Quote Originally Posted by cheekee View Post
As a nurse I have sadly cared for and seen many people pass on.

He wasn't choking although it sounded that way.

The barbiturate was just depressing his respiratory drive rapidly.....

The disease he had doesn't have a nice ending sadly. He would have needed a ventilator at the terminal phase. He would have been bed bound.

I know this is a difficult emotive subject. Its a really difficult one. I am passionate about end of life care. I always make sure the patient is pain free and comfortable and that close ones, relatives and friends can participate in the process and are not scared by it. I give pain relief and sedative medication as I need to to keep them comfortable and be able to pass on in the most gentle way they can.
Its a macabre subject and just leave it at that