#24 Cynthia Yockey “pain management is actually one of the reasons that hospice care prolongs life with a good quality of life right to the end.” I’ll beg to differ with you. I’ve watched family members in the last weeks of life. Even with good attempts at hospice type care, the pain wasn’t all managed and they WERE suffering. I think your generalizing on this sensitive topic does a disservice to those going through the process.
“the bottom line is that if your pain is not being controlled, you are not receiving appropriate care.” Sounds like a religious right argument to me and another generalized statement. You can’t impose your personal opinion on every medical situation.
“I am definitely going to interfere with people wanting euthanasia or assisted suicide due to improper care.” Gee, I just don’t know. Setting yourself up as some sort of god to impose your personal values on all other citizens seems pretty radical. Write your book if that is your desire. Deal with your own family. But stay out of other citizens’ personal & private lives.
