This 29 Year Old Woman Will End Her Own Life On Nov 1, 2014

[rgray222]

Twenty-nine-year-old Brittany Maynard is going to die on November 1. She knows that for certain, because it's the date she's chosen to end her life.

I am not advocating for or against this practice but I honestly do think it is a discussion that needs to be had across a broad spectrum of society. A case can be made in either direction on this issue. The only way to make sure we get it "as right as possible" is by using our collective wisdom and opening the discussion as wide as possible. (video)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=yPfe3rCcUeQ

[Frederick Jackson]

My God how can this be, such a young and lovely person be contemplating such a thing, it is truly hard for me to fathom what problems, what depression or desperation or bleak outlook on life and the world might lead her to such a decision? I pray something changes her mind, perhaps our prayers and good wishes! She has mine!

[Orph]

Did you watch the video? She is terminal ill with brain cancer. She simply wants to die one her time, rather than wait for the cancer to ravage her body and take it when the cancer decides.

[ginnyk]

I completely agree with and support Brittany. My husband lived for about 2 months after his brain surgery was diagnosed as glioblastoma. Simply put, that means waiting for the cancer to keep disabling parts of the brain until it kills the patient. In the meantime, anything can be affected. Speech, memory, muscle control, bladder and bowel control, eyesight, seizures - the list goes on to a new nightmare each day. It was horrible to watch. I can't begin to imagine what it felt like for him to experience it,

We were blessed to have a wonderful Hospice team who was able to manage his symptoms with a lot of morphine and tender care. But I know he would have gladly shortened that time if it had been possible for him.

After watching what he went through, I can say for sure that if I am ever faced that or something similar, I would go to Washington state where my daughter lives and do the very same thing she plans.

Brittany, my thoughts and prayers are with you.

[Dennis Leahy]

Cannabis oil has had AMAZING results against glioblastoma. If someone tries a full "Rick Simpson protocol" (at least 30 days, preferably 60) on ANY cancer, and it doesn't cure it or reduce it drastically, then someone might consider drastic measures to prevent the painful part of the journey to death.

I hope someone gets this message to Brittany:

Brittany,

• do an internet search on the two words glioma cannabis
• read the scientific papers and anecdotal accounts (the drug companies do not test whole cannabis oil - they cannot patent it - so all human trial evidence is anecdotal)
• fly to Colorado
• get enough cannabis to make oil
• make oil
• take oil
• live, laugh, and love for a long time

Seriously, girl, you gotta give it a shot. Did you know the human body has an "endocannabinoid" system that is considered as a regulatory system of regulatory systems? Our bodies make cannabinoids! We could not live without them. Adding EXTRA cannabinoids from cannabis will assist your body's normal process of healing. "Assist" is not a strong enough word - you can be cured. What do you have to lose if you try?

Dennis

Dennis

[Atlas]

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Brittany and Dan on their wedding day, September 2012



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The video says that she was diagnosed in January 2014 "after years of suffering" but Brittany says that she first experienced headaches after getting married in September 2012 (see my post above) which leaves her with 16 months of suffering maximum, not years. Fishy.

[truth4me]

Posted by Orph (here)
Did you watch the video? She is terminal ill with brain cancer. She simply wants to die one her time, rather than wait for the cancer to ravage her body and take it when the cancer decides.

I for one cannot judge her. Unless your in her shoes you just
don't know what you would do....

[Pam]

The irony here is that in many cases, due to medical intervention people can live to experience stages of disease processes that they might not have 50 years ago. I think each individual should be able to decide when they have had enough suffering. Like she said in the video, just knowing that she has the medication is comforting to her. Some people never use it, but they can rest easier knowing that they have it if they need it. I am actually relieved that I live in Washington state so that I have that option available if I need it in the future.

I think that the discussion of dying with dignity has been muddied by religious convictions. As a nurse, I have encountered a lot of patients that continued life sustaining treatments even though they wished to die for fear of going to hell. They believed that stopping a treatment or not accepting a life sustaining treatment was the same as suicide.Certainly, ingesting medication to end life would be considered even more like suicide. Sometimes patients are guilted into "not giving up" by relatives or loved ones. So, there really is no easy answer to this dilemma.

Another issue that I have not seen addressed very often is the cost of end of life treatment. Resorting to dramatic interventions to extend life for a month or two on a terminal patient is surprisingly common. The expense is outrageous. All a patient has to say is " do everything you can to keep me alive" and in most cases they will be obliged. There is a huge amount of money to be made doing this. In fact, that is when the most money is forked out for medical care. How much better, it seems to me, to die peacefully, with loved ones around in a comforting setting than to be hooked up to machinery and IV lines in a hospital setting. Hospice has made huge inroads to alter perceptions, but there is still a long way to go.

Changing topics here, I do think it is sad that she may not have examined all options available. There are alternative treatments that have been very promising for aggressive brain cancers,

[dim]

What will happen at the 1st of Nov is that she will realize that she can't die.

[Peace of Mind]

Who ever said death was a bad thing? We were all born to die. Going through life fearing the inevitable will make you weak and useless. You'll never live up to your full potential when your mind is clouded with panic and confusion.

Peace

[RunningDeer]

Posted by buares (here)
16 months of suffering maximum, not years. Fishy.

With respect to this part only and someone that use to experience migraines, here’s my take:

A two to three day migraine of the endless pain, the twisted stomach muscles from vomiting, and the unknown of how long…well that one bout alone feels like eternity. So 16 months of suffering IS a lifetime.

That said, I understand where you are going.

RunningDeer <3

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Poor girl. I dont believe in terminal illness, theres a chance for recovery! Stick around awhile!

[chancy]

Hello Everyone:

I cannot walk in this ladies shoes BUT I have walked along side my mother's shoes. She had over 50 major operations in her life and was in the hospital for 46 years of her life. She was in a full body cast for 2 years of her life. She finished school with honors flat on her back in a hospital. She became a teacher by studying on her back in a hospital bed without being able to leave the bed. Without going into the long story she was diagnosed with breat cancer 2 times and got through it. I have seen my mother plead with God to take her because the pain was so intense. I have seen this so many times that it became normal.

After ALL THIS PAIN AND SUFFERING you could NEVER find a person that did so much good in the world and left the world a BETTER PLACE than my mother because she NEVER COMPLAINED once in 86 years and NEVER GAVE UP ONCE in 86 years.

She gave everyone including myself hope and brought happiness to everyone she met. NEVER did she GIVE UP! Should I say this again....SHE NEVER GAVE UP!

It's entirely a person choice to give up BUT I say everyone should NEVER GIVE UP! You never know how your life and helping people will influence this life! My mother saved more people than we all will ever know because of her attitude, courage, repect of life and helping everyone.

I have seen her too sick to eat but helping the next person in the same room as her eat because NO ONE IN THE HOSPITAL STAFF would help this person sick to eat. ( I guess they thought starving the person would be the best way to let the person die )

When I see people give up I am saddened to the core of my spirit! I say it's their choice BUT they are leaving this world not a better place!

NO ONE can judge but I have see beauty and love in a godly form with all the pain and suffering in my mother's elegant life.

To see someone quit is simply not human......

chancy

[rgray222]

Chancy
The thanks buttons seems hardly appropriate. The souls that have experienced great hardships and joy in their lives are usually the ones that understand that life is a gift. They are the ones that have a right to be negative and bitter but they are also the ones that are (for the most part) the most positive. Many such people find fulfillment in helping others. When you pass close to death you understand that our time,on this earth, in this life is as short as a flicker in a flame!

Posted by chancy (here)
Hello Everyone:

I cannot walk in this ladies shoes BUT I have walked along side my mother's shoes. She had over 50 major operations in her life and was in the hospital for 46 years of her life. She was in a full body cast for 2 years of her life. She finished school with honors flat on her back in a hospital. She became a teacher by studying on her back in a hospital bed without being able to leave the bed. Without going into the long story she was diagnosed with breat cancer 2 times and got through it. I have seen my mother plead with God to take her because the pain was so intense. I have seen this so many times that it became normal.

After ALL THIS PAIN AND SUFFERING you could NEVER find a person that did so much good in the world and left the world a BETTER PLACE than my mother because she NEVER COMPLAINED once in 86 years and NEVER GAVE UP ONCE in 86 years.

She gave everyone including myself hope and brought happiness to everyone she met. NEVER did she GIVE UP! Should I say this again....SHE NEVER GAVE UP!

It's entirely a person choice to give up BUT I say everyone should NEVER GIVE UP! You never know how your life and helping people will influence this life! My mother saved more people than we all will ever know because of her attitude, courage, repect of life and helping everyone.

I have seen her too sick to eat but helping the next person in the same room as her eat because NO ONE IN THE HOSPITAL STAFF would help this person sick to eat. ( I guess they thought starving the person would be the best way to let the person die )

When I see people give up I am saddened to the core of my spirit! I say it's their choice BUT they are leaving this world not a better place!

NO ONE can judge but I have see beauty and love in a godly form with all the pain and suffering in my mother's elegant life.

To see someone quit is simply not human......

chancy

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[Frederick Jackson]

Ah, I suspected it may have been something like brain cancer but hoping no. Understandable her brave decision in this case. It is not a happy way to go especially with all the pain and disfiguration involved with chemo treatments.

[Michael Moewes]

No one shall take his own life. this brings you into a roundabout where you have to do it over a 50,000 times again.( Teachings of the Buddha). This huge health problem is a Purification from bad Karma. My adopted Daughter has Mucoviscidosis. She just recoverd from a leathal bacteria, wich normaly kills people with this illness. but, as she's a great buddhist practitioner, (10 years old) and her faith to our enlightened Teacher made her recover from this. she was fighting for 2 months and was victorious. This bacteria is known to destroy the lunghs. but the bacteria only got about 2% of her lungs. So during these two months she dedicated herself to meditation and practice. not caring about what the doctors and the nurses in the hospital may think or say( living in Spain)And just yesterday I've received the call from my wife that She was save.
What I'd like to say is whatever the Karma, or some may call it destiny, brings up to you, accept and fight.
For myself, I'm just fighting again against some cancer. haven't told my family yet. but I'm winning. so there's no need to panic them. I do Graviola treatment and it's not very pleasant, but much better then chemo or radiation. the Cancer is just about 5mm and vanishing. at the beginning of the treatment it had the size of a golfball. 14 days gone and 95% reduction. I also drink water with sodium bicarbonate, wich has much better taste as the graviola. but I also never give up. neither does my daughter.
Stay healthy and enjoy life as it is very short.
Sarva Mangalam

[vilcabamba]

She needs to take oils, like coconut oil and essential oils like orange, rose and Thieves oil.
WHY??? Because the medical system is ridiculously stupid.
Many cancers these days are caused by polymers, silicone gels, goos from chemtrails that can be detoxified with oils.
The x-ray, MRI they use CANNOT decipher between cancer and just silicone goo that everyone is breathing in.
She should first try to detoxify her brain by taking in oils through inhalation by nebulizer and by taking a drop in water.

My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and she went and did vitamin C IVs and Vitamin B17 IVs and juicing. If she went the conventional route they would have killed her. But my mom is fine now 7 years later going all natural.

This girl is giving up without a fight. Instead of trying to cure herself she is throwing in the towel. The cabal must love this.

[Michael Moewes]

Hi there,
I just wanted to let you know. thanks to graviola and sodiom bicarbonate. I free of cancer again.
Stay healthy.

[Carmody]

I figure that she can do as she feels she needs to do and listen to the people and messages that she feels she needs to. Her motion, her move, her understandings (evolving or otherwise)...whatever the case may be.

for the rest of us, involvement is suffering itself, so to move toward or away, is really up to us in what it means and is.