Very different.

My understanding is that you can choose death if you have six months or less to live. A doctor has to say so. I think at 6 months away, i would be awfully hard to travel to Oregon or California...say, if you had cancer, or challenges walking. I will soon turn 80 and I was widowed suddenly (my husband was killed in an accident at 68 two weeks before his retirement). I have days where I am very tired of living. I have doted on my grandson and helped him in many ways, but at 16, he is more interested his computer than me. I haven't heard from my daughter in ten years (except one ugly note) and my son is usually "busy" I'm hanging on for my grandson as I'm the one who find enrichment programs and talks to him about his studies. I know he needs me to navigate through the pre-college applications and visits, but I'm sure tired. I don't know if I'll be here. If I am not, he may fall through the cracks on scholarships, etc. If it weren't for that, I'd have already gone to Switzerland to check out. 90% of my time is alone. My income barely suffices and I spend what I can on my grandson. This just isn't fun.