What’s a good death?

[Rachel74]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/whats-a-good-death-its-not-quite-the-peaceful-drifting-off-id-imagined-for-my-dad/2019/09/27/f754c4cc-cf35-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html

 

[frees]

Thanks for the link, here is one without paywall:

What’s a ‘good death’? It’s not quite the peaceful drifting off I’d imagined for my dad. -

By Harriet Brown September 29 at 7:30 AM At age 86, my father had survived both colon cancer and a stroke that left him with aphasia. His mind was sharp, though, and he wasn’t depressed. A crack bridge player with a passion for Italian restaurants, he was popular at his assisted living facility...

hagerstownairport.org

 

[Stan]

Interesting story, I had a similar experience with my father.

 

[Rachel74]

Thanks for the link, here is one without paywall:

What’s a ‘good death’? It’s not quite the peaceful drifting off I’d imagined for my dad. -

By Harriet Brown September 29 at 7:30 AM At age 86, my father had survived both colon cancer and a stroke that left him with aphasia. His mind was sharp, though, and he wasn’t depressed. A crack bridge player with a passion for Italian restaurants, he was popular at his assisted living facility...

hagerstownairport.org

Thank you Frees

 

[Astral316]

Considering the way a lot of people die a "natural death" I think I can handle rapid heartbeat and a bit of nausea when I ctb.

 

[Rachel74]

Interesting story, I had a similar experience with my father.

I was the same with my mother and my brother. I promised my mom she wouldn't die in hospital and I let her down. My brother was the same. We'd been called to the hospice on the Friday night with me making a 5hr trip and he finally died on the Wednesday night. With my mom she was asleep most of the time but up until the Tuesday morning my brother was still agitated. It was so upsetting to see. He died with his head on his favourite nurses shoulder and it was like he had waited for her to come on shift that night as he smiled, she moved his pillow but his head on his shoulder kissed his forehead and he was gone. Her name was also Rachel

 

[M3W2501]

One without pain where you're assured you'll find peace.

 

[RedAlert]

Tony Soprano's death looks great, i didn't know what happened myself lol.

 

[Rachel74]

Tony Soprano's death looks great, i didn't know what happened myself lol.

How did he die as I can't remember?

 

[RedAlert]

How did he die as I can't remember?

It just shows him in a restaurant chilling with his son and his wife at the table. They where waiting for his daughter to come so they can order and eat together. The moment Meadow his daughter open the door, the door rings the bell, he looks up to see who it is and the screen goes black for like 10 seconds...then the credits start to roll.

So who knows maybe hes dead, maybe hes not dead and it just ended like that. But i think he got whacked by the guy in the jacket chillin'at the bar section of the restaurent thenheads to the washroom to "prepare" his kit. A bada' bing a bada' boom ya know! The Bhaghetti! I a' forgoto my Bhaggeti!

 

[All Things Must Pass]

Bump.

 

[FuneralCry]

I think a good death is one that is as peaceful as possible. Ideally N/euthanasia, where the person is choosing to die on their own terms rather than their death being out of their control.