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Her anesthesiologist just wasn't very good. It actually happens fairly often.

Patient in the place i was working in last year had a similar thing. They were doing an exploratory Laparotomy and made comments about how she was fucked etc as surgeons do (they found a massive bowel tumour with multiple mets). When she woke up she told everyone i heard everything and I'm going to sue you.

Foleys aren't permanent or designed to stay in a long time where as suprapubic are.

Foleys carry an increased risk of infection and thus they need changing regularly.

They also have differing modes of entry stated by OP.

Going to talk from the other side of the fence:

I live in the UK and am a final year med student, here in the UK assisted suicide is illegal. Assisting someone in assisted suicide is illegal (public and healthcare staff), giving patients their notes and knowing they are going to Switzerland or the Netherlands is illegal and giving any information about such places is illegal.

For the first time ever a group of doctors within the UK have actually spoken out for assisted suicide but its unlikely to change anything in the short term.

For me its an incredibly difficult position, i feel extremely sorry for anyone put in such a position as to have no hope and have to endure pain and its easy to keep people alive in pain who we couldn't have 20 or 30 years ago. The problem i see with any assisted suicide is managing it properly.

I know that in the Netherlands it is legal, and requires a doctor a judge and a layperson to sign off on it. Dignitas operates in Switzerland and charges for people to do this. The problem i have is there have been cases with dignitias especially where patients have been allowed to die with non chronic illness'. Even if they have a chronic or dehabilitating illness where should the line be drawn. ALS, cancer but then do you spread that to patients with bad rheumatoid arthritis and then further to diabetes. I could also see problems with people feeling that they have to do it not to be a burden on others (I have seen patients repeatedly talk about this).

Would be interesting to hear your response.

Some of the biggest problems in history have been started with a small thing which moves to a bigger thing. See WW2 for example, and its not just a slippery slope. You have to start the rules somewhere and where do you start them?

I genuinely am interested in hearing what people have to say, it's something that I have thought about alot.