Originally Posted by
jabir
I went through something like this with a mate that had colon cancer, and couldn't trust his own family to do what he thought was the right thing.
Difficult choice, and others might claim to know what's right but for me it's not clear. You gave somebody else not just the right but an obligation to make decisions in your behalf, under certain circumstances that you have never experienced, could only imagine, and unable to know or guess how you might feel if those perceived conditions turned into real life with someone about to see you off, as per your own instructions. Also consider the value of life varies from person to person, some are ready to end it when the budgie dies or they fail an exam, while others will cling on in terminal and painful desperation for a few extra breaths.
So that's what you gave, not permission but instructions, to someone you trust to act in line with your wishes if certain conditions are met, with nothing else in the equation beyond your expressed desires while sane and lucid, and regardless how they feel about it.
Next to discuss, or for TD argue over, is whether those instructions apply if you change your mind after those conditions are met, which could well be when you've lost your mind and don't know what's going on or who you are. Tricky, not so much for you but for those you left in charge of the decision.