of an aortic aneurysm. .

It's an aortic dissection. She already had one. That got patched, that's leaking. The new one is ripping.

She has pain now, she had pain the first time. Heaps of it. Ambulance gave her morphine.

The first time, ambulance took her in to hospital a 20 min trip...jnr doc said aortic dissection, snr one said no (cause she wasn't dead), and stuck her in a bed for 5 days. She was told she was imagining things, pulled out of bed to make her walk (she couldn't), given paracetamol, until a new doc came on and finally did a scan. She had 6 rips.
Lost a kidney, damage to other. No apology.

That was 7 years ago.

[Bozo]

I believe Cicero passed away.

Such a shame, loved his style of humor and witty comments - as my sig bears testimony too.

[prefect]

That ones easy, he got all upset over some of the comments relating to the US Gun laws, threw the toys out the cot and said he wasn't coming back (from memory).

Bugger some of the lefty Commie bastards on here must have pissed him off.