On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:12:43 -0500, Swingman wrote:

On 7/3/2012 9:03 AM, basilisk wrote:
On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 07:33:27 -0500, HeyBub wrote:


To my knowledge, we in the U.S. have nothing like a physician writing "LCP"
on the patient's chart. ("DNR" is a completely different critter.)

Maybe not exactly, but in practice.
During the recent passing of my wife, she was moved to comfort care which
involved no medical care other than I could request pain meds if needed,
no monitoring, no oxygen, no IV.

The physician didn't make this decision, it was offered as an an option
and I made the decision.

Sorry to hear about your Mom, and for you and your families loss.

Agreed ... it is tacit instead of written in many cases. Mom died on
June 21, 2012, in a nursing home, but basically in a hospice
environment, with no physician intervention for the three weeks
preceding her passing. Considering a prolonged illness with no hope of
recovery, it was as it should be.

There is peace of heart in this statement.

While I do have a DNR, I could only hope (but knowing it would be
horrific to put someone in that position) that someone I know had the
training, and fortitude, to practice the merciful wielding of a pillow
in a similar circumstance.

Seems that sometimes life goes on long after the ability to live,
may we both be so lucky as to have a friend with a pillow, should the
need arise.

I keep thinking of that Indian chief in that movie Little Big Man(?),
where he just went off to die in the forest.

Sigh, my daughters will never stand for it, I'm already getting sermons
about what I should and should not be doing.

basilisk