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So, I came across this page and thought I'd share it here.

Cliffs: This guy is going to make use of Oregon's Death with Dignity act and die on Tuesday. He's been online answering any questions that people have for him. I thought some of the comments and his responses were pretty touching. I was on the brink of tears reading some of this stuff..

He talks about being scared and the whole idea of death with dignity.

Link:

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fy6yz/51_hours_left_to_live/
 
"That nothing we have is worth hurting anyone else for. It's all fleeting people. Stop seeing race, color, sex, religion, etc.... Theyre all just people, and if you try to love them you won't lose anything."
 
This is amazing and should be shared with everybody.

Really makes me think of how much death terrifies me and how that could be me.
 
I'm so glad I read this.
 
When is he planning on passing away?

I'm pretty glad he did this; I hope he got what he wanted out of the whole experience. Damn 39 y/o......
 
I would like to recommend a book for you guys called "Sum", by neuroscientist David Eagleman, 40 vignettes about what may happen after death. It will make you focus on how to enjoy living! I found it to be quiet a treat.
 
This is amazing thank you for sharing it.
 
I clicked a reddit link last month and I got a virus.

REDDIT = VIRUS.

DO NOT CLICK.




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(now that my civic duty is complete)
I saw this yesterday. very heartbreaking story.
 
i think i would chill with my friends and take some heroin if i had 51 hours to live.
 
Are you saying we should intervene as suicide negotiators. Try where others on reddit are failing? I can give it a try. I can't promise anything. If we're gonna do this I need everyone on this thread like its for real. We start in 30 minutes. So get ready.
 
MisterVeil said:
This is amazing and should be shared with everybody.

Really makes me think of how much death terrifies me and how that could be me.
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Why does death terrify you? It is inevitable. It happens to everyone. Pretty soon, you will cease to exist. Get your remains cremated, mix your ashes with the ashes of your dead dog, and pour them all into a river or the ocean. It is pretty metaphysical, even if you are not spiritual. And hopefully, you and your dog can hang out together. Or not. If not, you will never know.
 
There are suicidal behaviors that do not lead to death, but they bring you close to it. Overdosing so that you don't know anything anymore is a means to fighting the feeling that you should take your life. Did he say how he is doing it - the final act?
 
Death is way overrated. Any Hindu would tell you that. One of the main problems with western medicine is that doctors are afraid of death, they take it personally. Death is not failure. It is part of the cycle. So relax and enjoy.
 
Greetings (with narwhals and bacons)!

I saw this thread yesterday and it was really sad. There's been stuff all over the frontpage about Lucidending. How tragic. 🙁
 
searun said:
Death is way overrated. Any Hindu would tell you that. One of the main problems with western medicine is that doctors are afraid of death, they take it personally. Death is not failure. It is part of the cycle. So relax and enjoy.
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I used to go through periods thinking about death and being terrified at the thought of never getting to wake up again. Then I contemplated the alternative: never dying and living for all eternity, which if you think about it, is actually even scarier. If you can't die, then you will have to live through seeing the end of everything else while you can't do a thing about it. Time and time again, you'll see the people you love and become attached to die. Entire civilizations and species will come and go as you become more and more indifferent. Eventually, you'll have to get to the point of seeing the Earth be destroyed and the Sun burning out. Then of course, is the inevitable point when the Universe collapses back on itself and all of time and space ends. Then, what are you gonna do, Mr. "I'm Immortal"?
 
FrazzleSnazzle said:
I used to go through periods thinking about death and being terrified at the thought of never getting to wake up again. Then I contemplated the alternative: never dying and living for all eternity, which if you think about it, is actually even scarier. If you can't die, then you will have to live through seeing the end of everything else while you can't do a thing about it. Time and time again, you'll see the people you love and become attached to die. Entire civilizations and species will come and go as you become more and more indifferent. Eventually, you'll have to get to the point of seeing the Earth be destroyed and the Sun burning out. Then of course, is the inevitable point when the Universe collapses back on itself and all of time and space ends. Then, what are you gonna do, Mr. "I'm Immortal"?
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Unless everybody lives forever like you..
 
sorry for all those times I've been an "a" hole to anyone on this forum 🙁
 
FrazzleSnazzle said:
I used to go through periods thinking about death and being terrified at the thought of never getting to wake up again. Then I contemplated the alternative: never dying and living for all eternity, which if you think about it, is actually even scarier. If you can't die, then you will have to live through seeing the end of everything else while you can't do a thing about it. Time and time again, you'll see the people you love and become attached to die. Entire civilizations and species will come and go as you become more and more indifferent. Eventually, you'll have to get to the point of seeing the Earth be destroyed and the Sun burning out. Then of course, is the inevitable point when the Universe collapses back on itself and all of time and space ends. Then, what are you gonna do, Mr. "I'm Immortal"?
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Seeing the Earth destroyed and Sun burning out AND the universe collapsing?? Not gonna lie...that would be pretty awesome
 
you have to type in reddit.com to go there because if you click on links to go to reddit then you will get trojans and you will never have babies
 
Am I the only one who thinks this is fake?

For instance, he says his doctor gave him something IV - I can't imagine any physician expecting their Death With Dignity patient to start their own IV and administer drugs that way. My understanding is that oral barbiturates are what's typically prescribed in Oregon.
 
lord_jeebus said:
Am I the only one who thinks this is fake?

For instance, he says his doctor gave him something IV - I can't imagine any physician expecting their Death With Dignity patient to start their own IV and administer drugs that way. My understanding is that oral barbiturates are what's typically prescribed in Oregon.
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He mentioned that he'll administer it through (the already started) IV.
 
lord_jeebus said:
Am I the only one who thinks this is fake?

For instance, he says his doctor gave him something IV - I can't imagine any physician expecting their Death With Dignity patient to start their own IV and administer drugs that way. My understanding is that oral barbiturates are what's typically prescribed in Oregon.
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I considered it. Regardless, the responses are so incredibly genuine. It is so heartwarming =)
 
FlowRate said:
He mentioned that he'll administer it through (the already started) IV.
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There's no way that he's been walking around for days with a peripheral IV. These things don't last more than a few days, for one thing.

I suppose it is plausible that he has a PICC line, but I'm doubtful.

Another issue is with an IV med, onset is going to be rapid and he may go unconscious before he reaches a lethal dose. Worst case scenario, he eventually wakes up but with significant neurological injury that 1. makes him more miserable and 2. keeps him from being able to kill himself again.
 
searun said:
Why does death terrify you? It is inevitable. It happens to everyone. Pretty soon, you will cease to exist. Get your remains cremated, mix your ashes with the ashes of your dead dog, and pour them all into a river or the ocean. It is pretty metaphysical, even if you are not spiritual. And hopefully, you and your dog can hang out together. Or not. If not, you will never know.
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It's not death itself that scares me, it's knowing it might strike before I've accomplished the things in life that I want to accomplish.
 
lord_jeebus said:
There's no way that he's been walking around for days with a peripheral IV. These things don't last more than a few days, for one thing.

I suppose it is plausible that he has a PICC line, but I'm doubtful.

Another issue is with an IV med, onset is going to be rapid and he may go unconscious before he reaches a lethal dose. Worst case scenario, he eventually wakes up but with significant neurological injury that 1. makes him more miserable and 2. keeps him from being able to kill himself again.
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Good point. Maybe he is mistaking a PICC line and calling it an IV? I didn't even think about the self injection part. Hmmm....that might prove to be difficult.
 
SuperHiro said:
Good point. Maybe he is mistaking a PICC line and calling it an IV? I didn't even think about the self injection part. Hmmm....that might prove to be difficult.
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I just can't imagine any physician who would be comfortable prescribing an IV medication for this purpose. Where would you fill the prescription? You can't just fill a prescription for 2000 mg of IV thiopental and 1000 mg fentanyl at CVS. Even if you could, you wouldn't want that sort of medication available in any sort of context where it could be diverted. Even if you could guarantee that it wouldn't get diverted, there are so many ways the patient can mess this up unsupervised.
 
I immediately assumed it was fake, because reddit made several appearances in a different thread about where people get their lolz.

Oregon is an interesting place. I believe it is the only state where physician-assisted suicide is legal. If this is real, they could've sent him home from the hospital with all of the supplies and pharmaceuticals he needed.

I can't find any other media covering this, you think they would if it were real.
 
lord_jeebus said:
There's no way that he's been walking around for days with a peripheral IV. These things don't last more than a few days, for one thing.

I suppose it is plausible that he has a PICC line, but I'm doubtful.

Another issue is with an IV med, onset is going to be rapid and he may go unconscious before he reaches a lethal dose. Worst case scenario, he eventually wakes up but with significant neurological injury that 1. makes him more miserable and 2. keeps him from being able to kill himself again.
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Lucidending is not walking around. He mentioned that he's no longer locomotive--the guy is in a hospital bed right now and came off of palliative medication about a day ago.
 
medzealot said:
I immediately assumed it was fake, because reddit made several appearances in a different thread about where people get their lolz.

Oregon is an interesting place. I believe it is the only state where physician-assisted suicide is legal. If this is real, they could've sent him home from the hospital with all of the supplies and pharmaceuticals he needed.

I can't find any other media covering this, you think they would if it were real.
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Washington has a similar Death with Dignity act too, and I don't know, I wouldn't necessarily expect the media to cover something like this.
 
To the non-redditors, this sub-reddit known as IAmA (a sub-forum basically) is notorious for falling victim to trolls. Several cases, much like this, brought IAmA recently under heat from users due to its susceptibility. Most of the true trolls on reddit don't give themselves up. Users meticulously examine comments, pictures and stories to find any faults. This has led to the exposure of admins being paid to promote (illegal on reddit), fake accounts of diseased individuals and a grandfather/grandchild reunification on reddit. However, it's also led to the harassment of individuals that did report the truth (husband asking for donations for his wife's cancer treatment, girl donating hair/money to charity).

Not to be a nay-sayer, but he appears to have a fair amount of knowledge (knowing the term throw-away) for a first-time user, and the loss of a password seems odd. I enjoy the message, and I think it was still incredible to read.
 
Did anyone catch that show on PBS "The Suicide Tourist"? It was on awhile back but they replay it every now and then.

They basically follow a dude around who has some kind of neurodegenerative disease (ALS?) until he offs himself in Austria(Switzerland?), apparently because they have the best suicide laws there.

It's really creepy and sad. His wife is there with him and everything. You get to see them say their goodbyes before he lays down to die.

It shook me up for a days.

The death fear seems to poke its head up periodically for me. It's a suffocating helpless kind of fear where my mind races in a futile attempt to comprehend non-existence.😕
 
Avoidthetiger said:
I clicked a reddit link last month and I got a virus.

REDDIT = VIRUS.

DO NOT CLICK.




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(now that my civic duty is complete)
I saw this yesterday. very heartbreaking story.
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Probably not a problem with Reddit. Who knows what else you accessed on your way there, but it's a major website, like Half.com or Flickr.
 
TheProwler said:
Probably not a problem with Reddit. Who knows what else you accessed on your way there, but it's a major website, like Half.com or Flickr.
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You fail at reddit and humor. 😛
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There actually was a virus a month or two ago. Supposedly it was a hidden one b/c of their advertisements on their website. Many users got it. Microsoft's antivirus program can pick it up. I got it and just ended up reformatting or something. I forget, but yeah Avoidthetiger is right.
 
TheProwler said:
Probably not a problem with Reddit. Who knows what else you accessed on your way there, but it's a major website, like Half.com or Flickr.
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It's a meme. People post it in youtube comments so "youtube people" don't start commenting on reddit.


By the way, did anyone else catch the polar opposite of this AMA thread? The one where the guy was going to commit suicide today?
 
I was reading all the posts and I honestly didn't feel anything (could be due to the fact that I think it's fake). I dislike the fact that he's asking for all this attention before he dies, I think death should be a private matter.






And he suddenly lost his password? hmm... interesting.
 
LuciusVorenus said:
It's a meme. People post it in youtube comments so "youtube people" don't start commenting on reddit.


By the way, did anyone else catch the polar opposite of this AMA thread? The one where the guy was going to commit suicide today?
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Gasp! Melvin on SDN, why am I not surprised? 😛
 
The listing of all the people all over the world saying hi. Pretty touching. I can't fathom sitting around knowing my last day is ahead. I don't have the balls for that.
 
Monocles said:
Gasp! Melvin on SDN, why am I not surprised? 😛
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I only come on SDN to lecture my premedical colleagues on how to study, so they can one day be as well rounded and intelligent as me.
 
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