Documentary of a mother who helped her daughter with CFS to die

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

Kay Gilderdale was almost prosecuted for helping her sick daughter find a peaceful exit. For years she battled the courts, all because the British public did not respect the woman's acceptance of her daughter's wish for suicide.

The girl suffered from the same disease I have, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, albeit a very severe form that had left her completely bedbound for many years. As her youth continued to slip away, she was adamant that she no longer wished to exist in such paltry conditions, confined to the four walls of her room 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

While her parents did not want her to go, they solemnly acknowledged that their daughter had no quality of life. CFS is incurable, as the etiology of the illness remains unknown and the medical profession is woefully inadequate in managing the condition or showing any empathy towards those who suffer from it. They knew that there was no hope.

Even when people besmirched the reputation of Kay Gilderdale for assisting/enabling her daughter's suicide, the courts ruled that she was not guilty of any crime. Rather, she had demonstrated compassion, humility, and empathy by upholding her child's wishes.

 

[motel rooms]

This is called unconditional, truly unselfish love

 

[Ardesevent]

I never imagined that people would go out of the way to help people stop suffering like that. She was a great parent for her daughter until the end.

 

[FuneralCry]

I know of this story and it made me so angry when people were questioning what the girl's mother had done. An dignified peaceful death should be a basic right and it is so terrible how there is an unlimited amount of torture that the human body can put us through, yet there is no euthanasia in the UK. Death is better than extreme never ending suffering and that mother did what she did out of love. Unfortunately people still fail to understand illnesses like CFS, many see it as psychological I saw a documentary called Voices Through The Shadows which shows how badly some patients have been treated by healthcare.

 

[Zzzzz]

What an amazing parent. That's what love looks like. It's very encouraging that they dropped the charges. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome also. Not as severe as hers was, but it makes living a normal life impossible. I cannot provide for myself financially. I feel completely lethargic many of my waking hours. It's not taken seriously. I can't get disability income for it. I'm told I'm lazy.

 

[All Things Must Pass]

Rest in peace.

 

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

What an amazing parent. That's what love looks like. It's very encouraging that they dropped the charges. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome also. Not as severe as hers was, but it makes living a normal life impossible. I cannot provide for myself financially. I feel completely lethargic many of my waking hours. It's not taken seriously. I can't get disability income for it. I'm told I'm lazy.

Your pain is real no matter what anyone else says. I believe you. I know how much you are suffering, for I suffer this same torture everyday. No one takes me seriously, they can't physically observe how lethargic and disoriented I am, leading to the constant dismissal of the hell I am going through.

I cannot work either, and no one believes me. Even though I've been fired from jobs before for too many sick days, or being too malaised and "slow". Dependent on others till I die, unable to truly be free and enjoy life, it is a curse that I would not wish upon anyone.

 

[noname223]

Great parents. I wish mine would accept my suicide.