What do you want to die from?

[panader0]

I've seen a lot of anti-smoking threads here (one going strong in GD now). Anti-obesity, anti-alcohol, (well maybe not here in the lounge). I'll probably go from lung cancer, (I smoke a pack every three days) or liver disease (drink more than most). I am in pretty good shape for 61 years old. I still work construction, and in the many years on the job I have breathed powdered mortar dust, drywall dust and so much more, so I'm leaning toward lung cancer. I have a living will and don't want to spend my kids inheritance on hospital bills. I haven't been to a doctor in 25 years and that was for stitches.
My grandpa died In his sleep of a stroke. That's the way I want go.

[hlthe2b]

1. Strokes would be the desired route, if they were always massive

Hell on the family, if they are massive, but don't kill quickly, though. That can still result in incredible levels of treatment/diagnostics and medical bills before they finally determine you to essentially brain dead.

[HopeHoops]

2. Sex - come and go at the same time.

[pipi_k]

4. My ex went that way

well, not actually during sex, but close enough.

He and his wife had gone out bowling, then stopped for pizza.

They went home and got it on.

She got up to use the bathroom and heard some funny noises from the bedroom, thought he was joking around, realized he was not.

Massive heart attack. He was probably already dead by time the EMTs got there

Just 3 months shy of his 53rd birthday.

He was luckier than my second husband, though, who lingered in horrible pain, wasting away from oral cancer that spread into his head and neck. Two miserable years. Died at 49.

If you got a choice, the first one is way better.

[HopeHoops]

5. I'm 49. I'll take door number 1.

[crunch60]

44. Yes, I just want to die happy.

[NightWatcher]

3. I know what's (prob) gonna get me, so I've got to live fast before it catches me

Ive got a stupid auto immune disease and a connective tissue disease. Short story- my body is attacking the healthy cells in my body. So now I've got to start enjoying every second of life.

Challenge accepted. I've got a 1-year old daughter and a great attitude, so it's all good.

I'm going to start living life like there's no guaranteed tomorrow. I only wish I'd done so years earlier.

[panader0]

8. With a one year old daughter, I hope you have many years ahead of you.

My kids are gone now. I had my first at age 42. I am thankful to have made it this far. When I was in my 20's I never would have believed I would still be alive at 61. I have a good friend (and excellent guitarist) who is anxious to die and drinks a quart of vodka a day. He wants out of this world. I'd like to go a while longer, as long as I have the ability to walk, talk, and move. (and wipe myself)
At my age, the thought of death comes often. I want a quick, painless exit. If it doesn't work out that wat, I may take matters into my own hands.
I drink too much. I think enough beer will cure anything.

[NightWatcher]

10. thanks, I should. my dad's lived with a milder form for 25+ years

I just dont want to sit around and wait for death or old age

[HarveyDarkey]

6. Quietly and peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather

Not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.

[DiverDave]

48. LOL, always gotta be one...

Bad harvey BAD HARVEY!!
LOL

[RebelOne]

7. Lung cancer will probably get me.

My mother died at 78 of lung cancer and my father died at 71 from complications of emphysema. He had a bad heart and the effort of his breathing difficulties weakened his heart. I am 73 and have been retired for 2-1/2 years now. But being at home all the time, I just smoke too much.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Being smothered by kittens!

[lunatica]

11. A love pile!

What a way to go!

[panader0]

12. You win!!

I can think of other things to be smothered by..........

[dimbear]

45. The detective writer Dorothy Sayers had an interesting take on that.

Needless to say the smotheree wasn't willing in that particular case.

[geardaddy]

55. That's how I wanna go.

[kwassa]

56. One of the characters in "Catch 22" died that way, smothered by a cat.

I'm forgetting the name of the character.

[Myrina]

13. Quickly.

Like running into a brick wall or being shot point blank. Something where I don't have alot of time to think about how badly I've fucked up my life.

[baldguy]

14. I'll go with Arthur Jarritt's choice

NSFW

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - Death

[trof]

15. Boredom

[El Supremo]

16. You haven't been to a doctor in 25 years?

Then you will definitely die of acute stupidity.

I'm 61 and get a physical every year.

[panader0]

17. You probably like those prostate exams

Why would I go if nothing is bothering me? Besides, I'm sure you have more money than I do.
142 IQ (last time it was tested)

[El Supremo]

22. No health insurance either?

But regular exams won't cost you that much.

What are you? Old fashioned Christian Science? Do you even get tetanus shots?

And prostate exams are nothing compared to colonoscopies.

[Bertha Venation]

26. Who are you to judge?

Honestly.

[El Supremo]

28. If this guy wants to die early, then who am I?

And who are you?

[Bertha Venation]

51. If you don't care if he dies early, why go through this exercise?

It's pointless. It's baiting. And you hooked me. Nice job.

[Major Nikon]

34. Because treatable cancers can be detected early

Why die of prostate or colon cancer when both can be detected early? Both are really bad ways to go.

Prostate cancer is now checked with a simple blood test. Even if you don't have insurance, it's worth it to go get your blood tested and meet with a doctor every couple of years or so.

[Sanity Claws]

33. why so harsh?

What difference does it make to you? If you chooses to stay away from the doctor, so what? Why judge him stupid?

And frankly, I don't understand the need to get a physical every year. If you're on meds for some reason, then I can understand the need for a physical. But if you're feeling fine and aren't on meds, why bother?

[Kali]

52. that is pretty harsh

people who go to the doctor regularly die all the time

my grandfather went 40+ years without seeing one and made it to 88

[Baitball Blogger]

18. I want to die like a Phoenix

[riderinthestorm]

19. I'm fascinated by the way Payne Stewart went out - flying into oblivion

Losing consciousness up in the air like that sounds like a pretty good exit.

Now how to make sure the plane nosedived into the ocean would be the tricky part but yeah, something dramatic and peaceful would be great.

I'll probably go out with an asthma attack in real life. I've got it pretty badly and there's been some close calls. After 10 years the docs still don't have it managed well and every day I struggle to breathe even with monster drugs.

[cyberswede]

20. A doctor friend of mine said he wanted to have...

a catastrophic left main coronary artery occlusion. He said you go like *that* and it's over before you even know there's a problem.

I want to die of old age...very old age.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. That's somewhat like a pulmonary embolism. (Blood clots in lungs)

If you have a saddle embolism, which is a clot in the slightly dipped down area behind the heart, (pulmonary arteries) where the blood goes to the lungs. Think of a very flattened U.

I had one there but it wasn't big enough to kill me. The dr said you just drop dead if the clots are big enough.

Scary stuff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saddle_thromboembolus.jpg

[NJCher]

25. no you don't

I watched my dad die of old age and it "ain't pretty." Bit by bit, the body breaks down. Do you really want to go through it in slow-mo? Loss of independence, loss of most of your friends (you're the last man standing), not able to walk. Horrible.

Oh and let's not forget being delusional and thinking you can still manage a business when all you're really doing is running a lifetime of work down the chute.

I vote smothered by kittehs, but if I can't have that, a heart attack would be good. They're painful but since my chances of getting a bullet in the head by the Mafia or the CIA aren't so good, I'll settle for what's known as the Big One.

Preferably in my garden, like one of my great-uncles.


Cher

[cyberswede]

35. I agree...

about the aging process, actually. I have elderly in-laws, and it's not pretty for them (my own 82 year old mother is sharp as a tack, though she's slowed down physically).

Whenever I read something that talks about how being healthy will add years to your life, I always think...yeah, but who wants more years added at the end a when you're in a nursing home?

It would be much better if the added years could be included in your 20s...like extra years in there before you hit 30.

[Cronkite]

21. I know how I won't go. I will not suffer through a terminal condition.

Some people think suicide is a "sin", I see it as an expedient method to the end. I have witnessed many people slowly die while modern medicine tries to eek out a few more weeks of bedridden pain and suffering.

I've got a few ideas on how I would do it - most likely a pain med OD would be best. People that use a firearm are inconsiderate- somebody has to clean up the mess.....

[Bertha Venation]

27. My sister would do the same.

And I would be right there with her.

[Bertha Venation]

24. I only know how I don't want to go. I'm terrified of

drowning or suffocating.

[Ptah]

29. In my sleep like Grandpa, not screaming like his passengers.

[Wabbajack_]

30. My granny

Over 80, smoker, (told her to quit when I was 10, didn't fucking listen) who had lung and heart disease died months after surgery to remove an anyerism (sp). She was there unable to speak with the a breathing tube and a feeding tube (she was starving, I feel so bad for Roger Ebert) for months. Not like that. Her sis has Alzheiemer's (sp) not like that either. I had a dog once, got heartworm and was gassed after suffering for days. Not like that.

I had/have asthma, NOT FROM not being able to breath, anything but that.

There is no good way, the least painful, whatever it is.

I'm gonna go cry now.

[deaniac21]

31. happyness

[Sanity Claws]

32. I want to die laughing

[Iggo]

37. "E ecky thump."

[DebJ]

36. With unions getting crushed, I'm going to die of starvation. n/t

[orleans]

38. JFK said "you never know what's hit you. a gunshot is the perfect way."

as for me? i'm not sure.

[petronius]

39. I don't really care, as long as it's front-page-above-the-fold on the next morning

And there should be aliens, and explosions, and no pain, and I'd rather not see it coming, and it should make me look at least sort of bad-ass...

If I can't have all that, I figure I'll just skip the whole thing.

[pa28]

41. Death. I'm guaranteed to get my wish.

[southerncrone]

42. Happiness!

[AllenVanAllen]

43. Anything, I suppose, as long as I'm old when it happens.... n/t

[crunch60]

46. No Dr. in 25 yrs., that's why your still here. Keep up the excellent record. Don't worry about your

kids inheritance, they will do fine. Take a exciting adventure, maybe a trip down the Amazon, it is beautiful . You've earned it.

[joshcryer]

47. Heat death of the universe.

[DiverDave]

49. My Mom's husband fell asleep

In front of an Oregon football game on T.V., just had a sandwich and a beer.

Thats the way I wanna go, down to the Oregon Game on the tube
Peaceful, no pain.
I'm a baby when it comes to pain.

[mucifer]

50. People remember to have your wishes known to people you love if you don't want

feeding tube and ventilators. Feeding tubes can cause fluid overload if the body is shutting down and there is no place to put the fluid it can go to the lungs and it can be pretty ugly. Ventilators can keep you around for a long long time when there is no cure for the cause of what is going on. Dehydration at the end of life is part of the natural process. I am a hospice nurse. I see a lot of this stuff.

Sorry, it is a little off topic. But, the people I see dying comfortably at home tend to not have feeding tubes or have come to a point with their chronic illness where they stop using the feeding tube. Feeding tubes can be very helpful for chronic illnesses.

[pitohui]

63. you can make yr wishes known all you want, they won't honor them

it does nothing but add further guilt to your misery and dying

i could tell some tales but to avoid personal stories i'll just say, see under michael and terri schiavo

you can tell your loved ones what you want, but they have v. little power to make these decisions if they want to stay out of prison

you're probably getting a respirator/feeding tube, it has happened over and over again to people i know who said (and even put in writing) they don't want

too much money to be paid by keeping people on a machine and money wins

[sinkingfeeling]

53. Carbon monoxide. The way I've decided to go when I get too old

and alone.

[mikeytherat]

54. Crushed by a runaway tractor-trailer driven by The Incredible Hulk.

mikey_the_rat

[Taverner]

57. Massive Opium OD

of course, this wouldn't be until I am already dying from something else

[Liberal Veteran]

58. Universal entropy.

I'm hoping to be around for the end of the universe.

[solara]

59. Pleasure n/t

[surrealAmerican]

60. I would like to die when all the air in the room ...

... collapses into one corner. So I guess I'd have to say suffocation, but I'm not ready just yet.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

61. Plane crash

Although I hope I'm the only fatality because I don't want other lives to be lost

Failing that, pulmonary embolism

[MrSlayer]

62. Bizarre hopscotch accident.

My fortune teller assures me this will happen in the year 2417.

[bluedigger]

64. Miscalculated black hole experiment. n/t