What would you do if you know you are dying?

If I knew I was dying and it was physically possible for me to get on a plane and fly to the most beautiful country in the world and experience that wherever that may be..Parts of Australia or NZ... or maybe parts of Canada and the USA or the Caribbean, Seychelles etc....I would definitely do it... and if I were to die there, then so be it... I'd be doing what I loved, being by the beach, taking photos or swimming or paragliding...
 
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Your available options could be seriously constrained by the time frame and your current state of health. So, as a nurse working with ALS patients told us, "If you're thinking about doing something, do it while you still can." She was avoiding a direct answer to a question about assisted suicide, but her advise applies to anything on your "bucket list."

Our affairs are in good order. The kids know where to find everything, and have see it all. If there's time, we might close some accounts, discard some junk, and give away some treasures. Or not.
 
Make sure my affairs are exactly how I want them to be, see my family one last time. I'm not sure I would tell them this would be the last time I will see them. It might be to painful for all of us and may lead to a discussion as to what can be done to prevent this from happening.
That would be wasting valuable family time.
If time permitted, I'd like to spend some time by a beautiful lake or stream to quiet my nerves and review all the fun times I had in my life. Having a furry friend by my side and watching horses graze by the lake would be icing on the cake.
 
If able (physically) get in my car and wander, camp out, see and stay places...stop in on the kids/grandkids...
Spend time in the woods, by waters, travel through small towns etc... ...or, pack a backpack and take to trails until...
I really would like to die out of doors hearing water, animals, seeing the sky, watching a campfire...
 
Unlike some of you I’d tell my kids, because all I would want them to have time to get used to the idea as a kindness to them, and also because I would be wanting to spend as much time as humanly possible with them and the grandkids and wring every moment of joy out of those times that I could.

I’d throw the HUGE party I wanted to throw when I got married (but Covid Intervened) to see all my friends from near and far.

I’d finish the photo project I keep meaning to get to so that each of my kids has both a hard copy and a thumb drive of photos spanning their childhoods through to when they moved out.

I’d have Ron take a furlough from work so that he could be by my side and my constant companion during the time I had left. We’d take a lot of bike rides, rides in the convertible, spend quiet time by lakes and rivers enjoying our time.
 
If you know you're dying, it's probably from some awful disease that won't permit you to enjoy yourself because you're too sick. No parties, no trips, no vacations, no holidays, just you, fading away, hopefully not in too much pain. That's what happened to people I knew who found out they were dying. In no mood whatsoever to do those uplifting things. When you have loving visitors, hopefully you are up to seeing them and they're not too shocked when they see you.
 
My plan is to get my affairs in order, write letters to my kids to be opened after my death, and make sure my daughter has enough moola to take care of my dog, should he outlive me. My affairs are pretty much in order as it is. I mainly need to leave a list of passwords/user names, and account numbers, along with instructions about what to do when someone dies. They have never had to deal with that before, so a little info will make things easier for them.
 
Ronni said:
Unlike some of you I’d tell my kids, because all I would want them to have time to get used to the idea as a kindness to them, and also because I would be wanting to spend as much time as humanly possible with them and the grandkids and wring every moment of joy out of those times that I could.

I’d throw the HUGE party I wanted to throw when I got married (but Covid Intervened) to see all my friends from near and far.

I’d finish the photo project I keep meaning to get to so that each of my kids has both a hard copy and a thumb drive of photos spanning their childhoods through to when they moved out.

I’d have Ron take a furlough from work so that he could be by my side and my constant companion during the time I had left. We’d take a lot of bike rides, rides in the convertible, spend quiet time by lakes and rivers enjoying our time.
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Why don’t you do all this now !!
 
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