End of Life Issues

I haven't been able to come up with a better plan, as of yet, anyway.

The first germ of an idea came when I watched my grandfather dying in a hospital some 30+ years ago. He was 101 years old and it was just his time to go. His body was completely worn out. He was slowly dying in his hospital bed, fighting - and I mean fighting - for each breath he took. This went on for days, and right there I decided I wasn't going to die like that. It was so hard on him, but it was more hard on the family, to go there each day and watch that horrible spectacle.

They were very, very religious. I'm not. I'm not worried about committing a "mortal sin" or offending some angry sky daddy. As long as a person is of sound mind, and can initiate the act of suicide themselves, an individual should have the choice of how they want to end their life.

It's a shame that most people in this country are tethered to religious dogma, and they refuse to even explore different, more humane methods of ending people's suffering.

I'm in no hurry to go, believe me, but when my time comes I plan - as Frank Sinatra said - to do it "my waaaaay".