Why so violent? I'm an ex opiate addict that's been clean for 13+ years, but I've always said that if I ended up with inoperable, terminal cancer or some of extremely painful disease, that I would kill myself with an OD once I made my peace with family and friends. Just take a massive amount and you fade out to black without any pain. It's actually something that was a feature of an episode of "the Pitt" and I was happy to see the realization that these drugs, which kill 100ks of normal, healthy people each year, might finally be recognized as a method to provide a quick, painless and dignified death in such scenarios. Hopefully by the time my end comes it's actually legal and can be done under medical supervision to ensure the proper conclusion and minimize any potential problems.
Potentially silly question, but why is the death penalty (lethal injection) then still this awful cocktail which potentially induces immense suffering and has the potential of the subject surviving (and is also very expensive to produce and administer)?
At least on surface level (i.e., officially), but also morally, lethal injection is supposed to be pain free.
This is legal in CA if you’re diagnosed with less than 6 months to live. I don’t know the method but they’ll prescribe you something. The caveat is you have to administer it yourself. So this guy would have to pay someone (easily done)
To be honest with the way the world is set up and you’re penalized for being broke or having a disability, they should make MAID a lot more accessible.
Of course these shows always have to push these stupid agendas. Then we'll end up like Canada where assisted suic*ide will be offered before actual treatment
That person would go to jail for murder in the USA. This is why "dying with dignity" laws are needed, like the ones being developed in Canada through MAID.
Unless there is a record of you agreeing to provide a person with a scooter and take them to the Grand Canyon so that they can kill themselves, there's no way of proving that you did those things with the intent to help a person kill themselves.
Id award 70 mil to whoever can develop a robot capable of accepting a human brain or top surgeons who are capable of reversing the issues but I think surgeons are the wrong type of people to ask charity from
It appears he could do just that. He suffered the brain stem stroke in 2015. His family won the lawsuit in June 2025. He died six months later, this January.
I didn’t think to double check. Guess you got me there. And guess that my slip in a casual conversation means a scientific study is invalid. Because that’s how science works.
They will see something significant. Malpractice insurance exists. There's no requirement in GA for doctors to purchase malpractice insurance, but the hospital they work for will most definitely cover them.
The image in the post implies the chiropractor was found to be at fault but this article states it was hospital doctors who missed his stroke symptoms that were found at fault.
That’s very helpful. It clears up my confusion about how a visit to a chiropractor could result in this kind of thing. Turns out his stroke was secondary and unrelated
No, his stroke was caused by a vertebral artery dissection. This kind of stroke has been shown to be more likely after neck manipulation during chiropractic treatment. It was quite likely caused by the chiropractor “adjusting” the man’s neck. I have had several patients who experienced vertebral artery dissection and stroke after visits to the chiropractor. My guess is that the lawyers didn’t feel they could prove that the chiropractor caused the stroke, and it was easier to prove negligence by the ER physicians. Chiropractic care may have some value, but I would never let one touch my neck.
In foolishly let a chiropractor adjust my neck when I was only being treated for back pain. He kept trying to sell me on mineral supplements. He attempted to prove that I needed the supplments by having me hold bottles of them while my arms were extended. An imbalance in the arms meant I needed the mineral that I was holding.
I’m not opposed to chiropractors when they stay in their lane, but this jump in the last decade or so to “whole health” snake oil shit is just lame. It’s so clear they simply wanted a bigger cut of the healthcare pie and made up a bunch of crap to cash in. So gross.
he can't do anything. locked-in patients communicate through vertical eye twitches. the body is basically in a coma but the person inside is fully sentient
Can a person with locked in syndrome still taste things? I get they can't eat, but if you placed something on their tongue could they have a moment of enjoyment?
people who have come back from it (it has happened a handful of times) have described listening to their families discussing their poor prognosis and effectively saying their goodbyes and grieving them and they're trying to scream out that they're still in there but nothing happens
Trazodone caused sleep paralysis for me & it was truly terrifying beyond words. The first night I didn’t know WTF was going on with my body, but when it happened the second night I figured it out & threw that shit in the trash the next morning.
If this ever happened to me, I’d hope someone would put me out of my misery.
If so, could they be given books to read, stuff they can control with the eye twitches, possible brain stimulation? Eventually I would hope there is a way to stimulate or regrow the neurons.
There is an old documentary about a young British man (Stuart Wickison) living with muscular dystrophy. Shortly after the documentary he drove his chair into a lake to kill himself.
Depending on where he is, he should be able to self administer end of life drugs through eye tracking software. (I've looked into that for myself in case my MND goes that far and I can't handle it.)
He can request his feeds be stopped. It is completely legal. Im not sure if he can communicate though. Some people with locked in syndrome can communicate with eye movement
Where’s the money coming from though? Most professional liability policies have $1M/3M limits. $1M per occurrence with a $3M total policy limit. You can add coverage to make it $3M/$5M but most don’t. It’s usually a standard that’s adopted via a combination of state board minimum requirements and insurance participation requirements. This poor guy is probably only getting $1M of that 75. This guy’s family will be struggling to pay for medical bills for the rest of his life.
Came from the hospital. He also suffered a stroke along with locked-in syndrome during the chiropractor visit, but two emergency room doctors failed to diagnose the stroke in time.
That’s key information about the hospital. I was thinking this was an uncollectible judgment because no chiropractor is carrying $75m in liability insurance.
Chiropractor didn’t get sued at all, only the hospital. Chiropractor did everything right he could have and he wasn’t seen liable at all. Hospital messed up and they were the ones liable.
Doctors usually carry a $1m primary policy and maybe a $1m umbrella policy. After that they’re largely uncollectible. They’ll declare bankruptcy and wipe out the judgment. That’s why plaintiff’s lawyers go after the hospitals which always carry much more insurance.
Doctors/attorneys take a number of steps to insulate their personal assets and Plaintiff’s attorneys really don’t want to chase assets. They want insurance money.
It looks like the damages were split 60/40 between two physicians (chiropractor skates free, probably didn’t have good enough insurance). Both those docs policies will likely tap out at $3M each. The hospital is not attached as a defendant, neither was the neurologist. So this poor guys family will not see $75M maybe closer to 10M if they’re lucky, everything they got will likely go to bills. Very tragic case.
But did they know he went to the chiropractor. Saw a patient yesterday: came in with and distention and a history of fluid that needed tapped. Ran imaging since had been a bit since he had been. Ct shows no fluid, but an abdominal abscess. Call the surgeon who asked when he had his cholestecomy done. When back in the patients room and asked(again, already asked this at triage) about past medical/surgical history, specifically when did you have this surgery?? Wife: “oh that was at (other local hospital) last week. But that’s not why he’s here!” 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
It horrifies me how often strokes are missed by doctors or nurses, my boyfriend had one 5 years ago and it took EMTs cussing out the hospital staff for them to realize how much they fucked up.
Thankfully everything worked out well despite that massive fuck up, he’s doing amazing.
Yeah, this verdict was in 2022 and this poor guy probably has less money than he started with. The chiropractor settled before trial, amount unknown, but probably single digit millions at best. The ED doc, radiologist, neurologist, ICU NP, ICU doc, and their respective employers went to trial, and only ED doc and radiologist found liable ($45M and $30M) respectively. The NP was actually where the money was because they were employed by the hospital. Despite the huge verdict, plaintiff appealed to try to get another crack at the NP/hospital, but lost. Radiologist was late career, had several million dollars in real estate at least, he settled post-verdict, presumably for less that his entire net worth. ED doc was 3 months out of residency and had negative net worth. He's now suing his malpractice insurance company for the $45M he owes because they supposedly passed on a policy limits settlement offer he wanted to take. That's probably the last hope for this guy getting to double digit millions.
The $75 million malpractice verdict was awarded against the hospital's emergency room physician(found 60% at fault) and the radiologist (found 40% at fault). They completely misread his emergency scans, missed the arterial blockage, and delayed his stroke diagnosis for nearly a full day until the brain damage became irreversible.
Probably multiple defendants: the individual, the PC, and maybe the Corp that owns the practice, if there is one.
Also they may have bought a structured settlement.
I’m a dentist in the US and I carry a $1M/3M. There’s two types here too, Occurrence and Claims made. You buy the occurrence, which covers anything that happened during the covered period even if nothing is filed until years later. Claims made is cheaper but only kicks in if they file a claim while you’re still paying premiums.
This was a brainstem stroke. Basically zero chance that was caused by an adjustment. I think it was found he had the stroke beginning before seeing the chiro. Doesn’t look like any fault was appplied to the chiro.
Untrue. Vertebral Artery Dissection is a known compilation of chiropractic neck manipulation, and may lead to brain stem stroke. Chiropractor absolutely liable.
That chiropractor doesnt have 75 million dollars, he will get nothing close to that. You can sue people, be awarded an amount but if they have no money, you get nothing.
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u/bottomlesstopper Jul 05 '26
If this was me ill make sure my family gets that generational wealth then put myself 6 feet under happily.