How Doctors Die
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How Doctors Die
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#4Never been a big tattoo fan, but after reading that, I might consider a big "NO CODE" tat on my chest.
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#5I spent a lot of time hanging around nursing homes when I was growing up, and decided a long time ago that I'd like to do fast and well before I get to that stage. The NO CODE tatoo is a great idea.
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#6I was in Best Buy earlier today and the sales guy who was trying to sell me a TV reminded me a lot of the doctors/residents I was dealing with during a few weeks I spent caring for a family member at Mass General Hospital a couple years ago. I don't think they do it consciously, but doctors try to sell you on their philosophies for healthcare.
But it doesn't matter. You're sitting in a small room with dim lights and someone tells you that you have two choices:
1. You can die a certain death, within months, with very little pain, or
2. You can try some heroic measure like chemotherapy for a minuscule chance of a multi-year moderately happy, but extremely painful survival.
Humans are programmed to have hope, and, regardless of any logic, the vast majority will choose option 2. It's just like playing the lottery. Even now, as I think about those two options in good health, I am compelled by my nature to choose option 2.
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#7Just this weekend I met a relative on the street (mid fifties), doing some shopping. A few months ago, he had some chest pain, his wife thought it was a heart attack and drove him to the ER. As he was being admitted, he went into cardiac arrest, he was resuscitated, and now his four teenagers have their father back, for a few more years at least (he is back at work, and seems to be living a full and healthy life). What's interesting about this, in relation to the OP, is that his wife is a doctor, and she was the one who resuscitated him.
Yes, it's just an anecdote, but a useful one to balance against those in the OP. Obviously the situation differs if you have a terminal illness, or other serious health issues, but I think a blanket NO CODE rule is a little extreme.
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#8Just this weekend I met a relative on the street (mid fifties), doing some shopping. A few months ago, he had some chest pain, his wife thought it was a heart attack and drove him to the ER. As he was being admitted, he went into cardiac arrest, he was resuscitated, and now his four teenagers have their father back, for a few more years at least (he is back at work, and seems to be living a full and healthy life). Wh…
The situation you are talking about is very very different from what the OP is talking about. But yes I agree, a blanket NO CODE rule is extreme.
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#9Just this weekend I met a relative on the street (mid fifties), doing some shopping. A few months ago, he had some chest pain, his wife thought it was a heart attack and drove him to the ER. As he was being admitted, he went into cardiac arrest, he was resuscitated, and now his four teenagers have their father back, for a few more years at least (he is back at work, and seems to be living a full and healthy life). Wh…
> I think a blanket NO CODE rule is a little extreme.
That's because it's something of your own invention. No one is advocating this, especially not the health professionals involved.
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#10I was in Best Buy earlier today and the sales guy who was trying to sell me a TV reminded me a lot of the doctors/residents I was dealing with during a few weeks I spent caring for a family member at Mass General Hospital a couple years ago. I don't think they do it consciously, but doctors try to sell you on their philosophies for healthcare. But it doesn't matter. You're sitting in a small room with dim lights and…
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