Dr A | Now it’s change it again so that the odds are getting worse, so only 30 in 100 would stay in normal health, but 70%, 70 in 100 would die |
Paul | Everybody dies so we have got to try and get a life! [okay] that’s the whole object, yep |
Dr A | And again 20 in 100, [yes, yes, yes] you would still carry on? |
Paul | I would prefer to try and keep myself alive than just lie down! |
Dr A | Right (2.0) This doesn’t lead to death you realise |
Paul | No. I know I know |
Dr A | It just leads to you being, erm going back to this state ((doctor points to the screen)) where you are just a bit weak, your speech is a bit slurred, and that would carry on for the rest of your life [yep] yeah? |
Paul | I have seen that condition in people in, [right] a member of the family |
Dr A | And you wouldn’t want |
Paul | who had a mild stroke, and (0.5) |
Dr A | You would prefer not to |
Paul | Put him in for three months and when he came out, he was at home for a few years then he had a major stroke |
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Dr A | So if you had a one in a thousand chance of returning to normal life you would still take it? Right what about one in 10 000? |
Paul | It’s better than nothing isn’t it, it’s the same odds |
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Dr A | Okay, so you would take that? |
Paul | Yeah, yeah, |
Dr A | So that’s why you stopped? |
Paul | You’d take the chance to live |