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Do Not Resuscitate Orders, ID Bracelets & Experiences
Aging Well | Last Active: Mar 14 7:38pm | Replies (105)Comment receiving replies
I had a DNR and when I had lung surgery they resuscitated me and put me on a ventilator. Later on I told the doctor that I told her I didn't want to be resuscitated or put on a ventilator. He told my sister who was my executor that he Considered a murder to not save my life. Now I'm not sure what to say but they don't always follow your wishes. I was not happy at the time but now I'm I'm OK but it's sometimes I still go through so many exacerbations and that I wish they had just let me go.
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@kllevinson Just thought I’d let everyone know that a DNR order does not stand during surgery. Odd, but true. Patients who have a DNR often get the surgery to have a better quality of life.
Has your life improved at all since surgery?
@kllevinson I wonder what the legality of that overriding individual doctor intervention is. It raises the question whether the particular doctor was acting on his own beliefs outside the law, or acting within the law.
My attorney under enduring POA and my Guardian perhaps will need to be careful to choose a doctor who respects DNRs.
It’s extremely disappointing. I am living with incurable stage 4 appendix cancer.
I’ve chosen my POA and Guardian carefully to fight for my rights, but I hadn’t factored in doctors who veer towards saving life in the face of a DNR 🤔
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@kllevinson, i'm sorry you had to go through that. that doctor HAD NO RIGHT to force his beliefs on you like that. where you had no choice in the matter. he waited until you were under anesthesia to make his personal choice. by going against your legal choice. did you file a complaint with the hospital board? or the AMA? how long ago did this happen? God Bless you. Daniel