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.....So before you go with the helium and the bag over your head (as another poster said), please think about what you're doing to your loved ones.
When a person with a terminal illness or facing a prolonged painful illness before becoming terminal decides to kill him/herself rather go through a long painful decline, even one that ends in a drugged-coma in hospice, perhaps the loved ones should pause...and be grateful.
And I know from personal experience that not all of these types of suicides occur without a family member or more having prior knowledge; and again in my experience much of what was on the checklist regarding the police, etc. is GROSSLY inflated with drama and not an accurate description of what will inevitably happen after the suicide. I have never known all of that outside contact to take place even in a place as supposedly cold and heartlessly bureaucratic as NYC nor - at the other extreme - in a small town in upstate NY.
Suicide under other circumstances (e.g. depression, alcoholism, job loss, etc.) is something entirely apart from what the OP initiated.
A close relative of mine died from pancreatic cancer. Said relative was in admirably good health, before the coming of disease. 33 months and ghastly debilitation (from "treatment", as well as the disease), said relative finally died... at home, in bed. Sure, Hospice helps, and they have pain-killers (of uncertain efficacy). But becoming bedridden, incontinent, delirious, exhausted... a process of many weeks, not days, let alone hours... not pleasant.
This is among the many reason I became an atheist. No God would allow such suffering and for so many. When life becomes a burden but society wont allow a Dr to help you pass on,... then you look to do it yourself.[mod cut - instructions on suicide]
Last edited by VTsnowbird; 03-07-2019 at 11:52 AM..
It depends on the religion. For some religions, perhaps there’s no reason to avoid it, or accelerated it. It’s a fact of life and should be dealt with the idea peacefully. Why should dying not be an unpleasant experience. Maybe we should adjust our attitude. We expect too much. I had witness my mom and dad’s decline too. I can only hope that I live well enough and I might pass away in my sleep like my grandfather at the ripe old age of 93.
Jack Daniels and a bottle of my saved up Oxy. Hopefully not for 30 or so years.....if I am not mentally aware enough to do it, I have friends.....
Bye, now.
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