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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/10/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75/379329/

I agree with a lot of what this guy says.  IMO "we" do too much to prolong life, with no quality of life.   I saw a lot of comments during the early Covid days along the lines of "We all have to lock down or else my 97 year old grandmother with (lists 7 or 8 serious-terminal health conditions) might DIE!"
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But who are you to say whether someone has quality of life? My mom with cancer said she wanted to live as long as possible and wanted every treatment possible.  Maybe someone else would look at her and say her quality of life wasn't worth it, but it's her life and should be her choice.[/quote]

When my FIL had cancer, he also wanted to live as long as possible. But the doctors were really frank about what his quality of life would be. My Mom had a subdural hematoma and I had to choose whether or not to do the surgery. They 100% would have done the surgery. But I spoke with the neurologist from the ICU (vs the neurosurgeon) and he was really honest about what it would be like after the surgery. The recovery and chance of reoccurrence. So I made the decision to not do the surgery.

Also, many people have unrealistic expectations based on TV shows. Research what happens to older people if they get CPR. It is brutal and an older body is destroyed. Living longer shouldn't be the threshold for whether or not to do a medical procedure. It should be will this allow me to have decent quality of life while I'm alive. [/quote]

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