Lady Zaidie, i would take a cold over death any day. I can remember watching my mother get blood after her hysterectomy when she was first diagnosed with cancer (she'd lost a lot during the op due to being on blood thinners for an unrelated but potentially fatal heart condition) and she got visibly better and stronger by the hour. Perhaps that's not the case for everyone, but she can't be a rarity or the practice wouldn't continue surely? Blood protocols improve constantly, and though obviously there are risks to receiving blood, there are risks to NOT recieving any too. I agree the "give em a pint" mentality is fairly pointless, especially after childbirth when we have more blood ANYWAY, but in cases when it is blood-donation or death, rather than blood donation or chlorophyll for a fortnight, i definitely think it is a risk worth taking for me.
Sunflower i'm not actually very worried about dying, but i am very concerned about leaving my daughter without a mother when she is only 3, about leaving my partner alone to fight over who raises her with my XP... I am completely confident they could cope without me, but i believe i owe it to them to try as hard as possible to stay with them. I also feel that it is a natural state of life to reject death and fight it. My mother had completely accepted that she would die, and was unafraid of death but just before she lost consciousness for the last time she rose from bed screaming for her mother and for us to help her. The "death rattle" breathing so many display before death is the combination of adrenalin and powerful electrical impulses from the dying hindbrain forcing the lungs to go on breathing even when the point of no return has passed. Even when the mind accepts death the body does not. Since i feel the only part of me i might keep some of after death is my mind, i also see the point of this life being related strongly to my body, and so i would honour the physical self's need to fight to live as long as i could.
Ooh, somehow I missed that you had replied Bx, sorry
I think I understand where you're coming from re: trying as hard as possible to stay alive. I also agree that it is natural to fight death For me, I don't think a blood transfusion is the best option, or worth the potential side effects, but that's my opinion only. Being okay with dying doesn't mean you just lay down and let it come, but it takes the fear out of death I think, because we all know its going to come. Hopefully not for quite a few years yet though!
I am not scared of dying, but if it can be prevented by a blood transfusion, i will take it bc i then have the potential to do things here that would be impossible if i was dead.
I have been a blood, and plasma, donor for many years and if i ever need it i am glad it will be there for me.
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For me, I don't think a blood transfusion is the best option, or worth the potential side effects, but that's my opinion only. Being okay with dying doesn't mean you just lay down and let it come, but it takes the fear out of death I think, because we all know its going to come. Hopefully not for quite a few years yet though!
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