Terri died from Fad Dieting and Bulimia..Puked out her Potassium and died.

[sam sarrha]

and died of a heart attack, not in the news to prevent another tragedy they are creating the opportunity for another story.. totally irresponsible

something needs to be done about the Corporate Media Theater,..you cant call it NEW's

Actually only Terri's brain-stem is functioning, her cortex was destroyed and she has been dead for 15 years.. She is actually an "Awake Corpse".

isn't there a law against tormenting a corpse ???

[progressiveBadger]

1. Do you read the rude pundit?

It's a pretty good blog for those without "delicate sensitivities" :)
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com

[OldLeftieLawyer]

2. Oh, that's a GREAT blog!

Thanks - never saw it before.

[LynzM]

4. I really like the rude pundit

Not always, but often, hits the nail on the head, and doesn't mince words doing it.

[OneTwentyoNine]

3. Same scenario that happened to singer Karen Carpenter.....

Media Whores should be focusing time on that related story and giving Terry Randal and his nut-job right to lifers less time.

[Warpy]

5. My meme is "Why do you want to FORCE FEED somebody

who wants to die?" If they ask how I know she wants to die, I ask them when she last asked for a sandwich (or for anything at all).

That's what this is about. They're force feeding somebody who is incapable of hunger or the need to eat.

[birdydem]

6. yep, Terri's battle with eating has been going on for a long time

I find it ironic that the one case Congress decides to act on illegally involves a woman who suffered from an eating disorder before her cardiac arrest, which led to the brain damage and vegatative state she is now in. It seems to me, and I'm not a medical expert, that she had to have bulemia for a substanial amount of time for it to lead to cardiac arrest. And during that time, odds are, that her parents would of been battling with Terri to get her to eat, as so many parents across the nation are doing on a daily basis with people who have eating disorders such as bulemia and aneroxia. I wonder how many times that Terri's parents would of liked to have had to power to control Terri's eating habits. Bulemia and anorexia are horrible and heart wrenching diseases that affect not only the inflicted but their loved ones as well. It's hard to watch someone who seems to be starving themselves to death purposely. This family decision that Congress has interferred with has probably been a family conflict for years before Terri's Schiavo's cardiac arrest 15 years ago. If a precedent is set in this case in which the family is allowed to reinsert the feeding tube because of "The Right to Life" aspect of this case, I wonder what would stop someone's parents to take it to the next level. If a teenager is anorexic, could the parents forcablly have her admitted to the hospital and have her sedated to have a feeding tube stuck down her throat because of the "Right to Life" aspect? It's dispicable how the neocons have turned this Right to Die issue into their poster child for Right to Life issue. Terri's Schiavo's parents should of let her die 15 years ago. But like so many parents who endure the issue of eating disorders, Terri's parents probably feel a tinge of quilt for their daughters state of being. But they shouldn't bear that much responsibilty onto themselves for their daughter's decisions. It is my opinion that Terri's parents might be acting out because of the guilt they feel for Terri's bulmeia. And because of that, they have turned our nation into a three-ring circus. And since when has Senators and Congressman become Judges?

[ernstbass]

11. Actually persons are forced to have feeding tubes

in hospitals if they are committed and deemed to be a danger to themselves because of the eating disorder - I work in a hosptial and have seen this done to adolescents and adults.

[birdydem]

13. You're right

I got to thinking about that sentence after I posted it but didn't have time to edit it before I went out the door. Thanks ernstbass for clarifying it. I guess I was trying to put a thought across as maybe some day things would be taken too far and people would be put into vegatative states to have certain life support work on them. I do know that if someone is causing themselves harm and danger, they can be hospitalized against their will.
I wonder if Terri's bulemia was some kind of rebellion against contol freak parents.

[taught_me_patience]

12. great post!!!

welcome to DU

:hi:

taught

[AirAmFan]

15. Great insight into parents' possible motivation--Thank you! Terri's parents

may just be continuing to do what they've been doing for decades: focusing most of their energies on their daughter's condition, partly out of feelings that somehow something they'd done was responsible. They might fear the completely unknown void that lies beyond finally burying their daughter.

And welcome to DU!

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[birdydem]

8. oops sorry for the double post

I'm a newbie and had an error message when I did the first post so I thought the post didn't take. Hopefully, the powers that be here will delete one of the identical posts that I did. Thanks.

[newyawker99]

10. Hi birdydem!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[KharmaTrain]

9. MisInformation And Manufactured News

The amount of misinformation being dismenated on CNNServative and these other networks is a massive insult to a lot of us who have faced similar situations.

Over the past few days, I've revisted several times my own decision to remove my own mother's tube and the week of waiting for nature to do it's thing. The agony, the hopelessness, the waiting...thanks to these slime merchants, it's all come back. The good side is I am more affirmed than ever that I did the right thing.

Also these goons are raising false hopes for those with loved ones in a similar situation...or in some debilitating illness that theology trumps science, ratings trump the truth and sensationalism sells. That's all they care about...and have willing partners in the GOOP and fundie movements to feed them plenty of misinformation and lies to distort and confuse people.

As others have noted, this is NOT a news story, this is a personal tragedy exploited by zealots to create a story that doesn't exist. Just the rulings of all the judges in this case has to tell you how cut and dried this thing is.

Right now the fundies are cranking out the donation letters, the Repugnicans are thumping their chests in their home districts about those "evil, killer Democrats" and the Democratic leadership just sits back and lets this show go on.

Also as others have noted, if this woman were a lesbian or black, the wingnuts wouldn't give her the time of day. Hypocrites!

The corporate media has gone over the top on this and hopefully their credibility, which few still consider valid, will be totally compromised...turning CNNServative into what it really is Infotainment for Dittoheads.

[birdydem]

14. thanks for all

the nice welcomes.

And KharmaTrain, well said post. I, too, had to deal with the life support issue when my mother was dying. She did not want life support and did not receive life support. That was 21 years ago and I don't believe she had anything in writing as a directive. But, she could verbally tell her doctors and her family. But, still, the word of us, as her family, was good enough for the doctors, when my mother fell into unconciousness and could no longer speak for herself. The hospital did not try to impose life support on my mother after that. I can't help but wonder, if there is no advance directives, if a family's knowledge on how the patient would of wanted it for themselves, will be taken into account anymore or if it will become policy, that without an advance directive, medical life support will be mandatory.