choosing to die

[Bouncy Castle]

Not as professonal as we would all like, methinks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... linic.html

:doh:

 

[MortalWare]

Never give up hope:

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/new-compou ... s-symptoms

 

[Cheery]

Never give up hope:

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/new-compou ... s-symptoms

That's a very interesting development. Here's hoping *crosses fingers*.
It would be magnificient if this would turn out to be successful.

 

[mstenten]

Thank you very much for this film. It was difficult to watch, but very important. I watched this film 3 weeks before accompanying my mother, father and sister to Zurich. My mother suffered from motor neuron disease, Lou Gehrig's Disease in US or for baseball fans. Aside from leaving her family, her greatest regret is that the services provided by Dignitas are not widely available in the US (only 2 states).

I am glad to say my mother passed with dignity and bravery. Thank you Terry and thank you Dignitas.

I wish Terry the best of luck with his fight against Alzheimer's.

 

[Quatermass]

For any Aussie viewers who missed out, it's coming back to SBS on March 10, at 9:35.

 

[UnseenAcademical88]

Re:

Christ, that was hard to watch. For all kinds of reasons.

I wouldn't do it myself - but then I'm not terminally ill. At the moment. Things may (almost certainly will, given my genetics) change as I get older and I have seen enough people die slowly and in pain not to want to do it myself, so.....

We put down our pets when they are old and ill - why not ourselves?

Thanks, Terry for yet another well-argued piece in favour of humanity.

And thanks to the late Peter Smedley ("a truly brave man", as Terry said) for allowing his last moments to be filmed for the programme.

I'm in total agreement, it was a very hard documentary to watch however it presented a lot of insightful facts. Peter Smedley was a very brave man for doing what he did. RIP.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Didn't know quite where to put this.

Prunella Scales has "mild" Alzheimer's

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26430992

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Poor Sybil! However it looks like she's getting tons of support from hubby and getting out and enjoying life still. And she is, after all, 'of an age' for it so perhaps not so sad or out of the blue

With people like Prunella, that you 'know' well from the TV they tend to get frozen in time so it was more of surprise hearing that she's 81 - what with policemen look like they're been detached from Mommy's apron strings I'm suddenly feeling v. old meself!

 

[Mixa]

Re:

I've just read the news of Mr Pratchett choosing an assisted death and I'm crying like hell right now. I just wanted to tell him how much he influenced my way of seeing and feeling the world, how he opened my horizons and made this world an easier place to live by putting more magic into it. I feel Mr Pratchett so close, as if he were my father. So I do hope that there will be no need for him to take such a decision in the near future. I pray that he may keep on living and writing because our small personal worlds would be greyer and emptier without him.

I have nothinng else to say. It's hard but I completely agree with his decision. Long good live Sir Pratchett!

Mx