If it comes to it, do you want to be placed on a ventilator?

Thank you for the thread and the kind words.

No, just lots of morphine. Sad thing is no one will be with you when you pass. A few studies claim that hearing is one of the last things to stop & you can hear for up to 7 minutes after you pass.

Never nor my kids. I believe those are very dangerous machines. When that nurse shared blood, I think it everything to do with how she put the machine on the patient. I think the ventilators are killing a percentage of people.

Would never even go to hospital. Meds at home, thanks.

I could stand to shed a few pounds.

No. I have no loved ones, either. And gratefully I haven't seen a doctor in twenty years except when I sprained my ankle. Fuck doctors.

It was terrible watching my mom trying to breathe. The tumor on her lung was huge, and she was definitely struggling for every breath. However, I don't think she would have agreed to the vent without the potential of the surgery to save her. In other words, it wasn't the potential to help her breathe, but the potential of the surgery that convinced her.

Of course, a different situation in that she had cancer that was growing at an alarming rate, and she knew it would kill her without treatment. With the virus, treatment might help and it might not. Your body might be able to fight it off and it might not.

As a nurse, my mom had seen too many people who were not able to come off the vent. She didn't want that for herself.

That would be too painless for them.

Years ago I was intubated for pneumonia. However, I didn't remember why I was in the hospital or what the heck was sticking down my throat when the woke me. It was a thirty day induced coma. As soon as they woke me, I fought hard and pulled it out, causing me further misery by getting a blood clot in my chest. They should have removed it before waking me. The nurses had the gall to excoriate me for pulling it out. I'd do it again with clear instructions in order to live though.

This is very sad to me. I hate to think of my loved ones or anyone dying alone in such a way.

No nope no thank you ...

Nope.

I would definitely do it. I mean what is the other option, to die?

And just like that, this thread made me quit smoking.

Being of sound mind and body. NO.

Looks like Matthew Perry

Well you have a slim chance of recovering.
At this point you have a very high chance of kicking in the bucket. Your lungs are filled so much with fluid. Then if you do recover how is your quality of life gonna be?

Ah man. That would be a bad way to go. Allergy season is already bad.

Wow. Never heard about the extra 7 minutes. Oh my gosh.

If you break a leg or have an appendix rupture you want to be taken to a hospital? (Or just take a drink of apple cider vinegar?)

Very good point. Not sure very much quality control is happening right now.

Hope you stay safe and well.

Hope you stay well and it passes by ya.

No. If I'm that far gone, hand me a revolver.

Just a ventilator or an invasive ventilator (Intubation)? Big difference.

Well I love you. GLP family is the best. We’re all in this together. Brilliant to stay away from the doctors.

no.

Nope, I would not.

If I'm that bad, just give me a strong IV painkiller and let me slip off into sleep peacefully.

I'm not afraid of dying, I just don't want to endure excruciating pain and suffering for an extended period of time before I die.

Agreed

I think the thought, and maybe even reality, of suffering is going to push many of us to places we never knew we could go. I sure hope we all make it through with peace and can feel love surrounding us.

That’s how I feel. Thanks for taking the time to share.