Author Topic: Friendly reminder: check your living will  (Read 1236 times)

molestrip

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Friendly reminder: check your living will
« on: March 27, 2015, 09:03:22 PM »
Before undergoing any major medical procedure, you should always have a living will in place that states what happens in the worst case. Basically, you don't want to become a vegetable. It's remote but it does happen, even to the best surgeons.

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Re: Friendly reminder: check your living will
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2015, 09:27:00 PM »
Really good, and very necessary advice!

Make sure it's a LIVING WILL, not just a will. Both are important, but they are NOT the same. A living will is often referred to as an Advance Health Care Directive.

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Re: Friendly reminder: check your living will
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2015, 02:44:08 PM »
It occurs to me that you should make sure you have good disability and life insurance coverage as well, for the same reason.

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Re: Friendly reminder: check your living will
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2015, 03:13:08 PM »
This is so important. As with everything, options vary greatly so do your homework everyone.

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Re: Friendly reminder: check your living will
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2015, 03:25:38 PM »
So do financial advisers lol :) Let me change that now. Don't buy whole life insurance.

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Re: Friendly reminder: check your living will
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2015, 03:48:31 PM »
There are a very few, select circumstances where it could potentially be indicated. For the most part, no, it's not necessary.