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Originally Posted by Hom3r
I friend of mine's grandad had lung cancer in the late 1960's, he was at home slowly dying, and in a great deal of pain and his nans was in a great deal of distress, he was having daily morphine injections.
One the the Dr came in and gave him his injection and said "this should end his suffering" (or words to that effect), shortly after he died.
He belived the Dr help.
The irony is if animals are ill they get put down to stop them suffering, we have to suffer.
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I believe that sort of thing happens many times everyday up and down the country,,it gets to a stage with morphine were the doctors know the likelihood is the dose will kill the patient but in terms of pain control there isn't another option