Posted by shar on June 27, 2002, at 3:53:53
In reply to Memorial (Re: sar thread...) » Dr. Bob, posted by JonW on June 24, 2002, at 20:44:44
I'm late getting into this thread and just adding my thoughts, not really pointing this at you, Jon. Reading your post I can somewhat agree with press guidelines, yet this is a board of people who suffer from a disease, and the disease has claimed one of us.
It is a conundrum. If this place was for people with cancer, we would expect and probably deal openly with death. Even if a member chose assisted suicide it would have a different slant to it, I bet. Like, he or she tried as hard as they could as long as they could.
But, because this is a psych board, it's not as clear cut. There really aren't any ways to measure 'trying hard' as there are for cancer (chemo, radiation, surgery, etc.). Maybe we could count the number of med combinations the person took, how many years they struggled....but many people aren't able to make the same kind of comparison they could with a physically manifested illness.
That, in spite of the fact that I think most here would agree that dealing with severe mental pain is about the same as dealing with severe physical pain. Especially if it has gone on for years and years.
Oh, well. I am sure there will be a loving memorial to Sar eventually, and one that is appropriate to this community.
I'm glad you spoke your thoughts on this.
Shar
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