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Ashamed: I think about (and plan for) dying. Do you?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Aug 5 8:32am | Replies (213)
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@freitag

I'm late to the discussion here, but I am so concerned about your fear after burial.

You will be brain dead. There will be no synapses firing. Everything will be completely halted and it is impossible for you to be sentient in the coffin. You will experience no sensations.

Please speak to your medical caregivers about this for reassurance. Maybe see a neurologist for a very professional opinion.

Perhaps, if you are still uneasy, you could preplan to require that you be given an EEG in order to confirm brain death. If it would be allowed. A person who has your health care proxy may be able to insist on it.

Please take steps to ease your fear. I wouldn't be able to cope with that fear myself and would do everything I could to dispel it.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Dec 11, 2022

Thank you so much for your deep concern. I am so sorry that my answer is so late. I don't often think of dying or even my own cancer. But when I do next, think about this I love your suggestion of an EEG after death. Very clever thinking!

Hopefully, by the time I need to get really serious about it, it won't bother me anymore.

Merry

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