I say, either way you are playing God. You do not know, cannot know, what God has in store for yourself or others. To prolong life beyond what God has desired is playing god, to cut it short beyond what he has desired is also playing God.
And you do not know what he expects of you.
God could expect us to feebly clutch at life or to let go of this world for the promise of the other.
This was an individual’s choice. A doctor knows the ramifications of the disease.
We are all dying, just a matter of the who, what, when, where, why and how we face it. She appeared to face her mortality well.
A coward’s way out? Perhaps. Those who make the decision to die deserve to live more than those who feebly clutch at its sweetness.
Nonsense.
God could expect us to feebly clutch at life or to let go of this world for the promise of the other.
Committing suicide IS NOT "letting go."
Yes, she did have a choice. I look at it like this...with every bit of suffering that comes our way, we've got two ways to go. You can play into the hands of Satan and become hateful, full of self-pity and bitter in your suffering (i.e. false martyr) which leads to the suicide mentality, or you can grow holy and Christ-like. Nothing that is worthwhile comes easy which makes much more sense when, for example, we our bringing up our children or advancing in our career. But when it comes to our souls, we somehow figure we'll take care of it when the time comes, as if we'll be able to make a deal with Saint Peter at Heaven's gate. Who are we fooling?
More than anyone, Jesus showed us from the Agony in the Garden until his Death, that we can suffer and still be united to God's Will.
God Bless.