I have spent an eternity saying this.

[conuly]

Terri Schiavo is not on life support. She does not use a ventilator. I don't know where that story started, but here it ends. She is not hooked up to any machines. She uses a feeding tube. That is not life support. Taking her off the feeding tube will cause her to - slowly - starve or dehydrate.

There is evidence that she reacts to things around her. There is also evidence that her condition would be drastically improved if the money from the settlement had gone towards her treatment instead of her husband's court bills.

So please, base your opinions off of accurate information.

And now, I will let other people talk about being in situations where they were believed dead, and post those links (links I've posted before) about other people who nearly died because "after all, she's not going to recover, might as well pull the plug now" - and at the time, they were conscious.

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[conuly]

The press didn't "stick their noses in", the family called in the press.

As for suffering, you don't know that people are suffering. You assume you know, but you don't. I'm not speaking for my friends who have "been there, done that". If they want to trek out here and talk to you, they can, and cite the research about depression, happiness even with chronic disease, and the near universal decision on the part of patients to say "no, sorry, don't kill me after all".

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[lizziey.livejournal.com]

but the woman expressly said, way before she collapsed that she didn;t want to be kept alive like this.

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[conuly]

1. Where is the evidence for that? Hearsay?
2. Doesn't matter. A lot of people say that, about a lot of things - being in a wheelchair, having terminal cancer, being a quad. And yet most of them, after being in that situation, change their minds.

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[lizziey.livejournal.com]

ok, so she said it to her husband. hearsay my butt.

And she isn't in the situation where she can say anything, or even communicate that she understands what is said to her.

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[conuly]

That *is* hearsay, Lizziey! How stupid do you have to be to just say something like that? How do we know her husband isn't lying? Stupid! If you really mean something like this, you write it down and leave several copies in easily-located areas, such as in your wallet.

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[lizziey.livejournal.com]

true...if you ahve reason to believe that people won;t believe your husband, and everyone, including your parents, who no longer have much say over you, as you are an adult, and married, and they aren't your next of kin are going to do this...

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[conuly]

If you have reason to believe your husband may lie about your wishes to get the inheritance...?

It's beyond stupid to let somebody else have control over your life like that.

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[lizziey.livejournal.com]

he's already gotten the million. and her inheritence just can't be THAT large, aren't her parents still alive (hence the whole fight). so she hasn;t even inherited yet, right? and her parents can change their will at any time.

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[conuly]

Lizziey, have you been paying any attention? She got a massive insurance settlement. The money was supposed to go for her treatment. It never did.

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[lizziey.livejournal.com]

oh, that one. sorry. i just woke up. leave me alone. i'm off now. ttyl