Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Starvation to death found to be Too Painful and “Undignified”

Felos and the media would have us believe that starvation/dehydration are an 'easy and peaceful' way to die.

Though many have noted hunger pangs that cause MUCH discomfort after only going a few hours without a meal, and we have LONG heard that someone is 'dying of thirst'...and we all understand exactly what that means, they still tried to tell us differently, though there ARE some places where the truth was published.

Ask this woman what it felt like.

And where is her husband in this matter of her feeling 'useless' simply because she is 28 and has a disability? Many people feel even worse without supportive family members lifting them up when down. This woman sounds DEPRESSED to me.

I am wondering how much, and what kinds of fluids she drank while trying to die of starvation..
Even by drinking just water, she saved herself the following:

Dr. Stevens also addressed the pain of dying from starvation.

"Is dying of thirst and dehydration a painless death as some experts have asserted? Most so-called experts have never seen someone die in this manner. Unfortunately, having worked for 13 years in Africa, where the most common cause of death in children is dehydration from gastroenteritis, I have seen hundreds if not thousands of patients with dehydration and some of them so far gone, that despite resuscitation attempts, they died."

"As dehydration begins, there is extreme thirst, dry mouth and thick saliva," Dr. Stevens explained. "The patient becomes dizzy, faint and unable to stand or sit; has severe cramping in the arms and legs as the sodium and potassium concentrations in the body go up as fluids go down. In misery, the patient tries to cry but there are no tears. The patient experiences severe abdominal cramps, nausea and dry-heaving as the stomach and intestines dry out."

"By now the skin and lips are cracking and the tongue is swollen," Dr. Stevens continued. "The nose may bleed as the mucous membranes dry out and break down. The skin loses elasticity, thins and wrinkles. The hands and feet become cold as the remaining fluids in the circulatory system are shunted to the vital organs in an attempt to stay alive. The person stops urinating and has severe headaches as their brain shrinks from lack of fluids. The patient becomes anxious but then gets progressively more lethargic."

"Some patients have hallucinations and seizures as their body chemistry becomes even more imbalanced. This proceeds to coma before death occurs. The final event as the blood pressure becomes almost undetectable is a major heart arrhythmia that stops the heart from pumping."

"Contrary to those that try to paint a picture of a gentle process, death by dehydration is a cruel, inhumane and often agonizing death."

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