[Nachum]

If I am stuck in bed and people are starving me to death, I hope that aomeone will stick a loaded gun in my hand. I pray that I will have enough strength to aim it and pull the trigger-

and shoot the SOB’s that are starving me to death.

[waterhill]

+1

[Twinkie]

” . . and shoot the SOB’s that are starving me to death.”

Heh. It’s hard to laugh after reading this story; but you did manage to make me laugh. Ha! I was expecting your second sentence to be as follows: “and take myself out.”
You threw me for a funny loop! Thanks for that!

Boy,I dread the day if or when we face my MIL’s impending death. SIL and BIL have most likely thought she would have already been dead ten years ago. SIL is a German; and I don’t look forward to those two calling the shots. Husband is afraid to get ten inches away from his mother. I think he’s afraid she will die and he won’t be there to stop it or make decisions about her. Don’t know if he trusts them or not. So, we don’t vacation any distance any more.

[Gunslingr3]

She could not swallow, so she would have needed the food and water administered artificially.

All sorts of means have been invented to keep nourishment provided to the cells of a human body. We can keep one going with a heart, without lungs, without kidneys, without even a brain. Given the reach of technology, where should the line be drawn?