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Married with 3 children I enjoy travelling, cooking, fishing, flytying, church life and more unusually keeping reptiles. In fact the house is a bit of a zoo with dogs,, cats, hamsters, rabbits, fish, snakes, lizards and gecko’s! -
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18th Jan 2019ScottishIain commented on:
Would you volunteer to be euthanased?I don’t think I can answer that truthfully. Currently I would say definitely not but I would refuse treatment that simply stopped me dying as opposed to making me better/improving my life. However, I would not allow someone to kill me before my allotted time was up. However, that’s because I’m not in that place and so have no idea what I’d think if I was in long term constant pain or fully paralysed.ViewDate:
18th Jan 2019ScottishIain commented on:
Should smokers, drinkers, drug users and obese people be charged to see the doctor?I can’t edit that last statement and accidentky deleted part of the final sentence which was ‘...be bothered to help themselves and refuses offer or help...’ViewDate:
18th Jan 2019ScottishIain commented on:
Should smokers, drinkers, drug users and obese people be charged to see the doctor?No they shouldn’t automatically BUT in my opinion if someone turns up for treatment and continues to abuse their body in way that is detrimental to that treatment then yes but only if they l ignoring all offer of support to do something about it. Eg my wife had a friend who was admitted to hospital with a VERY serious condition. Despite the doctor telling her that her smoking was both exacerbating the condition and reducing the effectiveness if not negating the treatment she was being given, she carried on smoking and her partner carried on providing her with cigarettes. Now you can argue addiction but she ‘gave up’ for over 12 months just the previous year and started smoking again due to a messy divorce ie she could give up again. It’s also worth noting that she also refused to try nicotine patches or gum. So she understands the risks fully, knows that she could do something about it but simply refuses to do so. In that example why should tax payers money be spent on that treatment when she is deliberately worsening her condition in a place she’s gone to improve it. In such a situation I believe that harsh love is needed by saying that treatment will not be provided on the NHS unless she starts to help that healing process by quitting smoking or at least taking steps to do so.. In other words people have to play their part. On balance though. It could be argued that the high tax on cigarettes pays for that treatment but we all know that the NHS doesn’t get it. The harsh reality is that given a choice between your child receiving effective treatment of the highest standard with the prospects of a full recovery or my friend receiving that money for essentially wasted treatment and so preventing your child having the best treatment, which would you choose? That IS the choice we are sadly talking about with the NHS as the Liverpool hospital fiasco demonstrates. Therefore in summary, if someone can’t be bothered to help themselves, then they shouldn’t expect others to help them for free. -
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