How to say "goodbye?" We were lovers for about 5 years in the 70's and remain close friends.When they moved to Pa from [View all]

NJ, I found time to visit her and her husband, at least once a month. About a year ago, she began to decline-speech problems, problems with balance and on and on. Many physician visits with neurologists and so forth got no diagnosis.

This evening she called to say the diagnosis is probably A.L.S. - one of the shittiest ways to die. She mentioned assisted suicide a couple of months ago and brought it up again in this evening's phone call.

If she choses assisted suicide, she will most likely want me there at the time.That will be hard and I hope I have the strength to be there for her.