Absolutely NOT true. Of 10 people I know in the last 5 years or so that died of cancer, only 1 died in any planned sedated way. That was my mother in law last year. OTOH, I know 2 people that died in the last 5 that died of colon cancer, the most painful way of all to die. Neither one planned anything. One was my best friend, the other my ex-mother in law. Both were an inspiration of how not to be afraid of death.
Absolutely NOT true.
You're absolutely right it's not true. Ridiculous. We've lost many in my family to Cancer, and we didn't euthanize any of them. We tried to provide what comfort we could and shame on anyone who suggests anything other than that is 'normal'.
It's a shame... FreeRepublic had a real opportunity to show class. In fact, they may have proved only that FR's moderators have more class than DU's in that at least the worst posts here will be deleted, eventually.
Bless the grandmother's heart. And I hope for peace for her family who will grieve her, and those whose grieving of her will be interrupted, disrupted, and turned into a bit of a circus because of the extraordinary timing of her death, and some of them, will no doubt witness some fairly nasty speculation about it on the internet. For that I'm a little embarrassed. I hope they see mine too.