[DadsGirl]

I do have some experience where a man always said that he wouldn't want to live in certain ways and would not like to continue life under certain circumstances. Then, when SOME of those circumstances appeared to be imminent, he was asked if he would like to continue life and try to be rehabilitated or discontinue life support. He chose to live. That is just one reason that I believe it is impossible to say what you will want until you are actually faced with the moment of choosing your life or your death. It all sounds grand and noble, but the reality can be something else altogether.

I would just warn you, quentin, to be sure of what you put on paper, because it can be used against you by the most unlikely people.

[quentin]

That is just one reason that I believe it is impossible to say what you will want until you are actually faced with the moment of choosing your life or your death. It all sounds grand and noble, but the reality can be something else altogether.

I have been at the place of choosing life or death. I tried to choose release (death), but other people had other ideas, and so I still live. For the moment, I have made my peace with that. But I have taken steps to ensure that the next time I am at that crossroads, I am allowed to take the path of my own choosing.

In my opinion, there is nothing either grand or noble about the choices one makes at such a time. You simply do the best you can with what you've got.

Thanks for your thoughts.