Poll: Most would not stop eating meat if asked to by their loved one

[yewberry]

86. I tried to ask to ask my dad to change his diet.

He was obese and diabetic. He had several heart attacks. I tried to ask him to change, and he kept telling me that he wanted to live in the way that made him happy. McDougall diet or Ornish diet could have helped. These treat heart damage, but dad wanted to be able to eat his bacon and corned beef hash.

Then he couldn't walk, and lost his foot. Repeated heart attacks. Diabetic incident that required a 9-day induced coma to keep him from hurting himself.

He tried to come back, but never fully made it. Septicemia again. He never walked after that.

Stroke and aphasia. Another stroke, and now dad can't produce or comprehend meaningful speech. Finally Dad throws himself to the floor in the hospital and dies. Think about that please. My dad threw himself from his hospital bed to end his life because of his pain and his inability to understand what was happening to him.

Ask me again if I'd try to ask my dad to cut out meat. I asked but I didn't push.

I should have pushed.