As we get older, most of us have stood at bedsides of loved ones or friends who are hooked up to machines or have feeding tubes.
Every time I've stood there, whoever was standing with me said "I won't ever let that happen to me."
No one wants to live this way.
And personally, I feel as a woman to have my photograph televised a hundred times a day on the cable news channels would be the absolute last shred of dignity stolen from me.
My mother had her respirator turned off at age 44 after a brain hem 2 days after the incident.
If there had been any brain activity at all and any response at all I would have not allowed the respirator turned off.
You don't have to worry....probably no one would care enough to save you since you've said you've wanted to Starve to Death.
Amen to that. In Terri's case especially--considering the obsession that she had with her looks--having the videos of her current horrid condition posted all over the world would probably be one her worst nightmares. Honoring her wishes indeed.
How do you know?
Starving and slow dehydration may be painful.
Why not use lethal injection if pain is to be considered as it has been determined after exhaustive study that it is the least painful and that is why it is used for executing convicts.
No person has the knowledge to ascertain whether this woman is cognitive or not. Doctors disagree among themselves.