Imagine you were dying from a terminal illness. The doctor said you only have months or weeks left to live. Are you going to try to battle against the illness or are you going to let death run its natural course? No matter the decision you choose, you should make sure you have a DPOA, living will, and have a conversation with your loved ones. Many people do not fill out the necessary documents or have these hard talks. Then, in their final days people realize they had not talked about the death process much even though they knew the disease was progressing, and the end was coming. They never expected life to go so fast and death to occur so quickly. Not having a conversation about end of life is the mistake multiple people make, and one in which I do not want to make at the end of my life. My ideal death would be having all the necessary paperwork filled out for my wishes, having already had the tough conversation of not taking any measures to …show more content…
The doctor said you only have months or weeks left to live. Are you going to try to battle against the illness or are you going to let death run its natural course? No matter the decision you choose, you should make sure you have a DPOA, living will, and have a conversation with your loved ones. Many people don’t fill out the paperwork or have these hard talks. Then, in their final days they realize they hadn 't talked much about the process of dying even though they knew the disease was progressing, and the end was coming. This is the mistake multiple people make, and one in which I don’t want to make at the end of my life. My ideal death would be having all the necessary paperwork filled out for my wishes, having already had the tough conversation, not taking any measures to prolong my life, and most importantly being surrounded by my friends and family. Much of what I wish to be my ideal death are going to make the process not only easy on me but also on my friends and