Help Me Die...

I could not physically kill a person by smothering or drowning or any of that, but if anyone I loved were on life support with absolutely zero chance of recovering and having a quality life again, I would pull the plug. Nobody wants to be a vegetable, and my husband and I both know what the other wants in this situation.

We in my family have agreed that we won't let each other live on life support with no brain activity, or in pain and hooked up to machines--if the machines are all that's keeping us alive and we would otherwise die but living on the machines is painful and miserable, we'll pull the plug. It would be hard, but it's the last act of love we can do for each other.

I do not know that I could personally help someone die, but I could let them go if unusual measures were being used. My first husband had ALS. I stayed at the nursing home 22 hours daily. He had a variety of antianxiety meds and pain meds, all of which were given with his tube feeding. I left one day and the nurse on duty, who had just come from a rehab hospital, refused to give him his feeding/meds, which was very distressing. Her reasoning was that he seemed unresponsive, and she did not want to overdose him and kill him, his vitals were pretty low. I was very upset about that, because HE KNEW what he was supposed to have, and it really upset him.It made the Hospice volunteer mad as well, and she cried about it. Those people are wonderful people. One of my best friends was a nurse there at that time, and her opinion was that she would have given it, even with the appearance of unresponsiveness, because she knew that I would have grieved, if he passed, but I would not have been angry at them, and it would not have been inappropriate. I loved him deeply, and intensely. He was my high school sweet heart, and my partner for 23 years. He passed away the next day, anyway. The unit supervisor had reassured me, though, that if it ever came up again, even though the nurse on duty would not give it, because of her license, she the supervisor would have, and she promised we would never have that issue again. I would have given him the meds. I am not a nurse, and once he was in the nursing home, we lost the control to do things the way we did at home, but I would have given them to him, and I guess that would have helped him die.

No I could never help anyone die. I would do a lot of praying for God to help them in their time of need. I would spend the rest of my life thinking "What if" and I believe where there is life there is hope. I am just so happy that no-one pulled the plug on me 3 years ago when all the doctors had told my family there was no hope for me.

i could never go along with such an action in any way for God gives Us life and it is only he who should take it !what if you pulled the plug on someone the day before a cure was found?

I think I could help someone I love die.. It would be hard, that's for sure.. But for some people I would do everything.. Have a nice day ^^

I would do anything to assist a beloved family member in his family moments, even nursing duties. But I would never do things to kill him or her before his time. I am against euthanasia. © ronaldinu 2008

I think I could. It is their life and I think they have the right to end it, as long as they are the only ones to die. I mean no one has the right to kill others that don't want to die.In other words, you shouldn't rig a plane to crash or create a car crash.With that said, if there was a way to help a person die with dignity, I would help, The best thing to do is to talk to your family and friends While they are healthy. If they feel that they don't want to kept alive on machines, then they should get a living will. That will tell the doctors and family not to hook them up to the machines in the first place.

I'd be first in line to pull the plug. It seems strange to me that to be allowed to show compassion and have a pet put to sleep when they are suffering yet when a human suffers we aren't allowed to do the humane thing. If I want to die, I hope that I have someone in my life that loves me enough to help me out.

You know, when my mother was dying, I almost let her go. Not willingly but because I wondered if it were the right thing to do FOR HER. Now that she survived the ordeal, it's a long long road to recovery. I still wonder if we did right by her because every day is a struggle. I love her to the ends of the earth and enough to let her go but also will fight for her to live too IF it's the right thing FOR HER. It's a hard stand to stand on and so everybody is different as well as every situation is different and you have to treat it accordingly.

I had experienced getting crazy for awhile deciding what to do for my mom,dad and brother who were on the same situation.Were in coma and just waiting for their last breath.The doctor told me that they could stop the machine and shorten their sufferings anyway it was hopeless already and also to minimize the hospital bills.I was in big debt due to this and i couldn't take them watching suffered but i never decided to take the machine off.I just let them stop breathing by themselves.I am not sure if its right or wrong decision but i just thought that sometimes miracle happens.Who knows God might decide to save them or its already their time and i can't do anything about it.It hurts but i had to accept that life really ends one day.

I don't think I could actually help anyone kill themselves because I believe that if it is our time to go, we will go and not until. I can understand how some other people feel. They don't want to watch their loved one suffer any longer, but as much as I can understand, and even sympathize, I couold not do it. I could pull the plug on life support though because I feel that it is often just stalling the inevitable. Even though a person on life support may live, I think that if I were to pull the plug, if the person is meant to live, he or she will, if not, he or she will die. It would be very hard for me to ever have to make this dicision if it involved any of my family members, my parentns, brothers, children, or spouse. I am very closer to my entire family and I am not sure what I would do without any of them.

What about someone who is physically ok but in immense emotional pain? Someone who is lonely, has been lonely for a very long time and doesn't want to spend the rest of their life that way but see no hope?

I think what most ppl do not understand or remember is that the body is just a vessel. And, what you love is inside. If you really love someone you would let them go and not make them suffer. If you make them suffer because you can't let go then you are selfish. Because, you are stopping them from going on to the next stage in their existence. Diying is all apart of living and you can't have one without the other. So, if you love someone then love them enough to let them go on. Could I help someone die? Yes, if they needed me to I think I could. I would rather see them go into a deep sleep then suffer a long wake. I don't understand we would put an animal to sleep if they are suffering but not a person. Why?

No I couldn't help no one die. Even if they begged me I couldn't be the one to pull the plug or slip them the pills. I just couldn't it would scar me emotionally for life.

My fervent prayer is to die when my children are all doing good in their own lives already. I don't want to leave them not sure of their future yet. But of course, everything is not on my hands. It is my prayer hoping that it will do come true. But if I came to the point of becoming too old and a burden to my family, of course I will wish my life to end as soon as possible.

I want to live forever. But I guess I could change that opinion if I were in screaming pain and/or trapped in a body that didn't work. Could I help somebody die? Or let them die? I know I could do the second one, just let them die without ventilators and other machines if that was their request. Help them die a la Kevorkian, I just don't know. Maybe.

This is a very powerful subject. I'm going to try and contribute but I have no real experience of having someone suffer in my family! I don't mind growing old, I just don't want to grow old and then suddenly become a geriatric, an invalid of some sort. I don't like the idea of having others do everything for me. If someone is suffering though and is in a lot of pain, if they want to die, then this is their choice as controversial as this is. Would I help a family member to die though? I'm not sure that I could take part in this, it would be very uncomfortable. But, where there's love, I guess you would do anything for a member of your family. I personally think that Euthanisia should become law! There's the frightening prospect though that if your life is difficult and you were not happy with your life, then anyone and everyone would be queuing up for the Euthanasia injection! This is a very difficult area for me and I don't know what I would do in that situation until I actually had to face it. I would then have to make the most appropriate decision at the time. Andrew

it will be really hard for me to take someone life because i only dream about saving people not kill them.........i will say that person should fight it as long as he or she can.......i can't answer your question is to brutal for me.....i think i won't ............if i did help someone die i will feel as killer

"Help me die" .I will not say Yes to that plea. "Help me live", "Help me understand, help me survive, help me to continue life to the very end, Help me endure the pain by holding on to me in my suffering". I will gladly say YES!!! with all my heart. But I will not play GOD by making that decision of whether someone should live or die. The machine that keeps patients alive were built because of the respect that people have for LIFE that somehow in such desperate and critical situations we can still find hope that someone can be saved. Pulling the plug is the easiest way out of misery for people like us. But I believe that there is a GOD who pulls the plug for everyone. So let's give it to HIM.