[Kensomniac]

Originally Posted by bellydancinb ↗

Strange how the wife was hesitant in sitting next to him.. and it's the doctor and not his wife cradling his head. They don't seem to be in love at all. That's what I find the saddest.

Her just being by his side had to take incredible strength... it would in no way be an easy decision.. there would of course be understanding, but it would be hard in watching someone who you built your life around let go.. just the balance between reality and really believing that you could hold on to one persons love and that would be enough...

I could imagine going through this, but I have intense respect for everyone involved.

I had no idea Sir Terry Pratchett wrote a book like this.. if it's the same author I'm thinking of, he was the man behind one of my favorite book series.

[verizonvoyajerk]

It's really a decision the person who is sick has to make. You can have a belief system of whatever you want, but you can't push that on to someone else.

[rocraida]

I watched this the other day, it was so sad to see but at least he isn't suffering any longer. The law here in the UK is an ass dictacted to by the church.

[DEATHSTALKER]

His wife was a trooper as well. That takes alot of balls. So sad but better than suffering.

[Thewraith420]

damn i was glued to this thread as i watched, crazy how he just drank it and went out cold makes you think how fragile we are rip mr smedley

[kellyhound]

They should change the laws so people won't have to go to foreign countries to end their lifes.
Happens more than you think but that doesn't make the news as it's something between doc, family and the person who wants to die.

[Gizmo1981]

I think dependant on the circumstances, IF I were Ill and it was life threatening AND there was no cure AND I would have months and months of pain, agony and anguish, I think the prospect of drinking a yucky drink and then falling unconscious and never waking up ever again would seem appealing, plus it would be "on my terms" and not on the terms of whatever was killing me.

I think the patient was VERY brave to do this, he could have stuck around and lived in pain and I think that's no life, He seemed very comfortable in his decision and his wife seemed to be taken aback by it but still remained at his side.

They are both troopers and I applaud them both, the wife for staying by his side until the bitter end, and him for taking such courage in doing it in a totally humane way with no messy cleanups for anyone to deal with, add to that the fact that he must have spent a small fortune, so he obviously wanted it done and out the way so that he wouldn't/couldn't burden anyone with having to be waited on hand and foot and he wanted to make sure he went peacefully rather than through heart attacks or cancer or whatnot.

[InfoWarrior]

I don't know what to make of it really.. I think committing suicide is an easy way out. But I respect him all the same for his decision, I know that I personally wouldn't want to waste away in a hospital bed. My ideal way of dying is just at home in my bed hopefully with people I care around me taking care of me before I die. Very difficult and sobering decisions to make, certainly looked like a relatively peaceful way to die. However I think when I am knocking on deaths door I will just let nature run its course. If I even die of illness, the way things are now it'll probably be nuclear war, or in a war at the hands of another human being.

Very humbling to watch, didn't really pull at my heart strings though, I am too desensitized to death from watching so many horrible horrible acts of violence. I really need to stop visiting the death video section... makes me feel like I lose my humanity when I can't empathize at someone losing their life. I mean I do... but I don't let emotion get the best of me.

[LadyNightmare]

This really got to me. I have had two loved ones die slow painful deaths and I never want my children to have to go through that with me. I promised my grandmother years ago that I would take her out and "Take care of her" if she ever got so sick she could not do it herself. I could not do it and I have felt like shit ever since. I watched her suffer, waist away and die slowly and I can not frogive myself for not having the courage to put her to sleep, to love her enough to end her suffering for her when she couldn't do it herself. In the US all the people in the room with that man would be in jail now. We show more mercy and compassion for a dog than we allow for our fellow beings. Shame on us, I just wish I could show as much courage when my time comes. It would have been easier for me and the rest of my family if my loved ones had died the way THEY chose to die, rather than watch them suffer for a few years so the doctors and government agencies could milk every dime of theirs away until they died. In the US it's keep 'em alive until they have nothing left. Then park them in the corner and let them starve to death.

[ninjasalad]

We will now record this amazing content with a keychain camera we bought at the dollars store