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that's terrible. no one should ever find their loved one like that. my condolences go out to his family and friends. have had my fair share of friends go that route, and it never gets easier hearing about someone else making that choice just because wrapping your head around the act itself is impossible. unfortunately in this man's situation, he likely could not bear the thought of potentially living with that level of pain for the rest of his life.So I made the trip, no probs. Got enough mushroom compost to last a year. Had an excellent lunch and a lot of good giggles. Come home to some shit news.
A friend of mine that had a back surgery about three weeks ago decided he could no longer take the pain and offed himself. Breaks my heart for his wife and children. He wrote his wife a note this morning told her where he was going and what his plans were. She was supposed to find it after work. She forgot something came home, found the note and went after him. She was too late and first on the scene Breaks my heart and makes me so angry that no one listened to him about the pain he was experiencing. (Medical personnel). Just a shit ending to a great day.
Please, please never make this decision! It’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem, and the way it hurts your loved ones is unrecoverable.
back surgery isn't supposed to result in continued pain after the operation, but in a lot of cases that's exactly what happens. my mom had a L2-S1 fusion done a few years ago, and her pain levels immediately dropped post-op which is only seen in about 10% of patients. many go into those operations knowing that there's a very high chance they may come out of the OR in more pain than they went in with, and pain management in the US is significantly lacking. Doctor's don't listen, or want to help, because the DEA is more than ready to crawl up their asses and imprison them for using the tools they have available to them, and patients end up in situations just like this unfortunate soul. May he rest easy.