Comments on: Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known http://www.365gay.com/news/few-americans-make-end-of-life-wishes-known/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jessica K http://www.365gay.com/news/few-americans-make-end-of-life-wishes-known/comment-page-1/#comment-76847 Jessica K Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:45:58 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=10744#comment-76847 As a Nurse I have seen families try to makeup for being crappy all there life to the person dying by asking for things well above & beyond what the patients wishes. Such as life support, heroic measures etc... when there is no living will. It usually prolongs agony and only keeps the person around for the well being of the family member but not the patient. Do your self a favor and have a living will/advanced directives drawn up while you are well as you never know when sickness will strike. This way you wont have to suffer at the expense of making someone else feel better about themselves. As a Nurse I have seen families try to makeup for being crappy all there life to the person dying by asking for things well above & beyond what the patients wishes. Such as life support, heroic measures etc… when there is no living will. It usually prolongs agony and only keeps the person around for the well being of the family member but not the patient.

Do your self a favor and have a living will/advanced directives drawn up while you are well as you never know when sickness will strike. This way you wont have to suffer at the expense of making someone else feel better about themselves.

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