Comments on: goodbye mac http://sirenschronicles.com/2008/06/13/goodbye-mac/ "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."-Teddy Roosevelt Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:27:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: fran http://sirenschronicles.com/2008/06/13/goodbye-mac/#comment-6086 fran Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:33:42 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/?p=1907#comment-6086 Wow Belle, what a sad story. But I could see someone feeling boxed in- out of options, not wanting to live a slow death & spend the last time so sick & having to fight for the crumbs of healthcare. That's a great MLK quote too. I look at my Mom, 83, with Alzheimers & the cost of staying in a care facility-- at a higher level of care- memory care...eats up a life's savings in no time. One of the first things my Mom said when she had to go to a care facility, was she'd rather be dead. She was not just being a drama queen either- she was just saying living in institutionalized care was not her idea of *living*. Sure, people live longer these days- but are we shooting for quantity or quality? I live in the only State in the Union with physician assisted suicide for those who are terminally ill. We put our beloved pets to "sleep" so they don't suffer, but grandma has to tough it out? We live in one fucked up culture. frans last blog post..<a href="http://ramblings-fran.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-better-strategy.html" rel="nofollow">What better Strategy?</a> Wow Belle, what a sad story. But I could see someone feeling boxed in- out of options, not wanting to live a slow death & spend the last time so sick & having to fight for the crumbs of healthcare. That’s a great MLK quote too.
I look at my Mom, 83, with Alzheimers & the cost of staying in a care facility– at a higher level of care- memory care…eats up a life’s savings in no time.
One of the first things my Mom said when she had to go to a care facility, was she’d rather be dead. She was not just being a drama queen either- she was just saying living in institutionalized care was not her idea of *living*.
Sure, people live longer these days- but are we shooting for quantity or quality?
I live in the only State in the Union with physician assisted suicide for those who are terminally ill. We put our beloved pets to “sleep” so they don’t suffer, but grandma has to tough it out? We live in one fucked up culture.

frans last blog post..What better Strategy?

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