New Posts For Thread: Assisted dying bill straw pollhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-pollNo brainer for me . Yes or No?Yes it should become lawMy mother died in June in a care home.It was pitiful and was the one thing I promised would never happen - letting her go into a home. But apart from the alleviation of suffering I think the establishment has got a fcking nerve telling me I cant opthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-poll?post_id=540526979#540526979My mother died in June in a care home.It was pitiful and was the one thing I promised would never happen - letting her go into a home. But apart from the alleviation of suffering I think the establishment has got a fcking nerve telling me I cant optFri, 18 Jul 2014 17:11:48 -0500What is noticeable from this "landslide vote" is that almost everybody's opinion is coloured by personal experience. I myself held my own father's hand as he left us having suffered indescribably with bowel cancer. I would have been willing to go tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-poll?post_id=540526959#540526959What is noticeable from this "landslide vote" is that almost everybody's opinion is coloured by personal experience. I myself held my own father's hand as he left us having suffered indescribably with bowel cancer. I would have been willing to go toFri, 18 Jul 2014 17:11:15 -0500YEShttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-poll?post_id=540526915#540526915YESFri, 18 Jul 2014 17:08:01 -0500Yes, without a shadow of doubt. As someone posted earlier, 'the doctor came and he/she passed away 10 minutes later'It's well known that medics can make a patient 'more comfortable' if they can.I hope they would do the same for me.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-poll?post_id=540526889#540526889Yes, without a shadow of doubt. As someone posted earlier, 'the doctor came and he/she passed away 10 minutes later'It's well known that medics can make a patient 'more comfortable' if they can.I hope they would do the same for me.Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:07:01 -0500It's a landslide vote.That doesn't necessarily mean it's right...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-poll?post_id=540526763#540526763It's a landslide vote.That doesn't necessarily mean it's right...Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:00:24 -0500Point 2 ....my wife's mother passed away in a care home after deteriorating from a brain tumour operation . Left to pass away peacefully or to put it another way left to die in a room ......blindess & a coma was the other alternative ending .....Cruehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-poll?post_id=540526551#540526551Point 2 ....my wife's mother passed away in a care home after deteriorating from a brain tumour operation . Left to pass away peacefully or to put it another way left to die in a room ......blindess & a coma was the other alternative ending .....CrueFri, 18 Jul 2014 16:49:33 -0500It's a landslide vote. I'm going through this exact situation now with my Mum.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-poll?post_id=540526511#540526511It's a landslide vote. I'm going through this exact situation now with my Mum.Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:47:45 -0500Daughter number 2 is a student nurse ......bitten for the umpteenth time today by some old dear who has left the building mentally ......yes please assist them.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-poll?post_id=540526479#540526479Daughter number 2 is a student nurse ......bitten for the umpteenth time today by some old dear who has left the building mentally ......yes please assist them.Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:45:48 -0500yeshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-poll?post_id=540526455#540526455yesFri, 18 Jul 2014 16:43:48 -0500Yes.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30306761/assisted-dying-bill-straw-poll?post_id=540523411#540523411Yes.Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:09:13 -0500