Regarding the end of this particular physical body, consider putting pertinent medical paperwork together that will allow you to avoid undesired medical care. Many hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and MDs make a lot of money keeping people alive when they no longer choose to be. Without designating another person to have power of attorney over your medical decisions; and without wearing the official orange medical bracelet that tells medical personnel: 'do not resuscitate', you may find yourself suffering in manifold ways as your body tries to die but cannot. This recently published memoir by Katy Butler gives insight into why it is important to begin flexing your figurative muscles with your medical personnel NOW!
Don't wait until decisions are fraught with emotion. Each visit to your doctor is a meeting between two soul equals exchanging information regarding the health of one soul (and perhaps their relatives). Be kind and respectful, but don't let doctors condescend to you. Call them on it. Firmly demand courteous explanations and the utmost respect. Educate yourself before each visit and refuse to make decisions in your doctor's presence if they seem to be selling you on a treatment protocol that you don't understand or agree with. Insist that doctors show you your laboratory results and that they discuss with you all of the different diagnoses and treatment possibilities that the doctor themselves gathered in this case.
More and more individuals are finding themselves and their relatives at the whim of an impersonal, profiteering system called the 21st century allopathic hospital system. Learn, and stand up for, your own medical rights as those of your families and friends. The time until you begin to use such knowledge may be much closer, and last for much longer, than you presently think!
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