Can I just vent about healthcare and dying?

Platapus · 02-04-24, 02:09 PM

My wife's sister is dying of cancer. She has already lived two years longer than the doctors expected.

One of the more recent symptoms is that the cancer paralyzed her stomach so she is unable to eat or drink. She is being kept alive on inter-venous feeding and hydration. If you are familiar with such treatment, it is torturous on the patient.

She decided that it was time to transition to hospice.

The hospice company told her that they can't continue the inter-venous feeding and hydration as that is considered a medical procedure.

So she is faced with two choices

Go into hospice and slowly die of dehydration
Stay in the hospital and be kept alive in horrible misery.

There is a third choice as the state she is in has physician assisted suicide but she has religious beliefs that must be respected.

We would not allow a dog to suffer like this, but these are the choices my wife's sister is facing.

From what I heard, she elected to die of dehydration.... in the 21st century.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

No one deserves to go out like that. I just hope that Hospice can knock her out so she does not suffer.

02-04-24, 02:09 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Can I just vent about healthcare and dying? My wife's sister is dying of cancer. She has already lived two years longer than the doctors expected. One of the more recent symptoms is that the cancer paralyzed her stomach so she is unable to eat or drink. She is being kept alive on inter-venous feeding and hydration. If you are familiar with such treatment, it is torturous on the patient. She decided that it was time to transition to hospice. The hospice company told her that they can't continue the inter-venous feeding and hydration as that is considered a medical procedure. So she is faced with two choices Go into hospice and slowly die of dehydration Stay in the hospital and be kept alive in horrible misery. There is a third choice as the state she is in has physician assisted suicide but she has religious beliefs that must be respected. We would not allow a dog to suffer like this, but these are the choices my wife's sister is facing. From what I heard, she elected to die of dehydration.... in the 21st century. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot No one deserves to go out like that. I just hope that Hospice can knock her out so she does not suffer. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.