Is there any way of saying "Enough", I do not want to receive anymore medical care or medications, they are doing me more harm than good!

[Adlon57]

The medication I am receiving is causing me more pain than anything else! It is getting worse, more endless appointments, more reactions, more pain, getting ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE! I just want to stop all this treatment, just bare survival medication, I have at least three life threatening conditions, medications from one conflicting with another! I don't want to 'survive' on an endless supply of medications, injections, [surveys?], my body has had enough, another condition starts up, another endless road to go on to, My relatives and friends are affected by my general health "What another appointment?" "What condition do you have now?" "You're not looking very well today?" I may look okay outside, do you want to see the mental and physical scars inside? I don't want anymore of this worry to bring on them! I have absolutely nothing to look forward, dementia and senile decay beckon. The world today I cannot comprehend, lost touch with decades ago! A push button society going nowhere! I am stuffed full of endless medications, my system is completely mixed up, HPT high pain threshold, I could have a stroke "Oh just a headache?, a slashed hand stitched up no pain killers needed, pain killers in reality a thing of the past, my brain cannot figure how serious my pain actually is, bad, minor or even non-existent! Could I just say no more of these endless appointments, scan, MRI's, etc, etc, just leave me alone, maybe hopefully a week's time go to bed, and die in my sleep, peacefully? They might mean well the medical world, but quite honestly this 66 year old lab. rat has had enough!

[piglette]

You are the one who will have to say NO to the medical profession.

[Adlon57 in reply to piglette]

I know piglette the FINAL decision is up to me, in my court at present!

[hunter5582]

Hello my friend. Sorry to hear you are in such dire straights. The answer to your question is in two parts.

The legal part of the answer is that you have a fundamental right to suspend all life extending-preserving-saving treatment at any time you deem it appropriate to do so. No one can force to to engage in any treatment you do not wish to receive. There is a process to put this in place for when you are no longer able to voice your wishes for yourself. All advanced nation's healthcare systems have a process for this. It can be through an Advanced Directive. There is also, in some places, a Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST). In the POLST orders are entered that you are to be given palliative care only. In addition, a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order can be entered. These orders can be accompanied by an alert bracelet or necklace that you can wear to alert emergency providers to the orders.

The other part of the answer has to do with whether you have reached to point when it is time for palliative care only. There can come a time for all of us when it no longer makes sense to try to prolong life. No one can decide when this time is but you. The question is whether this is the time for you. Or is this a particularly bad patch that could get better? You have had your ups and downs in recent years. You will have to decide what it is that you truly wish at this point,

Know that we do not want to lose you but also do not want you to suffer needlessly when there is truly no hope. Is this that time? None of us can judge that but you. Know that no matter what you decide, you will have our support.

[Adlon57 in reply to hunter5582]

Thanks Hunter, I feel I am getting very near the bottom, next couple of weeks imperative in if my life is really capable of carrying on, or not. Ironic as soon as I write this, another testing appointment comes up for ANOTHER condition? Useful advice, I reckon I will go low on this site, as I am in a very gloomy mood, I don't want it catching?