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So. . . . .would you be brave enough to end it all? And if so, how?

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BlueBelle Thu 13-Jul-17 20:35:20

My friend has kept some of her dogs morphine tablets, another friend said she is going to put her sun lounger in the garden ( I think shes hoping for a winter demise) and a bottle of whiskey and bingo
I would never be brave enough so have every expectation to sit it out however bad it gets I have asked my daughter to make a hundred per cent sure I am dead though no waking up in the coffin, my nightmare
I wouldn't take myself off to Switzerland I think that's awful if I was going to do anything I d do it in my own home but I know I have an optimistic thread running through me that would never want to 'finish it ' completely so I ll just take my chances with my end and accept what comes

Lyndylou Thu 13-Jul-17 20:30:21

Hypothermia- I'm going to sneak out on a very cold night and let the drop in temperature get to me. That's my fall back plan should I develop dementia. Yes, I know I've got to be compus mentis enough to remember the plan!

Alima Thu 13-Jul-17 20:23:40

I hope so. Travel isn't necessarily required. Haven't thought this through yet. Would it make you brave? I think it would be the coward's way out as It would bypass the pain and/or drooling your way through the care system.

Esspee Thu 13-Jul-17 20:22:28

I have enough medication in reserve to end my life if and when I feel the need. My worry is that if I suddenly become incapacitated ( e.g. with a stroke) I might not be able to act on my wishes. My greatest fear is to end up as a vegetable being kept alive with no quality of life. I visit my aunt in a nursing home and it breaks my heart to see her. We treat animals with greater compassion.

Morgana Thu 13-Jul-17 20:21:26

I always tell my kids to take me to the vet!! My husband is diabetic so would be tempted to take some of his stuff. I would not want to live if i had something terrible. Think we should have the right to die with dignity in this country.

Ana Thu 13-Jul-17 20:00:51

You'd have to be fit enough to travel to Switzerland, of course, and anyone accompanying you could in theory could be charged in this country with assisting you to die.

I'd be very wary about liquidised plants! What if they didn't finish you off but just paralysed you...shock?

Newquay Thu 13-Jul-17 19:44:11

Had a lovely chatty lunch today with some girl (!) friends. Discussed everything. . . As you do. . . . And somehow got on to what we would do if we got something awful and had had enough. I said I would be saddened, but wouldn't hesitate, to get on a plane to Switzerland although I resent not being able to "do the deed" here.
One (lovely) friend said she has monks hood growing her garden and understands it's all very poisonous so she would whizz the whole lot up in her liquidiser-with some sugar-and Bob's your uncle!
I didn't know about that plant in any event.