Thank you all. I'm not depressed, just can't take the pain any more. When military prisoners are tortured, they look for something sharp to cut their veins with when they can't take the pain any more. That's just what humans do. The pain must be stopped when it can no longer be endured. I wish politicians would think about this before they made draconian laws restricting what doctors can do for their patients. I had a good life, I don't have young children or grandchildren. I have friends and a husband but they are not dependent on me. I still need to know about euthanasia. I knew Doctor Kavorkian's cousin, Chevalia, but they have both passed away. PS I understand about the difficulty of getting medicine. The whole country seems to have gone kookoo about opiates - everyone who says the word 'pain' is considered to be an addict and a criminal until they prove themselves innocent. Peggy