Altme123

Only here occasionally. Mostly I'm on Mastodon now.

Followers & following lists have been cleaned out.

If I engage at all it will be through replies.

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@dignityindying Many thanks to you, Lauren, and a special note of gratitude to everyone working tirelessly to bring these moments to life. Your hard work is truly appreciated.

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@EllieCumbo @sophieRblake How would it affect others who are not terminally ill?

I've studied the bill and there are no exemptions.

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@ChuBe_Cryp That's dinner sorted 😋

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@FondOfBeetles People who do nasty things to children evoke that reaction in my house.

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@Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @MaryTracy1101 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 We can keep going back and forth on this, but there won't be a meeting of minds I'm afraid.

It's late now, so I'll bid you goodnight.

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@Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @MaryTracy1101 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 Improving palliative care should always be a high priority.

We can do both.

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@Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @MaryTracy1101 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 From that point he effectively starved to death. The pain and suffering he experienced, was awful. If that were to happen to me, I want options. I don't want to go through that. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

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@Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @MaryTracy1101 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 My father had palliative care at home. A special bed and various aids provided by Macmillan. A stair lift that we rented. Daily visits either by Macmillan, a local nurse or a doctor. Eventually morphine syringe drivers. When the cancer got to his stomach he couldn't eat any more.

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@Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @MaolanF @MaryTracy1101 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 Changing it would require Parliament to pass an entirely new, separate piece of legislation to rewrite the core eligibility criteria.

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@Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @MaolanF @MaryTracy1101 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 It resists change because the entry requirement is tethered to an objective biological countdown (6 months to live), it cannot legally be interpreted to include chronic illnesses, disabilities, or mental health conditions. /9

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@Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @MaryTracy1101 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 Palliative care isn't the answer for everyone, it's not always effective. And not everyone wants to end their life in a hospice—some people want to be in their own home with their family and pets.

https://t.co/KIZDACvYM0

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@DermotKearney3 @MaolanF @MaryTracy1101 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 That is patently false. I have personal experience of watching my father's slow and very painful exit from this world to know there are limits to what medical drugs can do.

You aren't listening to the voices of terminally ill people who are asking for this.

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@DermotKearney3 @MaolanF @MaryTracy1101 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 That is patently false. I have personal experience of watching my father's slow and very painful exit from this world to know there are limits to what medical drugs can do.

You aren't listening to the voices of terminally ill people who are asking for this.