The lies and bullshit surrounding Medical Assistance in Dying.

One of the things that really pisses me the fuck off about the internet is how quickly lies and bullshit spread and just how fucking gullible people actually are.

“Bobbie, MAiD feels like drowning!!!”

What the absolute fuck was this horseshit?

There is so much disinformation being spread on the Internet that it makes me want to rip my hair out.

There are three drugs used in the Medical Assistance in Dying procedure.

Midazolam

Propofol

Rocuronium

Sometimes Bupivacaine is used, but not always.

Midazolam, Propofol, and Rocuronium are used everyday in surgical procedures across the world.

Midazolam is a sedative. In surgery its primary goal is to relax the patient and put the patient to sleep. During M.A.i.D. Midazolam is used “off label” in order to put the patient into a very deep sleep.

Propofol is used to induce anesthesia during surgery. Propofol has the least amount of side effects of all anaesthetics. If propofol caused a “drowning sensation” it would be very well documented. Propofol is well known to prevent the formation of memories, which is why people undergoing surgery in which propofol is used are the least likely to have remembered sensations of the surgery. During M.A.i.D., Propofol is used “off label” and is given at a much higher dosage in order to ensure that the patient undergoing M.A.i.D. is placed into a very deep coma and that they will not be aware of the procedure or any other sensation.

Rocuronium is used to stop the breathing of the patient. It is used as a muscle relaxant and is often administered prior to intubation. During the M.A.i.D. procedure Rocuronium is used “off label” and is given in much higher dosages than what would be typically used. At this time though the patient is in a very deep coma and brain activity, if any, will be extremely minimal. The patient’s brain will have undergone brain death from oxygen deprivation long before the effects of the Midazolam and Propofol have begun to wear off.

Bupivacaine is often used as a local anesthetic and is frequently used during labour as an epidural. Sometimes, but not always, Bupivacaine is given as the last drug during the M.A.i.D. procedure in order to ensure that the heart stops. Again, with the previous drugs having been administered at such high “off label” levels there will basically be no brain function left once the Bupivacaine has been administered.

So where the fuck this “drowning sensation” comes from is a complete fucking mystery.

Has someone had a séance with someone who recently underwent M.A.i.D.?

Has someone made contact with a M.A.i.D. patient via a Ouija board?

Has someone has conflated Medical Assistance in Dying with the death penalty procedure as practiced in the USofA where suffering is the name of the game?

Has someone placed too much faith in their faith leaders?

Does someone have their alt-right tinfoil cap on too tight?

Death is a very funny thing.

For me to want to be put to death is a major travesty and is not a choice that I should be allowed to make.

For cars to be equipped with mandatory speed limiters to reduce the likelihood of me being killed by some out-of-control car driver is “overreach” and “communism”.

Fighting and dying for land based upon 3,000 year old fables as told by illiterate goat herding barbarians is quite okay because this pleases the one true sky friend out of 3,000 other sky friends.

Requesting one’s own death to escape the depression, anxiety, CPTSD, and other mental health issues that no one has given a single fuck about is evil…….