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Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: May 25 7:34am | Replies (33)
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@kono8888
Even before my “aggressive cancer” diagnosis I was a huge proponent of death with dignity, so I applaud your planning. It is an opportunity to take control of such an important aspect of life. I am not afraid of death itself, but I am afraid of dying in pain and with loss of dignity. To all of us who live with scanxiety, fear, side effects, pain, and the recognition that death is not just some nebulous, way-in-the-future event, thank you for the opportunity of sharing. These are not conversations that those outside of our circumstances
want to have. May you all find peace, whatever that means for you.
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@ffr thank you for your kind words. Not many of us think the same way. Some good intentioned people find it easy to bring in religion to the mix but we all have to carve our own path to our eventual destination. Thank you for respecting my choice. just to be clear I am not rushing out to Oregon to rush through the process. I am going to squeeze the toothpaste tube of life to the absolute end. When I can no longer bear the suffering. That is when I will invoke my right to lay down my life .
Respectfully, David