WOW. When he started getting upset, you distracted him from his trauma by asking questions about his past career and his wife and you could hear the change in his voice. Top Job, handled like a pro.
Politicians in this country need to have a listen to this and correct the disgrace of not allowing people self determination over their own lives. This man shouldn't have to spend a second of his life worrying about this. He's having to consider torturing himself with a hideous disease to protect his wife's future. That is wrong on every single level.
In Holland they "euthanized" (read injected poison) into a 19 year old because of the trauma over being sexually abused as a young girl. Should rape victims be offered death if they ask for it? Or dose only physical illness make you "life unworthy of life"? You want to give the state that power? There is no right to die only the state's right to kill.
Wow........I have been in this campaigning for years now and this was one of the angles that NEVER occurred to me. No one needs this extra worry when they are extremely ill. Poor Man......we never thought of that when my husband - Andrew - went to Dignitas. We had a Pension Insurance; the Life Insurance we'd taken out ran to the age 70yrs only and Andrew coincidently was 70 when he died. The lawyer is wrong ....NO UK Dr is going to give you the okay to go to Dignitas. My advice is DO NOT discuss this with your Dr if you don't want hassle. Poor Man......we never thought of that when my husband - Andrew - went to Dignitas. We had a Pension Insurance, the Life insurance we'd taken out ran to the age 70yrs only and Andrew coincidently was 70 when he died. There is enough natural grief and sadness without the added burden of watching that loved one dying badly. We must have this choice ........it should be our human right, if we so wish, to die a civilised death in the UK. That it is NOT just we, who are lucky enough, savvy enough, rich enough and ‘well’ enough who are able to flee to Switzerland. On the 28th April 2017 my husband AndrewTyler died at Dignitas. On the 17th November 2017 my close friend Annie died at Dignitas. I was with Andrew holding his hand as he died. The attendants were wonderful and the Dr, who examined Andrew's medical reports and wrote out the prescription, could not have been kinder. I wish to thank, from the bottom of my heart, Ludwig Minelli for founding Dignitas, but also the Swiss people for allowing foreigners to come to their country to end their lives in such a civilised manner. There was a referendum in Swiss, in which the people were asked : should assisted deaths to be allowed to carry on and, more importantly for us foreigners, should people from abroad be allowed to carry on coming to die in their country. The answer was YES to both. Now that is what I call a civilised and caring peoples. I am so ashamed my own UK Government which is so feeble/pathetic/ powerless against the powerful lobby groups within the Medical Establishment and Church who oppose an assisted death.
Being able to have a choice is vital when seriously ill to the point of no chance of recovering. The why I see it is this...If an animal is suffering with no chance of recovery its considered to be kinder to end their suffering. A lot of pet owners are faced with this dilemma but have more support than a human does in similar circumstances. The laws and red tape needs to change.
So we have 70 million people in this country so to claim most people that would assume more than 50% so have you spoken to 35 million people in the UK to ask that question that you state most don't want assisted suicide to be made legal? Sound like your making that statement up you cheeky little monkey
@@simonclarke8098 Thankfully? What do you mean? Because you don't agree with something no one else should be able to take that route? It should be an individuals right to decide.
Im bawling crying now. Not for your husbands death but for the kindness you and he were alalowwd to have your last days togefher when he was well enough to know who he was and who you were and to die consciously. It is civilised and kind. And to force somone to suffer when we all will die and dying is not a bad thing just an inevitable thing we all must do but suffering is not. We do not let cats and dogs suffer because we know it is cruel and that death is naturally coming and thefore we want them to run for the ball and be happy wagging their tails when we say goodbye to them and not suffering and wnduring torture. We even give the death penalty to criminals rather than torture them as we used to do. It is also sad that you couldnt even risk talking about it with your doctors. Because of all the hassles they might have put you through. I read of a woman who ended up dying before she was finally grantwd permission and it was just so sad what that family went through when they could have said goodbye in a way that was peacful not so full of pain and suffering. Nobody wants to see a loved one die or to die ourselves but we will all have to ride that bus some day. Why is it somehow morally considered wrong to buy a ticket and get on the bus to we know not where with a clear mind and a sense of peace. Instead of await the hour we might be dragged there by sheer collapse of our bodies endurance of pain. Its to cruel. Every old person deserves a dignified death in the same way a baby deserves a dignified birth. We used to force mothers not to have an epidural even after it was invented it was denied women. What is our obsession with making people suffer i wonder. I cant see how its of any good.
Totally humbling. Gary, dying, tears up and weeps in the face of choosing between prolonging his cancerous suffering and ending his life on his own terms - knowing his insurance might force him to live out his last days in confusion and deadly agony rather than go abroad for euthanasia. Gary is living his final days in order to secure his estate for his wife and shield her from an insurance fugazi, whe his cancer choked bones crumble into him. Fucking legend of a man. What a life.
My 68 year old mum was diagnosed with a terminal brain cancer in January this year. Completely out of the blue. Luckily my parents had life insurance and critical illness insurance. But it took the insurance cover over 6 months to pay out. Very frustrating. But luckily they have been able to travel more in the past few months and enjoy the time together
I’m 43 and have just taken our life insurance which DOES cover suicide but not in the first year. Which seems to be a sensitive concession both that in this situation my family should be covered and that they don’t want to be seen to encourage suicide for financial gain (for families). So maybe things are changing.
I actually cried when this gent broke down. Bless you Gary. I appreciated why Daniel asked about his family, that was well handled. I do hope Gary is still with us.
Yes. As other people have said. Very well handled. Honest but compassionate! Took it as part of his stride, not even any umming or arring talking about the positives of his life!
My goodness what a position to be in… and to think that there are so many people in the world in this exact situation. Much love to everyone going through this kind of thing, my heart goes out to you
Being so lost that you have to take a long shot and call a TV show. You sir are a brave soul. I'm so sorry this happened and still happens to our lovely people. Our Lord will take care of you. Trust in Him and don't be afraid to ask others for help when you need it sir. Bless you ❤
Huge respect to both Gary and Daniel in this call. To Gary for getting his affairs in order in the face of the painful reality of his fate and saving his wife from uneccessary burden so she can grieve and not worry about practicalities, and to Daniel for his immense sensitivity and emotional intelligence.
He would not refuse "palliative care", he would refuse further treatment surely. We would all want palliative care to ease any suffering. I would be 3xtremely wary of discusding it with a doctor. Some will not release the relevant dicuments that one needs in order to be accepted by Dignitas. If he has already got all that sorted, and a dictor who is supportive, then maybe.
Something which wasn’t raised here and I couldn’t hear if the caller specified what type of insurance he had, but many policies do actually pay out on diagnosis rather than actual death these days. Again, it depends on the type of policy and the exact wording but for most life insurance I have handled a diagnosis of basically any form of terminal cancer is immediate grounds for triggering the policy and receiving a full pay out.
Such a sad situation. Most big life insurance companies cover suicide after 12 months of the policy start date. Terminal illness if given less than 12 months.
I've read about life insurance policies paying out in advance of death where the illness is terminal. If I'm ever in this situation this is what I will try to get, I can then sort everything out while I'm alive so my loved ones don't have to worry.... Although, the person named on the policy isn't me, it's a loved one. I think if it was paid to me before I die that may then have inheritance tax issues when whatevers left goes to my loved ones, so something to look into/seek advice on.
Very often these policies have a terminal illness element that means when you're within a year of death as determined by medics then they will often pay up then. Hopefully this poor man has the best possible outcome.
I'm telling you it's such a scam, the amounts of money they take in and the pressure they put on payments being made vs the delay and stringent policies around payouts is disgusting
I thought that suicide was only excluded within the first 12 months of taking out the policy? For example, a person could become severely mentally ill and take their own life many years after taking out a policy; it's a legitimate illness which may have been completely unforseen at the time the policy was taken out.
I thought that too, but when I was looking for an over fifty policy it wasnt like that... Im not sure if age makes a difference or if things have changed.
That's correct and then only if that was the intention at time of taking out policy. But for this gentleman, there is a good chance that they will pay in his lifetime under the terminal illness provision. People often think insurance companies don't want to pay out, but if u look at their marketing, they often cite how much they have paid out. I would suggest he asks a financial adviser to help with this claim and also ongoing help once he has passed away
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WOW. When he started getting upset, you distracted him from his trauma by asking questions about his past career and his wife and you could hear the change in his voice. Top Job, handled like a pro.
some skill in dealing with that. Top class from Daniel
That really was amazing to see that technique work so well with the caller. Top man Daniel 👏
Handled brilliantly and very respectfully Daniel.
Wanting to make sure his wife is cared for and not in a lengthy legal battle after he's gone...A true gentleman! I salute you, Gary.
Politicians in this country need to have a listen to this and correct the disgrace of not allowing people self determination over their own lives. This man shouldn't have to spend a second of his life worrying about this. He's having to consider torturing himself with a hideous disease to protect his wife's future. That is wrong on every single level.
In Holland they "euthanized" (read injected poison) into a 19 year old because of the trauma over being sexually abused as a young girl. Should rape victims be offered death if they ask for it?
Or dose only physical illness make you "life unworthy of life"? You want to give the state that power? There is no right to die only the state's right to kill.
Isn't it just. Dying with dignity is what a civilised society would allow its members to do. Anything else is just savagery, as this call shows.
That is sad, the guy is literally debating how to die. wow
Bloody hell,makes you assess your own problems. All the best to Gary
I hope this gentleman is still with us
🙏🏾💯
3 years on, I hope this caller is still here and happy ❤😢
Well. That was absolutely heartbreaking.
Wow........I have been in this campaigning for years now and this was one of the angles that NEVER occurred to me. No one needs this extra worry when they are extremely ill. Poor Man......we never thought of that when my husband - Andrew - went to Dignitas. We had a Pension Insurance; the Life Insurance we'd taken out ran to the age 70yrs only and Andrew coincidently was 70 when he died.
The lawyer is wrong ....NO UK Dr is going to give you the okay to go to Dignitas. My advice is DO NOT discuss this with your Dr if you don't want hassle.
Poor Man......we never thought of that when my husband - Andrew - went to Dignitas. We had a Pension Insurance, the Life insurance we'd taken out ran to the age 70yrs only and Andrew coincidently was 70 when he died.
There is enough natural grief and sadness without the added burden of watching that loved one dying badly. We must have this choice ........it should be our human right, if we so wish, to die a civilised death in the UK.
That it is NOT just we, who are lucky enough, savvy enough, rich enough and ‘well’ enough who are able to flee to Switzerland.
On the 28th April 2017 my husband AndrewTyler died at Dignitas. On the 17th November 2017 my close friend Annie died at Dignitas.
I was with Andrew holding his hand as he died. The attendants were wonderful and the Dr, who examined Andrew's medical reports and wrote out the prescription, could not have been kinder.
I wish to thank, from the bottom of my heart, Ludwig Minelli for founding Dignitas, but also the Swiss people for allowing foreigners to come to their country to end their lives in such a civilised manner.
There was a referendum in Swiss, in which the people were asked : should assisted deaths to be allowed to carry on and, more importantly for us foreigners, should people from abroad be allowed to carry on coming to die in their country. The answer was YES to both. Now that is what I call a civilised and caring peoples.
I am so ashamed my own UK Government which is so feeble/pathetic/ powerless against the powerful lobby groups within the Medical Establishment and Church who oppose an assisted death.
Being able to have a choice is vital when seriously ill to the point of no chance of recovering. The why I see it is this...If an animal is suffering with no chance of recovery its considered to be kinder to end their suffering. A lot of pet owners are faced with this dilemma but have more support than a human does in similar circumstances. The laws and red tape needs to change.
Most people do not support assisted suicide in this country. Thankfully.
So we have 70 million people in this country so to claim most people that would assume more than 50% so have you spoken to 35 million people in the UK to ask that question that you state most don't want assisted suicide to be made legal? Sound like your making that statement up you cheeky little monkey
@@simonclarke8098 Thankfully? What do you mean? Because you don't agree with something no one else should be able to take that route? It should be an individuals right to decide.
Im bawling crying now. Not for your husbands death but for the kindness you and he were alalowwd to have your last days togefher when he was well enough to know who he was and who you were and to die consciously. It is civilised and kind. And to force somone to suffer when we all will die and dying is not a bad thing just an inevitable thing we all must do but suffering is not. We do not let cats and dogs suffer because we know it is cruel and that death is naturally coming and thefore we want them to run for the ball and be happy wagging their tails when we say goodbye to them and not suffering and wnduring torture. We even give the death penalty to criminals rather than torture them as we used to do. It is also sad that you couldnt even risk talking about it with your doctors. Because of all the hassles they might have put you through. I read of a woman who ended up dying before she was finally grantwd permission and it was just so sad what that family went through when they could have said goodbye in a way that was peacful not so full of pain and suffering. Nobody wants to see a loved one die or to die ourselves but we will all have to ride that bus some day. Why is it somehow morally considered wrong to buy a ticket and get on the bus to we know not where with a clear mind and a sense of peace. Instead of await the hour we might be dragged there by sheer collapse of our bodies endurance of pain. Its to cruel. Every old person deserves a dignified death in the same way a baby deserves a dignified birth. We used to force mothers not to have an epidural even after it was invented it was denied women. What is our obsession with making people suffer i wonder. I cant see how its of any good.
Heartbreaking I hope the problem was resolved
Handled with sensitivity and care. Well done!
This poor man. My heart goes out to him. I really do hope your scan is good news.
I don't even know what to say about this call. Life is cruel. Bless that man.
Bless this poor man.
Totally humbling. Gary, dying, tears up and weeps in the face of choosing between prolonging his cancerous suffering and ending his life on his own terms - knowing his insurance might force him to live out his last days in confusion and deadly agony rather than go abroad for euthanasia. Gary is living his final days in order to secure his estate for his wife and shield her from an insurance fugazi, whe his cancer choked bones crumble into him. Fucking legend of a man. What a life.
My 68 year old mum was diagnosed with a terminal brain cancer in January this year. Completely out of the blue. Luckily my parents had life insurance and critical illness insurance. But it took the insurance cover over 6 months to pay out. Very frustrating. But luckily they have been able to travel more in the past few months and enjoy the time together
I’m 43 and have just taken our life insurance which DOES cover suicide but not in the first year. Which seems to be a sensitive concession both that in this situation my family should be covered and that they don’t want to be seen to encourage suicide for financial gain (for families). So maybe things are changing.
I actually cried when this gent broke down. Bless you Gary. I appreciated why Daniel asked about his family, that was well handled. I do hope Gary is still with us.
Credit to you, Daniel. Well handled.
Yes. As other people have said. Very well handled. Honest but compassionate! Took it as part of his stride, not even any umming or arring talking about the positives of his life!
Heartbreaking indeed 😢
I can't give a like for this very sad upload, just heartbreaking.
This broke 💔 my heart. When he started crying, i couldn't help myself. I hope he got the outcome he hoped for
My goodness what a position to be in… and to think that there are so many people in the world in this exact situation. Much love to everyone going through this kind of thing, my heart goes out to you
What an awful place the UK has become...
Being so lost that you have to take a long shot and call a TV show. You sir are a brave soul.
I'm so sorry this happened and still happens to our lovely people.
Our Lord will take care of you. Trust in Him and don't be afraid to ask others for help when you need it sir.
Bless you ❤
Huge respect to both Gary and Daniel in this call. To Gary for getting his affairs in order in the face of the painful reality of his fate and saving his wife from uneccessary burden so she can grieve and not worry about practicalities, and to Daniel for his immense sensitivity and emotional intelligence.
Good strategy and people skills by asking the work questions to de-escalate the man breaking up over his illness!
My prayers are with you Gary, I pray you are still with us 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Good man Gary.
Class act Daniel
He would not refuse "palliative care", he would refuse further treatment surely. We would all want palliative care to ease any suffering. I would be 3xtremely wary of discusding it with a doctor. Some will not release the relevant dicuments that one needs in order to be accepted by Dignitas. If he has already got all that sorted, and a dictor who is supportive, then maybe.
Bless him🌹🌹and you!
Something which wasn’t raised here and I couldn’t hear if the caller specified what type of insurance he had, but many policies do actually pay out on diagnosis rather than actual death these days. Again, it depends on the type of policy and the exact wording but for most life insurance I have handled a diagnosis of basically any form of terminal cancer is immediate grounds for triggering the policy and receiving a full pay out.
Such a sad call, hope hes ok.
There are professional therapists who would not have dealt with this as well as Daniel did.
OMG. How tragic.
Insurance companies are one of the worst businesses around. Anything to not pay out, but increase your payments at the drop of a hat
Very sad 😢
God bless Gary
Unbelievable.
This is absolutely disgusting. Lived a full life. He deserves the choice
Such a sad situation. Most big life insurance companies cover suicide after 12 months of the policy start date. Terminal illness if given less than 12 months.
I've read about life insurance policies paying out in advance of death where the illness is terminal. If I'm ever in this situation this is what I will try to get, I can then sort everything out while I'm alive so my loved ones don't have to worry.... Although, the person named on the policy isn't me, it's a loved one. I think if it was paid to me before I die that may then have inheritance tax issues when whatevers left goes to my loved ones, so something to look into/seek advice on.
if its terminal then your life insurance pays out now
That's good to know, do you have more details?
I think it's only if one has
Very often these policies have a terminal illness element that means when you're within a year of death as determined by medics then they will often pay up then. Hopefully this poor man has the best possible outcome.
Most policies only exclude suicide if it happens in the first year. The caller needs to check their policy.
As soon as you given a terminal diagnosis they should just payout - rotten companies these insurance companies
I'm telling you it's such a scam, the amounts of money they take in and the pressure they put on payments being made vs the delay and stringent policies around payouts is disgusting
I thought that suicide was only excluded within the first 12 months of taking out the policy? For example, a person could become severely mentally ill and take their own life many years after taking out a policy; it's a legitimate illness which may have been completely unforseen at the time the policy was taken out.
I thought that too, but when I was looking for an over fifty policy it wasnt like that... Im not sure if age makes a difference or if things have changed.
That's correct and then only if that was the intention at time of taking out policy. But for this gentleman, there is a good chance that they will pay in his lifetime under the terminal illness provision. People often think insurance companies don't want to pay out, but if u look at their marketing, they often cite how much they have paid out. I would suggest he asks a financial adviser to help with this claim and also ongoing help once he has passed away
Get a donation page set up so viewers can pay for your team to deal with this stuff
GP wont approve the dignitas decision IMHO....
Wow. OMG
Daniel, when is your hall of fame inauguration?
Wow that was a genius distractoin.