tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350181109033523476.post8213813872301313387..comments2023-08-24T00:28:08.108-07:00Comments on Why is American health care so expensive?: In hospital versus out of hospital heart attacks: wow, things sure cost a lot of money!Janice Boughtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02321947802871503562noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350181109033523476.post-79300208984414460692016-06-05T12:53:45.540-07:002016-06-05T12:53:45.540-07:00"There really ARE worse things than dying but..."There really ARE worse things than dying but many doctors can't handle that." So true. We ALL will die. It is just how and if we have any dignity left when we go. If up to the medical community as a whole (this blog author is a rare exception) no one would be allowed to die with dignity. Everyone would be mutilated, exposed and drugged. Then after death cut up in to pieces to see why we died. Is nothing sacred anymore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350181109033523476.post-54395998255325971862014-12-26T20:19:41.495-08:002014-12-26T20:19:41.495-08:00You lay out well the reasons that I choose to avoi...You lay out well the reasons that I choose to avoid robust cardiac care. I have a big DNR on my chart, but an EMT person wouldnt know that.<br /><br />I do not want to die but even less do I want the 'heroic' measures that would keep me half-alive. My husband knows my feelings about this. We have discussed the technical issues - e.g., getting a notarized card to carry so 'rescuers' would know to leave me alone.<br /><br />I have a pacemaker newly installed but the arterial stenosis is slowly progressing. I will NOT ever have by-pass surgery. As someone who has all (or many) of the problems associated w/ developmental PTSD (iow words, etiology dates back to preverbal stage), I often recognize my fellow sufferers -e.g., Robin Williams. <br /><br />His suicide probably stemmed from the horrendous sequelae of his by-pass surgery four years previously. IMHO.<br /><br />I would rather die 'naturally' than be forced down Mr. Williams' road. There really ARE worse things than dying but many doctors can't handle that.dymphnahttp://gatesofvienna.net/noreply@blogger.com