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Originally Posted by CDSmith
After 15 years of working in a hospital I long ago came to realize that most people don't. Has nothing to do with pissing and shitting, it has everything to do with how you take it in your final days/hours. Believe me when I say a lot of people cry and whine and whale and fuss until their last breath, like after living for 75 or 80+ years death is still what, unexpected?
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whoa that is harsh. and since you haven't been there yet you have no way of knowing how you will react. i know from your posts that you are one of the older people here, are you more prepared to die now than when you were 30?
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Modern medicine has made death worse for those with terminal/chronic illnesses, it prolongs the dying process. 50 years ago and longer most people didn't die hooked up to machines in the sterile surroundings of a hospital. They died at home. Most people these days can die at home if they have a good family or friends to help them. But most people don't want to plan ahead and some don't want to burden others.
There are lots of people who go fast, they are lucky. Some even go in their sleep. My doctor did, I had an appointment with him when I was 15, my mom was about to drive me when his nurse called to cancel, said he wouldn't be in, he had died in his sleep. And he was only in his late 40's.