Euthanasia is all around me

Euthanasia

is all

around

me

I see it in peoples eyes, hearts , mind when they see this old, decrepit CRIP.  That sickly, sweet, 'feel sorry for you - but aren't you brave ' look of pity and patronisation. 'Why would you WANT to live - in a wheelchair' look. The look that says, 'you are NOT like ME - poor YOU' .  You are 'other' and 'other' is 'not NORMAL'.  Poor, poor you for that wretched wheelchair, body, crippled, disabled CRIP you inhabit. Let me free you - Euthansia.

I hear it in Varadkar's statement that he will lead for those who 'get up early', the non-crips, who actually WORK, produce, slave for this money making country. Your crippledom is not productive. you TAKE the freebie benefits, you have high needs, you are expensive, and you DO NOTHING to get these freebies so hey, I can't be giving freebies to CRIPS who are NOT productive.

I feel it in my heart as my GP fails to fight my corner wondering if the 'waiting room' of Euthansia - the nursing home is better for me. No Margaret you MUST accept your crippledom, pain, distress and NOT expect care in the independent community. You NO longer deserve that independence, your own home, your life, your LIVING.

I know it as the HSE refuse to support my LIVING , but rather gloats at saving money and hastening my death by passive Euthanasia.  The sort of way they have of blaming you - the CRIP - for their hardship as they face YOUR resistance, fighting, arguing for Independent living. "I come to tell you YOU do not deserve Independent living. You can't HAVE independent living. you are a CRIP, leaching monies from the state, Got it, have you GOT IT Margaret?" 

They'd rather

Kill me

put me in a nursing home

deprive me of Independent Living

Make me suffer

deny life

than pay one penny towards keeping my old, crip body, ME alive.

But here I say loudly

I WILL fight

I WILL LIVE

I WILL WIN

Why?

Because I am 'The Crip with a whip' and I'm NOT for killing. And....Ha! There are TWO of us!  The 'Serial Complainers' Strike again!   We will NOT be cowed.

We ARE 'The CRIPS WITH THE WHIPS' ...