Where can I find...
I know it is morbid (but a needed morbidity - morbid actually isn't the word I am looking for), but with Oleta's mom being as she is now, it got Mary and I thinking.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
- Pease check out Dr. Connie Stapleton's Website. A lot of good information on there for all WLS patients regardless of the surgery you chose. Good luck to all and I'm here for you if you want to send me an email. I'll answer it as soon as possible.
- Total Lost: 139 lbs
- Current Weight: 263
- As of 11-10-13 I have had weight gain. Not happy about that.
- RNY: 10-16-07 = 338: Highest weight: 350+ Lowest Weight: 199
- Pease check out Dr. Connie Stapleton's Website. A lot of good information on there for all WLS patients regardless of the surgery you chose. Good luck to all and I'm here for you if you want to send me an email. I'll answer it as soon as possible.
- Total Lost: 139 lbs
- Current Weight: 263
- As of 11-10-13 I have had weight gain. Not happy about that.
- RNY: 10-16-07 = 338: Highest weight: 350+ Lowest Weight: 199
any of your docs offices or hospitals will have the DNR
When I was born, I cried and the world rejoiced. Now i wanna live my life so that when I die, the world cries and I rejoice
As to Wills, spend a few $$s on a lawyer and make sure it is done right .. Those Will kits onlne and from Office Depot, etc. just give us "fits" .. Sometimes they do not follow the law in Texas, or even if they are valid in form they are not validly executed by the testator and/or the witnesses, and can therefore be challenged later by an angry wanna-be heir or beneficiary .. You also need to know what the legal effect of your declarations in a Will will have on your property and debts (and taxes that may be owed) .. It may turn out you don't even need a formal Will to do what you want done, or can avoid probate entirely by using PODBs and/or JT w. ROS insttead .. In Texas, you can even do the handwritten "poor man's Will" in a pinch, but you have to know how exactly to do it to avoid problems at probate ..
At the same time as a Will, you will probably want to also do one or more of several ancillary documents hepful in final planning. A hospital can usually do a Living Will / "Directive To Family, Physicians and Other Surrgoates" for the patient at no charge .. However, you may also want to do a Mental Health Care Declaration, a durable non-health care power of attorney in case you just become "incapacitated" and need someone to make decisions with your property, income and debts, a durable health-care power of attorney just for those health care decisions that can become so important if you become incapacitated (esp. if you don't have a Living Will), and/or an organ donor declaration, if you are so inclined ..
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
It's something MY family knows I stand by if I will be debilitated enough to be a burden or be vegitative. They all know this anytime I am in a position of surgery or whatever.
Having one handy "in case" is a fantastic idea.
I've been preparing these documents for 16+ years as an attorney here, btw ..
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
I carry blank Texas DNR forms in my work bag...a necessity in my line of work, obviously. KRIS-you are correct. if the person resides in a facility, then they also need a "Dr order", depending on THAT facility's protocal. You don't even HAVE to have Dr signature on the DNR, as long as the pt or legal POA has signed it. You WANT a doc signature...but don't have to have it in Tx...and I've been doing this stuff 30+ years (sticking tongue out..lol)
For saying "what you want" that is a Living Will...can be written on a McDonald's napkin...but better if done legally...and is a whle lot easier to read without ketchup on it
RNY 4-22-02...
LW: 6lb,10 oz SW:340lb GW:170lb CW:155
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