Well, if they just called it starvation, nobody would want to do it.
Give it 2, maybe 2 1/2 days and that will mostly go away.
So sorry to hear that. Another way religion has failed us. Instead of allowing people the dignity to choose how and when we force it to be ugly and mean and terrible for all involved because invisible sky Daddy might get mad or something. ****ing ridiculous. Although I applaud Oregon for at least having a law on the books, most of these laws needs to be expanded. Give people the choice they deserve. I think the same should apply to things like dementia. If the diagnosis is impending dementia then the individual should be allowed to choose to end it when they are still lucid and can have a final meaningful goodbye with their loved ones instead of becoming a burden on everyone and suffering until they die a much worse death. So much for us actually being civilized.
Right, they should allow you to add that into your advance directive - "If I get dementia and think it's 1984 again and can't recognize my children, just pump me full of drugs and let me float away." My mother-in-law is currently in that state, she thinks my wife is either her sister or a friend from high school, whereas she is the oldest child and the only one left (one died of cirrhosis and the other of an unspecified drug overdose.).
Not bad, close to 2 days. Try again after a few weeks. You can build up to it. How long did you want to go for? You were counting in hours so I'm assuming not more than 2 or 3 days?
Damn that's rough.
Jesus. Having that job should also qualify for the assisted suicide thing
