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There are a lot of controversies around Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) but putting those aside we need to talk about that guy who accidentally took a sip of his friend's death drug cocktail because he said it tastes bad
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𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆.
I’ll be going by “𝑺” here, and I’m a 23 year old woman, burdened by the weight of existence.
For as long as memory serves, I’ve never understood why I was alive.
In the crucible of hardship, I have tasted the bitter dregs of suffering, endured the relentless onslaught of pain and disillusionment. Every setback, every shattered hope, has served to deepen the chasm of despair within me, until I find myself teetering on the brink of oblivion.
Exhausted and weary, I’ve decided personally that existence simply is not for me. Suicide beckons as a beacon of hope amidst the encroaching darkness—a flicker of light in the vast expanse of despair. With a heart heavy with sorrow yet resolute in purpose, I have chosen to embark upon this solemn journey, to seek solace in the embrace of death’s gentle embrace.
In this digital sanctuary, I lay bare my thoughts and struggles, a testament to the torment that has brought me to this precipice. I am not merely a victim of circumstance, but a woman who wishes for autonomy and dignity in the face of suffering.
Forever hoping for Legal assisted suicide which beckons as a beacon of hope amidst the encroaching darkness—a flicker of light in the vast expanse of despair. And so, with every ounce of strength that remains within me, I shall raise my voice in defiance against the oppressive forces that seek to deny me this final act of autonomy. I shall fight, tooth and nail, for the right to choose my own destiny, to chart my own course towards the shores of eternal peace.
If you are sensitive to this type of content / information I advise you to stay weary of my page and seek your entertainment elsewhere. However if you find yourself down the same path as me, let’s travel this journey together.
#intro#blog intro#introduction#intro post#introductory post#pinned intro#introducing myself#su1c1dal#tw sui ideation#tw depressing stuff#tw depressing thoughts#su1c1d3#suic1de#tw sui implied#Medical Aid In Dying#Physician-assisted suicide#death with dignity#female sorrow#female hysteria#depresión#eternal rest#eternal slumber
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“37-year-old male with… attention deficit disorder”
You don��t fucking say.
at the euthanasia party everyone gets a sip of the forbidden lean
#adhd#actually adhd#the lack of impulse control#assisted suicide#dying with dignity#death with dignity#medical aid in dying
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On Good Deaths And True Names
Content warning: This post talks about death and dying, and mentions both assisted and unassisted suicide. Frustration: Opening this file on my main computer to write something one night, then deciding it would be better to do it on the writing machine, then getting distracted before I got to the writing machine and forgetting what I was going to write about. Image by nwatson12 from Pixabay I…
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The Impact of Medical Aid in Dying: Insights from Dr. Ellen Wiebe
The Impact of Medical Aid in Dying: A Personal Journey Earlier this year, my mother chose to end her life through medical aid in dying, commonly referred to as MAID. She had been battling A.L.S., enduring significant suffering both physically and emotionally. Given her condition, her decision to pursue this path felt profoundly right to me. In the period leading up to her passing, I found myself…
#A.L.S.#assisted dying#Canada#dignified death#Dr. Ellen Wiebe#euthanasia#human rights#MAID#Medical Aid in Dying#medical ethics#personal journey
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Now it's time for a potentially controversial conversation. My loves let's talk about medical aid in dying (MAiD).
What is MAiD?
If, like me, you're in the United States you may be more familiar with this under the inaccurate name of assisted suicide. MAiD is legal prescription of lethal doses of medication to induce a peaceful and gentle death at the time of the patient's choosing.
In states where it is legal in order to qualify for MAiD you must: Be over the age of 18, be of sound mind both when the prescription is requested and when you administer it, have 6 months or fewer to live, and are able to take the medication under your own power. Individual states may have additional requirements, but those are the baseline Musts.
I, and therefore this company, are staunch advocates of MAiD. It is my view that if you own something, you are able to dispose of it as you see fit. If you can't do so then it isn't really yours. The question then becomes who owns your life?
You?
Your community?
Your family?
Your faith?
Your country?
Because those answers are deeply personal, I argue that your life *must* first be yours in order for you to decide it can belong to a different entity. It is with this view in mind that I undertook additional training to be able to support MAiD clients, even though it is not yet legal in the state in which I live. Yet. I'm working on it loves, I promise.
I understand this is a Deeply Emotional topic, and I ask that you engage with this post with respect and compassion for intensely different views. I welcome debate and feelings, but I Will be watching the comments on this post closely. Remember to be kind to those who disagree, we're all approaching this from a deeply emotional and personal vantage point.
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Actually, I thought of an answer:
However many iterations it took to find some folks in hospice care who hoped for Death with Dignity but were denied it because of it being illegal where they are or they didn’t qualify, and they need someone to help find the supplies and talk to family/friends until everyone is on board, and then find the right medication that will be an easy and peaceful death.
However many iterations it takes to learn all that, do the counseling, and get the supplies within one time loop, that’s how many it would take.
But even then I wouldn’t set out to do it just because I was time looping.
Presumably I have other things to do.
Because then I’d want to keep providing that option in each loop and that would be heartbreaking to see them back alive and suffering unless I intervened.
As another person in tags ( @lacuna-of-light ) said, if I make the decision to help someone reach death, I’d want for them to stay dead.
For their sake, not mine.
if you were trapped in a time loop how many repetitions do you think it would take for you to willingly kill another person, knowing there would be no consequences
#end of life#death with dignity#hospice#medical aid in dying#ethics#thought experiment#still heartbreaking#if they were alive again in the next iteration that would be awful for them#and I’d have to do it over and over and over#once I’d discovered the need#which would also be soul crushing#so I think my answer is the same#no seeking death within time loops#why would you want to?#have you not seen Groundhog’s Day?#it’s like an AU of the unhoused guy’s storyline#but honoring Bill Murrey’s character’s role as a Death Doula for him#not a savior in the sense of Keeping Alive#a savior in the psychopomp sense
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fuck. canada pushed back eligibility for medical assistance in dying for people suffering from mental illnesses. until march 2027.
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What using the tiniest bit of US leverage can do.
#us politics#joe biden#israel#palestine#free palestine#these people have been starving and dying for so long#many still surviving are beyond the point which they can be brought back safely from without medical help#and it took the killing of international aid workers to get here?#it's just so sad#there's no win here#no lesson learned#we can only hope this pressure mounts and stops things#especially with iran's counter hovering
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Former hospice chaplain here. This question is highly individual and is often made relationship by relationship, not all or nothing.
Real talk about death & dying below the cut.
Your death certificate (in the USA at least) will state your illness as your cause of death, so the only people who will know about MAiD are the ones you specifically tell (& anyone they confide in). So much about our health, our living and dying, is beyond our control. This part? this part you get to choose.
Consider how, specifically, you want to make your exit. Anyone you want to have at your side will need to know. I'm aware of one person who literally had a champagne party as their last hurrah, surrounded by all their loved ones, & took the end-of-life medications in their champagne. I'm aware of others who chose one or two closest loved ones to be present. Not strictly MAiD, but I know one person who elected to stop eating and drinking and, a couple weeks later, passed peacefully with only the nurse present.
Consider the moral views of the people close to you. someone who you suspect views MAiD as suicide and suicide as bad is someone who is going to really struggle with your decision, if they know. Do you want to have conversations with that person ahead of time to persuade them to understand your decision? Whether or not you try, can you live with it (pardon the pun) if they don't come around?
Are there minor children involved? I'm not qualified to advise you there. See if your medical team can get you access to a child psychologist or child life specialist to counsel your loved ones about supporting your family/community in supporting the kiddos. Take the kiddos into account when deciding how to address your decision with the guardians they rely upon.
Anon, if you're asking about a 3 yr advance approval process, you probably don't live in the USA. For those who do, Compassion & Choices is the place to start investigating your state's options, or how you can help advocate for a terminally ill loved one (or for a worthy social justice cause whether or not it is currently touching your life). I'm afraid I don't know the equivalent orgs in other countries, but C&C can probably direct inquiries to appropriate international partners.
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#tumblr polls#death and dying#my real life#medical aid in dying#end of life#end of life options#EOLA#MAiD#compassion and choices#physician assisted suicide#<- i hate that term it's not used anymore but it's still a relevant search tag
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thank u to my mooties who told me everything about touyas ending I think I can work it into hell fic except I don't know if I want to write that much fic for such a narratively bankrupt series tbh lol
#the hell fic ending i envisioned which ill just say bc who knows when ill continue it#dabi does have his suicidal destructive showdown with shouto but nearly dies for whatever reason#endeavor saves him and dies in the process. because i think he deserves that <3#touya is like dying severely because he. well. he burned himself severely down to his eyeballs#but !!!! mc (who is a mom now lol) joins as part of the first aid crew and uses her quirk (which has returned) to heal him#like ACTUALLY heal him. no more scars!#which is symbolically significant because touya reconciles with her and the remaining members of his family#and accepts that he needs antipsychotic medication 💀#anyway its problematic because i do think mc gets together with touya but not for stockholm syndrome reasons#LMAO#yueshuo#cw.kids
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Such a tiny scene. Very brief, but…
Six months later, grieving First Aid, always to walk into the medbay and see Ambulon’s desk, first thing. And then to his workshop, with Ambulon’s corpse.
#first aid#ambulon#transformers#transformers idw#maccadam#also interesting way to store blood#interesting entrance to a medical bay??? surely this is a back room#you want a medical bay entrance to be very open and free of obstacles#this is not… that?#surely this is a side entrance even if it says otherwise#because if you’re wheeling someone in who’s dying you uh#don’t want all this random stuff in the way#especially to do emergency lobby triage
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Hey my loves. I need serious financial help with getting my medications.
Withdrawals have started for one or two meds and are about to for another couple. It’s hell I feel like I’m in hell being tortured and I want to lay on the ground and die. Any and everything helps and I am incredibly grateful for all of you.
My cshapp is $juliagw
DM me for my Venmo or PayPal.
Also I sell content that never ever disappoints so please consider supporting me that way lol. Dm me if interested ☺️
Right now I need $150 for the the three. The fourth is $55 but I think I can go without it better than I could without the others. So I’m prioritizing.
$3/$150
(I found some quarters that add up to 3 bucks. ha)
Love you guys. I’m so so sorry to everyone else who has to go through this perpetual cycle of trying to find a way to pay for medications that you need and having to feel like you’re dying for days when you can’t. It feels like being punished for not having perfect brain chemistry and it’s just.. tiring. I know so many people go through the same things and I’m just sending you all so much love. ❤️
#how’s your day?#I hate having to scramble for money just to not feel like I’m physically and mentally dying#it feels constant#I can’t go off them safely#I just need help#not cold turkey#but I am :/#suboxone withdrawals are fucking w me so bad#I wish I wasn’t mentally ill.#or meds weren’t so expensive. or both#mutual aid#medications#that tag hah I’m desperate idc#please help#prescription medication#upload#mental health#american healthcare#withdrawal
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A thing I pre-ordered months ago has shipped!
What's the thing?
Keepsake Quilting, and several other quilt companies/stores, put a sort of gift box together with fabric, notions, patterns, and gift cards in them. You don't know what you're getting, making it a surprise. I have never purchased one because they're expensive. This was 50% upfront, 50% when shipped, for a total of $150. Considering how much is in it, and what reviews were left the last several years, it's a steal. Plus, I wanna treat myself after having such a stressful and unpleasant year.
My mom and one of aunts have ordered such boxes in the past, but according to my mom, they're disappointing because she has so many of the things in the package, or no use for many of them. Rulers (some of which cost $30), needles, rotary cutters and extra blades (blades can be $10/each, new cutters up to $50), fabric marking tools (chalk pencils, disappearing ink, etc), precut fabric collections (jelly rolls can be $80, fat quarter collections up to $100 depending on number of FQs), and yardage ($12.99-$21.99/yard). She's been disappointed by "ugly" fabric too many times.
I, on the other hand, have significantly fewer tools. I make things for people to buy, and some folks love fabric I cannot stand (like x-mas and patriotic prints). There have been fabrics I consider well and truly hideous, and those I list in my shop or sell to people here. One person's trash is another's treasure, right? I've met people who think pastels are ugliest things to have ever existed. I think baby pink and green military camouflage look fantastic together, as well as turquoise and light hemp brown or terracotta and peacock blue. My mom finds them hideous. I think pink and any shade of brown look terrible together, or red and khaki (likely from working at Target and seeing is everywhere). Again, personal taste.
If any of you ever fancy treating me to one of these random collections of fabric and/or notions, feel free to do so. They're the sort of surprise I enjoy (that and people purchasing my work, especially from my shop). Sure, there are things that may he of no use to me, but others can use them. Nothing goes to waste.
This package will be arriving on November 18th, and has me giggling with excitement!
#words from the artist#my year has been filled with my husband nearly dying and us having thousands of dollars in medical bills to pay AFTER#the financial aid program forgave three of the six bills. we have around $5k of thag left to pay off#and one of the bills has gone to collections#plus my ear issues that cleared up after over six months of torment. my husband had to quit his previous job because working in#kitchens was slowly killing him and is now working fulltime in theory but not getting enough hours#i've sold virtually nothing and have had to beg for aid because not enough money due to lack of hours and lack of sales#my asthma throwing a fit and my sewing room being entirely too hot to work in and remaining that way for weeks at a time#then my left wrist being injured and leaving me unable to do virtually anything.#my husband then being taken to court by Unemployment three years after receiving the money. oh and being denied Unemployment#this year so for 10 weeks were on thoughts and prayers while he hunted for a non-kitchen job#plus his major surgery over the summer that was 100% covered by financial aid because we opted for a different hospital#there have been good things like he has insurance now and i'm abke to walk without feeling like i'm walking on glass#plus a few commissions over the summer. but those have been among the very few good things. oh and he won his court case#i would just like to have the rest of the year be filled with good things like all or most of my listed quilts selling. someone#commissioning me to finish the quilts i have listed as available to handquilting. the tops are finished but if i finish the quilts#completely they're gonna take up sooooo much space. even folded and rolled up. i store them in plastic bins to protect them but the#bins take up a lot of space. people praise my work and tell me hoe much they wanna buy it or will buy the things as soon as i list them...#and then no one buys them and the things just hang in my closet or rest in a bin. it's extremely disheartening to be repeatedly#disappointed. it has made me cry and question if it's worth making anything at all.
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Presentation done, now to focus on the important things: catching up on fanfiction
#it went really well I think#people were very respectful and asked questions#and there was good discussion#particularly about aid-in-dying laws and medications#anyway I am so behind on reading and commenting and responding to comments#and WRITING#this is so embarrassing how did I let real life stress me out about a hobby 😔😔😔#I love you guys I’m sorry I’m going to catch up soon seriously
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To Gaind, the data shows “there hasn’t been a slippery slope. We’ve had a cliff. We’re falling off it … I’m concerned about what it says about our society.” He sees the sharply trending upward line as a betrayal of the public trust, especially for vulnerable patients who choose assisted death because they can’t access the help they need to make their lives more livable. “I’m concerned about the marginalized lives that are going to be lost,” he says. “We didn’t give them the chance to live with dignity, but are all too eager to say ‘Oh, here’s the path to dying with dignity.’ ” "...Unlike Dutch and Belgium laws, which require provision of MAID as a last resort option, “Canada does not,” says Kim from the Institutes of Health. “Canadian law is unique. It gives doctors almost free rein on what to do if someone has a diagnosis and they’re miserable with it,” he said. “Then you marry it to a very-well organized delivery system — your healthcare system. It gives the medical system and your sociopolitical system an out when you abandon people.”
It is deeply disturbing that waitlists for accessible social housing or any rent-geared-to-income housing has a wait time decades long. Meanwhile, medically assistance in dying can be obtained in as little as 90 days.
MAiD should be a last resort, not a convenient excuse for government to absolve themselves of making sound public policy so people with disabilities can live with dignity."
tl;dr: disabled people in Canada are choosing medical assistance in dying because they can't afford food or housing on disability benefits and many feel that they have no other options other than death.
read more about Canada's push for eugenics
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#canada practices eugenics#better the benefit#end disability poverty#aid not maid#maid#medical assistance in dying#implement universal basic income#canada#canpol
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