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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not afraid of death and haven’t been for many years. I was when I was younger but I got over that by my 30s. I have worked primarily hospice caregiving the last half decade and that has reinforced my inner peace about death. The only thing I fear is having no control over the means and manner of my death, or having to endure a prolonged and painful decline. I have an exit plan that I will utilize under such circumstances, for instance if diagnosed with advancing dementia or late stage cancer or some other very debilitating condition. I believe wholeheartedly in rational suicide/euthanasia and hope someday it will be legal in all states for people to choose their own exit if they want to. In states where it is legal it isn’t often utilized but the option brings great comfort to many faced with terminal diagnoses.[/quote]

Do you think you could actually execute your plan if you had advancing dementia?  That is something I worry about, my mom has dementia and says all the time that she wishes she would die but she does not have the mental capacity to commit suicide. Dementia can sneak up on you. I worry I will end up in the same situation as my mom because I won't figur eout I have dementia early enough to do anything about it.[/quote]

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