I come from a family that has had alot of cancer and other deseases where they have had to make the choice to continue or sign a DNR and two family members had to make the hard choice of signing a DNR and pulling the plug on family members who never wanted to consider that option or didn't have the time to do so. Signing DNR's is not about giving up or being depressed. its about how the person wants to live out the rest of their life should it come down to being permanently attatched to a respirator and other life saving devises until their last organ goes AFTER all life saving techniques have been tried and failed. Signing a DNR is not something to be done in a spur of the moment of should I or shouldn't I because this may happen even if it hasnt happened yet but is a fearful thought.

Talk it over with your physician and a therapist to be sure you completely understand the situation and the purpose and content of the DNR , paperwork because once that paper is signed it is a permanent part of your file and no matter what happens be it a car accident or heart failure or even swimming and you drown, if you are unconscious and stop breathing (even if your heart is still beating) the medical team cannot attach any thing to you including respirator or oxygen to help or save your life. all they can do is keep you comfortable while you die however slow or fast that may be.

Also there may be no more surgeries that can help the heart you do have but there is the transplant listings for donor hearts, all patients in the united states are placed on that list by their physicians automatically when there is no more medications, surgeries and so on options available

and a relative of mine has had shuts put in bypassing arteries including a coronary and is living a happy full life. maybe this is an option instead of keep repairing the same artery that keep failing.