Actions upon your death....

[BTTD]

[NeverAgain]

People are confusing various conditions here.

If someone has a heart attack, they are normally talking (admittedly in agony) but not rarely in cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest is where the heart stops beating. At this point a DNAR comes into play. Bare in mind it must be legal and valid for an ambulance crew and hospital to pay any attention to that. In most areas that means being signed by a Doctor or appropriate practitioner (think palliative care nurse) in advance of the event happening. Good luck in convincing your GP to sign that.

Even then, a DNAR means pretty just only "no CPR", so if you're in respiratory arrest they will still use a bag valve mask to keep you alive. If you have a heart attack they will still rush you to have treatment at the nearest appropriate hospital and treat you with anticoagulants.

DNAR pretty much means no jumpy jumpy bouncy bouncy. If you're a vegetable, they'll still do whatever to keep you alive until you arrest. If you want an advance directive then that should cover you for all circumstances you can think of, but bare in mind conditions chronic and acute are rarely simple enough to be covered in a letter.

I have neither. My partner has a pillow and strong arms though.

[sgtcalle]

[M.C]

[Mawsley]

If I can inconvenience people as a brain-dead cabbage then I see that as a final win. Screw flipping the switch, I rule! \m/

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[NutsyUk]

Im sure on the event of my death, a fair few people would throw a party apon hearing the news...

I told my mum a while ago if i died, my core organs could be donated... But I wanted to keep my eyes and brain. I know i dont need them but something doesnt feel right for me about them being taken.

But as she passed away :/ no one knows. I should speak to dad about it.

But as for being Mr Potato... If im in a coma. Fuck all im going to know about it. But If im in a coma and on one of those strange dramescape things happening... Leave me be...

If I am totally brain dead. Well... Im gone.

If I'm locked in, shut off behind my eyes. Not even able to blink and look around but at the same time being totally aware of everything. Put a pillow over my head.

Maybe drug me first though, suffocation isnt fun.

If I'm paraplegic, Theres always hope for spinal reconstruction... Some seriously major break throughs over the last few years. So not all hope is lost there.
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[grr666]

[Freddyfruitba...]

Assuming you have a close friend or relative who shares your wishes, I'd have thought one of the best things you could do would be to complete and submit a Lasting Power of Attorney while you are fit and well, specifying your wishes under these circumstances:
https://www.lastingpowerofattorney.service.gov.uk/home#/guide/topic-lpa-basics
LPAs are designed to give your chosen close friend or relative the power to act on your behalf when you lack the capacity to do so yourself. There are two different LPAs, one for property and financial affairs, and another for health and welfare; they cost £110 each to register but at least you don't need to pay a solicitor.

That said; it's certainly not a foolproof method of getting yourself switched off, as it can't override basic tenets of the law; nevertheless it's a very good way of establishing your wishes clearly and legally, with no room for any doubt as to whether 'it's what he would have wanted".
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[ZX-7R]

[alan29]

Wife and I discuss this from time to time. We have a mutual agreement not to resuscitate.
About voluntary euthanasia. People already have the right to die. Not too sure about the right to demand that someone kills you though. I sort of hope that if I developed a degenerative condition I would have the guts to take matters into my own hands while I still could, and not wait until I had to get someone else to do it for me. Thats a hell of a big ask.

[Nobby the Bastard]

I carry a Donner card. In the event of my death, you can help yourself to my kebab.
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[Rogerborg]

[alan29]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[kerr]

Im sure many life insurance policies wont pay out if you top yourself either.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Rogerborg]

[stevo as b4]

The only actions I want upon my death are that my KMX 125 and all the other bikes and spares go to a mad committed owner that will look after it and not strip all the parts off it to sell and scrap the rest.

The same with my Rover coupe, it's worth nothing being a Rover, but I don't want it passed around a few yobs on council estates and then crashed or burnt-out. Its probably a good track car for someone who wants something unusual and understeery that's not a rigid hatchback or mainfield like a Golf or Pug 205.

I'll take my favourite mountain bike with me into the fire or hole though, no other fucker but me is ever riding it.

[M.C]

[Kal]

[Polarbear]

When I was in hospital trying not to die there was a man across from me I would guess on his last legs. Nice enough chap, an older Pakistani muslim.

The bloke had heart problems, chronic diabetes, one leg and kidney failure, had to go for dialysis every 2 days.

His wife was in every day from the beginning of visiting hours, (10am) until she was kicked out at 8pm and about 20 of his other family came in each day. She did everything for him he wanted. Fed him, washed him etc. Pissed the nurses off a bit as well, getting in the way.

The NHS had set up room in his house with oxygen, monitoring equipment etc. and were going to send him home to her care.

I said to my wife, 'Would you look after me if I was like that? She laughed, and laughed and said 'In your dreams, I'd smother you'.

I would rather be dead than like that but he had a completely different outlook on life and a much more supportive family group who were willing to 'carry' him.
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[talkToTheHat]

The point at which I become unable to end my own life or communicate that I would like to and am likely to remain in that condition with minimal chance of recovery, that is when it's time for me to go. I don't wanna be perma-potato, nor do I wish my family to have to deal with that.

If I don't log into my google account for a certain period it sends messages to nominated people. It tells a friend (and executor of my will) where my spare safe keys are, and to destroy my hard drives. There is also a message to my partner that is sent.
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[LongJohn22]

[ADSrox0r]

My only fear upon death is that my wife will sell my bikes for what I told her I paid for them.
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