If You Only Had 48 Hours Left To Live----What Would You Do In The Remaining (page 2)

AlmostAtheist

Smoke, dammit!!

(I quit smoking because I didn't want to die -- now I no longer want to live!)

Dave

DannyHaszard

I would do my utmost to enable my mate and loved ones to carry on.

John Doe

Try to figure out what I'd smoked 'cause I know there's no way to know you've got 48 hours left.

Satanus

I would ask why all the procrastination? How about half an hour?

S

tough question.............I would make sure all my wishes were in writing; that several people were aware of all of my genealogy research and how to find it; that insurance records were known about, and that the guys (my sons and husband) knew how to do the payroll; quarterly reports, and that they knew how to find other things in the Quick Books program for our business. (or at least the phone number of the accountant who taught me how to do it all)

Then I would want everyone in my family, and my close friends to be with me so I could say everything I needed to say.

The thought makes me cringe, but I guess we all should have some idea of what we would do and what we needed to do.

By the way, when my cousin was dying 4 years ago, we were told when she had 48 hours (approximately) to live. By that time, she was in and out of a coma, and her brain was very much affected by the cancer, so whatever she would have done with her time was lost forever. A week earlier, while she was still able to think and talk, I wanted her to write letters, dictated to me, to her sons and grandchildren. She got so weepy, and sad, and asked if we could do it another time. She had wanted to do that all along, and just kept putting it off. I wish I had insisted. She started to really go downhill two days later.

Darth Yhwh

I would spend every second with my wife and three children. I wouldn't take my eyes off them. I wouldn't stop hugging and kissing them.

lonelysheep

I would spend some time at the beach with the very few good friends in my life who really understand and love me, and I would tell them how much I love them and why, one last time.

The rest of the time would be spent with my children, taking pictures to capture those moments for their memories, since they would most likely forget all about me being that they are so young right now.

free2beme

Destroy all the clocks! If the hours don't pass, neither do I. All kidding aside ...

Last weekend, my wife got a call from her grandmother, her grandfather was in the Hospital and the doctors said he would not go home. He has a huge family, six kids, dozens of grand and great-grand kids and very much loved. With this news we all headed to the Hospital, to say good-bye. He had his daughter from the East Coast on the first plan to Oregon. The main freeway to this town had to be filled with all the relatives coming to say good-bye before the end. The Hospital was a emotional experience, a lot of hugs, crying and high emotions. Very hard experience. The doctor said the cancer hit his brain and it was only a matter of time, we were worried his daughter from the east would not make it in time. They blue tagged him, which for those who do not know, means "do not resuscitate!" Which was hard on his wife of 60 years and she broke down and I have very few times seen someone cry so hard. We were there about six hours of this, so tiring on the mind. Finally his normal doctor came and wanted a CAT SCAN to see what happened. A couple hours later he comes out and says, "Your grandfather has treatable lung cancer and with treatment he should make it, should live several more years and as soon as he is feeling better he should go home." Everyone was in shock, angry and any other emotion you could fit with that moment. Including "happy they were not losing him." Later his daughters plane landed and she was told the news, as were all the other relatives who arrived that were in transit. A couple days later he went home and is home right now, feeling much better.

So if you really what to know what I would do, if I only had 48 hours to live? The answer is, "get a second medical opinion!" As the first guy was probably wrong.

This is all a true story

chrissy

if i found out i had a terminal illness and was going to die i would not tell anyone, mostly to avoid the jw see you in the new system if you are lucky nonsense and travel to someplace sunny and beautiful and die i guess. man, that is utterly depressing but at the same time seattle weather sucks in the winter and i would love to be someplace warm and sunny right now.

minimus

It's sad that anyone would not want to tell them because they wouldn't want to hear crap from JWs.

If You Only Had 48 Hours Left To Live----What Would You Do In The Remaining