As a 69 year old male, I am unable to walk more than a few steps due to a worn-out knee-joint, coupled to severe and unrelenting Arthritic pain. My GP has informed me that the only medication that is available on Special Prescription will turn me into a Zombie! (Current medication Endone and Panadeine Forte do nothing to supress the pain and at the best make me very nauseous!)
I am now in a situation where my quality of life is rapidly vanishing down the gurglar and I am becoming more and more fearful for the future.
I like many other elderley and ageing persons would like to have the peace of mind and mental security of having access to a humane life-ending "pill" should the conditions become untenable. The alternative options that are available to persons in this situation are to say the least "messy" and can create a distressing situation for family members!
It is grossly unfair that any human being has to continue with a life that has lost its total quality and placed one in the situation of becoming a burden to all around them!
What is wrong with our sick society that it can simply (with an injection of "Green Dream") destroy an injured animal, to save it from suffering, yet at the same time turn a blind eye to the suffering of the human being, who has probably contributed much to society over their lifetime, denying them the right to a peaceful and respectable exit from an unnacceptable lifestyle!

Sorry you are having a bad time Cuphandle, I don't wish this for anyone, but it CAN happen to any of us.

I too find this logic hypocritical, and will do what I have to do, IF I have to do; regardless of the law.

Being able legally to abort a healthy (in most cases) foetus, yet not legally "abort" a life that is unhealthy and intolerable; is to me the utmost in hypocrisy and double-standard.

Cuphandle and Ginx
its sad that there arnt any drugs that can help with the pain, and that its so bad, my pain is not like yours (yet) i still have 15 or so years to catch up, you know it seems crazy that so much effort is put into technology for war when that could really be of use within the medical science laboratories.
Have you thought about knee replacements? i know TWO men and one woman who have had them , they do take awhile to get used to but the woman especially was happy with the result.
Sorry you are in so much pain, i have been told body massage helps lift both the body minds coping skills. There is also accupuncture for heavy pain? it is accepted by some bulk billing now through reputable medical practices. I had accupuncture once and it sent me to sleep.Care to you both.

We had euthanasia approved here in the NT which was a really great thing but other States complained and goverment listing to rightgest people ruined for us all and people should have that choice
i agree with cuphandle we do put our animals down with one easy needle rather than have them suffer ,so it should be with humans too only if they ask for it
mother bear

Sorry to hear about your pain but quality of life in your case is the issue not whether you can legally end your life. There are alternatives to look at for easing pain other than modern medication. there are things such as meditation, acupuncture, and therapy. I find it sad that you are in so much pain but even sadder that you feel that life isn't worth continuing.

Mother Bear, it wasn't the States or people in general that saw the NT euthanasia legislation overturned. It was all down to just one right wing, "christian" b..tard, SOB by the name of Kevin Andrews. Yep! That ugly mongrel bred waste of space with the greasy, slicked down hair.

I haven't forgotten his "holier than thou" stance on the euthanasia issue and I'm betting a lot of his former supporters haven't either. I hope he gets destroyed at the polls.

And speaking of polls, I wish our other waste of space, Howard, would hurry up and pick a date. I can't wait for the chance to sink his ship of core and non-core promises so that hopefully we can put his equally ugly mug out of our minds for good. I'm really sick of seeing it on TV every night. Turn ya off yer tucker it would!