Posted at 3:00 p.m.
A failure
We’re almost there and that selfishly reassures the baby boomer that I am, but for my mother, it’s too late. His life is only pain. Her illness fills the pockets of a private CHSLD where her anxiety attacks are calmed with Ativan when she screams for her life to return home. I see it as a failure.
Anne-Marie Phaneuf
Let’s take a poll
So agree with you. The government should do a little survey of seniors. The answer he would have.
Nicole Veilleux
Advance the cause
So touching, this testimony! I am a caregiver to my mother, who has suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for 16 years. And in complete silence, without life, without dignity for about eight years! Please publicize this testimony to advance the cause.
Lucie Patenaude
Also lack of care
With the massive influx of baby boomers, it is imperative that advance requests are recognized because in addition to “missing the boat”, we will miss out on care if we have to live to the very end. Let us think of our generation who will not know what to do with all these patients affected by a major neurocognitive disease.
Carole Drouin
Advance requests are required
I am convinced that advance requests are necessary to offer all Quebecers the choice to die with dignity during a degenerative mental illness as presented by the Special Commission to the government this year.
Lisette Paradise
It would be reassuring
I completely agree with the addition of advance requests to the right to receive medical assistance in dying. It would be so reassuring to know that we could have access to it if needed and not have to ask for it early to avoid missing the train. How is it still under study, where are we?
Lucie Allaire
in dignity
Fully agree ! To have sick people in my family, I don’t want to go through that and if I have to be placed, I want to die with dignity. That’s what I tell my relatives: no CHSLD for me!
Daniele Mathieu, Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
By what right would anyone oppose my will?
I am very touched by this letter from Marc’s wife. Yes, I agree with her. I am 71 years old and my turn will come. This is exactly what I want to end my life with dignity. I can’t count on anyone, so I have to manage my end of life as I want. Why would anyone have the right to forbid me? This debate needs to be brought to light. What right does someone who is not intimately affected have to object?
Denise Fortier
To live without a Damocles sword hanging over your head
I am in my fifties and in good health. I am optimistic and hope that I have several decades left to live. I would like to live these years lightly, without having a sword of Damocles hanging over my head. However, knowing that a dementia could take away all my control over my life concerns me greatly. We all have to die of something, but knowing that medical assistance in dying could allow me to make a last choice and leave with dignity would greatly contribute to the quality of the days to come. Allowing us to make choices in advance would be one of the greatest contributions to our quality of life.
Nathalie Veillette, Saarland
A testimonial to read
relevant text. Yes, every human being should be able to make the choice in all lucidity. Bravo, madam, for telling your story. I hope that many of our elected officials will take the trouble to read this testimony.
Evelyne Pelletier
Years of happiness sacrificed
I saw my mother-in-law slowly die of this disease, I currently see my sister-in-law suffering from this disease and I see that she is more and more disconnected. Despite the excellent care given to her, I don’t think she would like her current life if she were aware of her condition. It is irresponsible to leave a person in such a condition. In whose name and what do we have the right to control a person to such an extent that his life is hell at every moment? I don’t want to miss the train either. If this law does not pass, I will manage to die with dignity, even if it means sacrificing a few months or a few years of happiness that I could have experienced, but society will have decided otherwise.
Guy Julien
A priority
This great and authentic testimony is only one among many others, unfortunately. This is a reality that is repeated too many times and it should force our decision-makers to prioritize this file; there is not only the third link file nor that of the tramway, both of which are controversial. The end of life of each citizen, who has not chosen to suffer from an incurable disease, must be studied very quickly. It is about his dignity and the pain he does not want to impose on his family. Please, dear elected officials, push the wheel for the benefit of all, partisanship aside!
Luc Jobin