Living will

My husband, the one who's not sure if he's staying in the marriage or not, wants me to get a living will before surgery. He wants the ability to pull the plug if I go in a coma. We had discussed this before, but it seems a little weird to bring up in light of our recent marital issues. What can y'all tell me about a living will?

 I HAD to do one before surgery.  I went to legal zoom.com and did one for free.  If you want, I think you could have someone else in charge of your wishes instead of your husband. I don't hink i would want  him in charge. lol

 I was required to have one, and power of attorney as well before they would do surgery. 

I think everybody should have one.  I've had once since I was in my 20's.

A living will does not give your husband the ability to pull the plug.  It states what you would want done if you were in a permanent vegetative state.  Would you want the doctor to pull the plug?  

A Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare may be what your husband is thinking of.  It's a document that says who you would want to make health care decisions for you if you could not make them for yourself for any reason.  I have one of those too.

I recommend doing them, not just because you're getting ready to have surgery, but because you never know what could happen.  However, you may not want to name hubby as your power of attorney if the marriage is in trouble.

 If you fill out the forms you can designate anybody YOU want to have that power. I'm not sure I would give it to hubs!

 i declined to have them done, but i have no assets, all i had at that point was my car but my dad's name was on that with mine anyway because the dealer wouldn't even try and run my credit by myself!, and my parents would have been the ones to make any decisions and i trusted them to make the right one, though i told them i didn't want to be in a vegetative state which they understood, and i signed the dnr 

It may be different from state to state but I was asked about a lving will today during my pre-op appointment. Basically, the rep told me that if I did not have one, they will do whatever they can to revive me without a living will. However, if I had a living will and it states differently, then my it would be fulfilled. However, your spouse will have decision making powers. If I were you, I would have one drawn up stating your wishes with your doctor's signature and notarized and present prior to surgery to have on file.