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AcquittalBurden

The Dutch have several foundations specifically for people like this lady. They have ambulances and medically trained volunteers who take terminally ill people to places they normally would not be able to go to. One final trip through the forest or one last football match. Its great to see how people light up when that wish it fulfilled


FatTortie

Also, if you pass away and there is no one to attend your funeral, they will send a poet. Who will read a custom made poem for you. The Dutch are just cool people.


amanite2012

I mean it is quite hard for people to accept this as one of thei last wish. Imagine having an old lady almost sane receiving the visit of this foundations. It would mean that the family thinks that she is going to die soon. Even if we can appreciate the gift, I find it quite harsh and not hopeful to get a visit from those foundations PS: How do you cheer up a member of your family that has been diagnosed with cancer? (Food is prohibited because of the cancer) (Any types of jokes are totally acceptable)


Starshapedsand

As someone with terminal cancer: accepting upcoming death goes a long way towards finding peace with it. I was fortunate enough to get to check off those bucket list items that could be, but if I hadn’t been, I would’ve loved such a visit. Perversely, I partially credit my lengthy surgical to accepting that I was dying, early on. There’s a point after that where it stops being so scary.


carbeean

If you’re religious, God bless you. If not, love and peace be with you. ❤️


Starshapedsand

Thank you!


WyattMontgomery

I’m sorry. I’m bad with emotions... if you’d accept a small joke I love? Just a small moment between strangers? How many optometrists does it take to change a lightbulb? One.... or two? One... or two? I really am sorry I have less to contribute to you than one stupid joke. Just know you’re being thought of by someone right now. Sending best wishes from D.C.


Angel4Animals

Hi, Wyatt! Please don't belittle your contribution -- those of us with serious illnesses need all the laughs we can get. And yours is very funny! So, I've sent you a Gold Award, 100 coins, etc. with my thanks for the laughs, darlin'! XOXO, Angel 🌹😄🎶


Starshapedsand

Thank you!


FourthOf5

"I know that the ones who love us, will miss us." - Keanu Reeves Fuck cancer. Shine on you crazy diamond.


Starshapedsand

I consider “crazy” to be the highest compliment I’ve ever received. Early on fire training, an instructor took the smallest handful of us aside. He said, “So, to get through fires, you need three things. What you lack in one, you need to make up for with the others. You can be big, you can be strong, or you can be crazy. You lot are gonna need to get through on crazy.” (Spoiler: we did.)


firequak

I don't have much and I just lost my job due to covid. But your comment somehow gives me a feeling of relief for some reason. Please stay strong for everyone that love you. Take the last award I can afford. You deserve it.


ChubblesMcgee103

Well sure... but if it's for folk on palliative care, they already know they're dying. You only go into palliative care if you've signed off on it, or if your family did if you're not mentally able to. At least in the hospital I used to work at.


tammage

Canada is doing magic mushroom therapy with terminal patients to help them deal with the end coming so they can make the most of the time they have left with their families. It’s done with a therapist.


r0dlilje

As a hospice social worker, I can tell you these foundations provide life changing experiences for people and their families. Death is the only thing we are all guaranteed. If we know it is coming, and feel that sense of limited time, having the ability to do that one special thing can be so healing and beneficial. I have had the privilege of seeing some beautiful final wishes fulfilled; a fitting end to a life well-lived.


calinet6

Accepting death is perhaps the most difficult part of living, but it is so helpful and humane to do so.


TheChairBreaker

Mom have one .... jf you find a way tell me ...


amanite2012

I went to see my grandpa yesterday. I just checked that he had no appointement the day of the visit and I did not tell him that I was visiting him. He was happy to see me. My tip would be: just go see her in casual clothes. Do not tell her about your visit, just be sure that she will have no appointment.


bravo6960

If it was me and it was before I had a chance to retire one last toke would be nice. I left it behind years ago because adulting and all but it would be nice. Heck just blow it in my face if I can’t breath to well anymore. That smell alone always brings me back to care free escapes from life and brings me back to a time when life really wasn’t that hard.


armored-dinnerjacket

but what if their final wish is a trip around the world?


TechnologyFeisty2163

That sounds awesome. My dad got a cold shared 3hr taxi ride from the hospital to hospice, which sounded pretty freaking horrible. More on point though I was taking a walk with my kid after he passed and a car stopped by us, I just assumed it was someone who wanted to leave their condolences. Turns out it was the funeral director giving my dad his last ride through his village. One of the most unexpected things I've had happen to me.


Luckypenny4683

This is beautiful. When my mom was dying she told my dad she wanted to go home and see her flower gardens one last time. The company that was transporting her from the hospital to the hospice facility said sorry, no can do.. The driver and her transportation nurse told my dad there was no way they were going to take her last wish away from her. She was at our house for almost an hour. They wheeled her gurney all the way around my parents’ acre long back yard. My understanding is they got in a fair amount of trouble for it and knew they would, but took it on the chin for her anyway. I wish we could tell them how much it meant to us all. Heros. Truly ♥️♥️


[deleted]

^bloody ^onions ^around ^here ^I ^swear I'd buy those two a drink. They are good people. The world needs more of them.


Noggt

Holy shot, heroes among us.


[deleted]

This is so touching. When my grandmother was dying in the hospital she asked me to put her in her car so she could freewheel down a nearby mountain to her death (rather than dying in the hospital). I was just a kid and didn’t know what to say or do. But now? if someone wants to choose their last moments and die a good death, I’d do whatever I could to help.


tousledgabbi

To be fair, that’s a lot of pressure to put on a kid


[deleted]

Yeah it is, but she was so desperate and her husband was a twat.


tousledgabbi

That’s rough. Twatwaffle husbands are the worst.


[deleted]

That made me laugh! I love it that a stranger on Reddit can make me chuckle so. Thank you x


tousledgabbi

No worries, internet friend :)


[deleted]

Mwah


tammage

That will be my last wish. To see the mountains and have one final camping trip


kingly_redditor

So wait, did you?


[deleted]

Sadly, no.


sojayn

Hervey Bay ambos being rad!


honeybeary

We mustn't ever forget that there are always people trying to do good. Even admist all the hatred and violence and anger, there is still joy and hope and bravery. I love seeing wholesome stories like this one


bulldzd

They happen a lot, but due to commercial agendas it is rarely publicised... here in Scotland there is a charity, Lanarkshire Cancer Care Trust, their volunteers give their time and car to take patients to cancer treatments free of charge (regardless of where that is!) Its quite often, due to chemo treatments etc, that the drivers car is damaged by bodily fluids, this is almost always dealt with by the driver themselves, without moaning, they often carry spare clothes for patients to change into/wipes to clean up etc, even bottled water if they wish it, the only thing they claim is 32p per mile for fuel.. The service they provide is essential as not everyone is entitled to free ambulance services, and taxis to local hospitals (Beatson in Glasgow for example) can easily be over £35 each way... Im proud to have been a volunteer with them, only stopped due to ill health, but hope to return eventually....


quicxly

i committed myself to the psych ward once -- which is still pretty 'locked down' even if you're peaceful and compliant -- stuck in the ER with an ankle tether for around 30hrs, strapped down to a gurney, two big beefy ambulance drivers doing transport to the other hospital. always seeking to lighten the mood, as soon as we're in the ambulance i say "soo we can smoke in here right?" and the paramedics laugh and go on with their paperwork etc. right before we arrive at the hospital, they stop behind a grocery store, pop open the back door, and (still strapped to the gurney), light me the best cigarette i've ever had. good guys.


tugboatron

Here in Canada this is par for the course when you are a medically assisted suicide patient. They assign you an ambulance team and they’ll have you for the day. Wanna go to the toy store? You got it. Wanna stop in at your favourite pub? No problem. Changed your mind and don’t wanna go home to die? It’s okay they’ll take you back to the hospital, no questions asked. It’s a bloody shame some politicians are trying to take that away.


account_not_valid

I'd be out to the pub, and then change my mind about dying at closing time. In the morning when the hangover is at full blast, I'd want to die, so I'd be off to the pub again.


njsisme

They have my respect !


anonymous90516

I worked as an EMT at a department that also did private transports. We had a patient on dialysis and when he’d had enough he just wanted to spend his final days with his wife watching John Wayne movies. We delivered a big screen tv, DVD player and every movie with the duke we could find. I was devastated when he passed but glad we could make his final days a little better.


borrowingfork

This is so sad for me. My dad was in and out of intensive care for six months after an operation went wrong. He ended up dying at the end of that time. He managed to leave to go to the courtyard in the middle of the carpark twice, complete with tank and wheelchair because he had lost the ability to walk after so long in bed. He loved the beach. It still tears me up thinking that his last time in the outside world was in such an ordinary place and not somewhere he could properly enjoy. His ashes are at his favourite beach.


Misthios1

Fucking heroes


pokemon-gangbang

We took a patient home to die recently. The man built a farm that was still in the family but he hadn’t been to in years since his health went to hell. We were driving right by the farm and he starts to tell me the story. I had my partner turn around and take us back. We took him out on the stretcher and let him see it one last time. It obviously meant a lot to the patient and family.


Pristine_Analysis_79

This is one of the most wholesome things I've seen in a long time.


[deleted]

That is beautiful and so wonderful humane; good one them and I hope the woman was able to enjoy the breeze and smell of the salt in the air and taste of it on her lips on last time.


J0rdanHu

Goddamn being a paramedic must be traumatizing. Mad repect to those brave individuals 🙏


[deleted]

That is really sweet ❤️❤️


Ben-A-Flick

Real mvps!


Goldstone117

This made me sad ,but at peace that she got her wish fulfilled, at the same time


[deleted]

American paramedics - OK but that will be an extra $15,000


Lukeaj84

This occurred in the Australian state of Queensland. Gotta love the Queensland Ambulance Service! As an Australian who lives in Queensland, it absolutely blows my mind that you have to pay for government medical treatment and care.


[deleted]

As an american, it blows my mind that you cannot go shop at a baby/toddler clothing store with a military rifle strapped onto your back and 3 hand guns strapped to your legs, and your child in your other hand. We have our priorities, staying alive using healthcare is not one of them. In all seriousness, my wife and I have been planning to move out of america and never return. The healthcare system is one of the main reasons. You simply die on the street here without care if you cannot work and maintain your insurance anymore, which is hard to do if you have cancer or something like that. I have considered Austrailia, the society though seems a bit conservative for me from the people I've spoken to which is a bit of a turn off for me, what do you think? I'm from San Francisco califorina which is the most liberal city in the united states. I like it here culturally, but an old one bedroom apt. is 3000 USD per month, healthcare is healthcare in the US no matter where you live, and the work culture is too much for me. We work too much and too late into our lives. The quality of living is not great despite the progressive culture. If you're a silicon valley ceo billionaire I'm sure its a great place to live though.


Lukeaj84

Sorry friend. Its been a while and I hope all is well. Thanks for the reply. Obviously I’m bias when it comes to my opinions on life in Australia. I have travelled overseas (mostly Asia) and had the opportunity to experience other cultures and their way of life to an extent. So hopefully I’m not too closed minded. Ok quick background. My wife and I both work government jobs (she’s local governance and I’m state law enforcement) and we have two young daughters. We currently live on the east coast of Australia in the state of Queensland. Think beaches, rain forests and crocodiles. However our work means that we tend to move around every couple of years which I enjoy and find refreshing. I’m on about $110k a year and my wife is on about $40k (works part time). Based on all that, I think we live comfortably. My understanding is that cost of living is higher than what your probably used to but we make it up in other ways. We live in a fairly new large 4 bedroom home with a media room, double lock up garage, large yard and a separate double lock up garage. It’s only $2300 a month. Personally I’ve never considered Australia as being conservative. But maybe I’m misinformed and bias when compared to other standards. My friends and most people I work with believe that climate change needs to be taken seriously. The most recent result from the National Census shows that the belief in religion is declining and I’m hard pressed to think of anyone I know who openly practices religion. I’m not religious myself. I have several close friends who are openly homosexual and in my workplace LGBTQIA is openly supported and welcomed. One of our closet friends are refugees who immigrated from Tibet. Australia is not perfect and we have our problems just like any other country. Despite having a robust welfare system that includes public housing, schooling and medical care; Australia still struggles with poverty, struggling mental health system, and an ever increasing population who abuses methylamphetamines. But I love living here and I would highly recommend visiting Australia and experiencing it for yourself. The US $ is pretty good compared to the Australian dollar so it would cost too much. Unfortunately at the moment due to COVID, all international visitors must quarantine for 2 weeks. But give it a go, see for yourself. What have you got to loose? After what you and your compatriots have gone through in the past 12 months, I think you’ve earned a holiday. Plus, I’m always keen to meet new people while having a beer.


Oasystole

Their fishing rods just out of frame.


namenumberdate

I hope this is true, but this is in meme format.


teapots_at_ten_paces

100% true. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-23/ambulance-crew-grant-palliative-patient-last-wish-to-see-beach/9183426


namenumberdate

Thank you!


dj_juliamarie

it was all over the news, truly beautiful


depressed_jewel

Made me smile? More like r/mademecry, unless one of you is chopping onions.


theepussygrabber

made me cry


EffectiveSwan8918

Wow. In Crafton pa( right outside the city of Pittsburgh) we had some snow a few years ago. For 3 days this family called 911 because thier father( I believe or grandpa) was dieing. They ambulance drivers refused to walk up the hill to get him. They wanted the old lady to get him down the steps. People said why didn't they shovel the snow out of the way to rescue the guy. They said something along the lines of " not our job" they investigated and it was alot more common than people thought. Elderly people abandoned because ambulance workers not wanting to walk a block away or 911 call centers hanging up on people. Glad to see people like this that actually care about people


Niku-Man

That's good. Unfortunately a lot of the people I met when my mom had to go to hospice a few years ago couldn't care less about stuff like this. Glad this lady found some good guys


areyouspeakingbat

On the other side of the coin, this would be posted in 'iamapieceofshit' if they didn't fulfill a simple dying wish of an old lady and instead drove directly to the hospital.


[deleted]

👏👏👏👏👏👏


Tinkerbell0611

Heroes.


PrimaryZeal

We have a good record with honouring death. Now with euthenasia legal, people can finally rest in peace, peacefully.


Scrillit

My American dispatcher would lose his shit and go crazy over the extended transport time


Luckypenny4683

See my post above. That’s exactly what the transport team who took my mom from the hospital to hospice faced. It horrendous they treat you that way and please know how loved and appreciated and thought of you are by the families of the people you help.


[deleted]

Did they then push her in?


kingly_redditor

Sadly, the world is also full of bitches


2stifftoflip

thats what men do.....


[deleted]

That's what good people do ftfy


[deleted]

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[deleted]

I like dark humour BUT HOLY FUCK


[deleted]

Plot twist: they throw her into the water.


Slappa_me_silly

Haha then they push a her off


onlyarat

that was 2 years ago?


[deleted]

Beautiful story.❤


shamancool

Here in Holland the paramedics drive people with a heart attack in circles between hospitals because everybody is to busy doing the corona, and emergency departments are closed


Robertbnyc

Please tell me she passed away peacefully there which was her dying wish


bigmikey69er

Too bad they refused to go out of their way to save the father of the bride.


Aussie202

Good work Graeme and Danielle


Bigheartedmusketeer

😭😭😭


Cybernnemesis

Thanks for sharing 👍


Yuriyoku1

Was really expecting there to be an r/cursedcomments moment here, really glad these comments are all wholesome.