It was 2 am on a Saturday morning. I woke up in extreme pain. The only question was whether it was faster to drive to Kaiser or call 911 and wait. I threw on a pair of trunks and drove. Mistake. I almost didn't make the last two blocks. I walked into ER screaming stabilize me. As the technician started to attach to check for a heart attack, I said it wasn't a heart attack. The ER doctor and I looked at each other and we knew the problem and I went onto morphine. He asked what do you want to do, I responded that I had a health care directive and an Advanced Care directive on file. It provoked laughter. But he understood. After a quick CAT Scan (really unnecessary), I was into surgery. In the old days, there were no such thing as Directives and it caused agony for family members.
It's quite hard to know where to start with this issue, so thank you for doubling back and reinforcing both what you are saying and the need for action.
It was 2 am on a Saturday morning. I woke up in extreme pain. The only question was whether it was faster to drive to Kaiser or call 911 and wait. I threw on a pair of trunks and drove. Mistake. I almost didn't make the last two blocks. I walked into ER screaming stabilize me. As the technician started to attach to check for a heart attack, I said it wasn't a heart attack. The ER doctor and I looked at each other and we knew the problem and I went onto morphine. He asked what do you want to do, I responded that I had a health care directive and an Advanced Care directive on file. It provoked laughter. But he understood. After a quick CAT Scan (really unnecessary), I was into surgery.
In the old days, there were no such thing as Directives and it caused agony for family members.
It's quite hard to know where to start with this issue, so thank you for doubling back and reinforcing both what you are saying and the need for action.
Thank you very much for your video. It is very informative.
I’m getting one
ok thank you.
Ok but How do I actually Make one
June, 2017
Informative but seems like a lot of rambling saying much of the same thing over and over.