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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can think of nothing more satisfying for a person with a terminal illness than sitting in a glass-paneled room overlooking the Swiss Alps, taking medication, and just falling into an eternal sleep.

I'd take my family & close friends, have a few days of good meals and wine and enjoyable conversation (to the extent this is physically possible), and then exit the earth.

How is this less preferrable than suffering for months or years in a hospital or some under-staffed memory care center?[/quote]

If you can travel, eat meals, drink wine and have a conversation, you shouldn’t be dying. And I don’t think you would want to. I think dying even a day too soon is selfish and will leave your loved ones in terrible pain and possibly regrets and a feeling of guilt.[/quote]

Have you ever experienced watching a loved one slowly deteriorate?   My dad had a terminal degenerating disease.  I used to pray that he would die from a heart attack or stroke before he completely lost his memory, ability to walk, ability to eat, etc.    He ended up getting septic shock from an ischemic bowel and making the decision to let him go peacefully was the easiest thing I've ever done.  He was already a shell of the man he was and he HATED the life the disease forced him to have.  He was depressed and angry.  He hated being a burden on my mom.   So no, dying before your time can absolutely be a relief for your family members who know you are suffering.  [/quote]

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One person I know who went to Switzerland had the Alzheimer's diagnosis and absolutely knew what was coming as she was a doctor. She drank wine and celebrated with her family and left on her own terms. We keep saying everyone leaves it too late and their brains deteriorate and then they can't make choices. You can't have it both ways. Seemingly healthy people will choose this because they don't want to get to the point where they can't choose. [/quote]

There's a saying among veterinarians in regards to euthanasia --"better too early than too late." [/quote]

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