Today is a big moment in UK political debates and bills.
I truly hate politics but this subject really bothers me on how society is moving towards the right to die the rights to life.
The assisted dying bill.
This is a grey area that some countries have in place but here in UK it has hit parliament.
Pain and suffering for terminally ill people.
But where does it stop, and where does it begin it’s open to abuse of power. Abuse on individuals in there most vulnerable time.
I been in the care industry a long time now and I am an advocate for a person’s right to choose what happens to them, but and this is a huge dilemma what if people are pressured by others be it family or the medical world to think thoer life is a burden there care is to hard. Thier life is to complex to matter.
I always thought DNR is three letters dressed up as and packaged as assisted dying and I have deffinatly witnessed that pressure on people to sign it by people who don’t really know the person it really affects people’s ability to access medical help and care.
We have already turned into a society of medicating rather then operating and improving quality of life. The let’s wait and see and take meds is a slippery road to polipharmacy which in turn brings more health issues due to side affects and medicine interactions.
Amd what if that person has allergies to multiple meds. Is it the best option yo wait and see.
It’s not that we don’t have competent surgeons.but the funding and belief in ability to operate on certain people to give them a chance of a better quality of life.
Company people need company kindness.compasson. visits from family the power of a families love and being surrounded by people who will make you feel good and mentally strong enough to deal with pain and implementing choices better for your health.
So I don’t think this is a great day in polical or medical move forward of a move forward into not only a more advanced medical community but people with passion to save life and take risks to make it a better quality.
I am probably rambling on and I know others won’t feel the same as me on this issue.
But I am still raw with pain of losing my mum. I am still a daughter who had to listen to doctors for the last six years Try to pressure my mum into signing that DNR because they didn’t value her life like her family did and like she did.
Going through her medical records it states from mum I Want to Live . Resuscitate and treat.
It’s to late for my mum but not to late for my other family members who may have this DNR or if the changes come in for assissed dying
That the bill does not be abused because of funding and whether a person has a disability or not and care is not with held if someone doesn’t agree with it.
