If you are interested in pursuing the variuous arguments around having a dignified, painless and welcome death, I have published a fictional treatment of the topic, 'The Ladies' Suicide Club'.

I have been thinking of donating my body to medical students - Might as well serve some useful purpose they also bury you afterwards.

Glad that in Canada you have to request religion or you get none! That being said I have a DVR, Election of assisted death and a power of Attorney done.
I have asked for no funeral, to be cremated and to be placed in my bios urn and turned into a Lilac.

I have a DNR and a living will. No artificial means to sustain life under any circumstances. All my children have a copy. My daughter is my medical POA. She will abide by my wishes. I have to say, if I found out I had a terminal illness, I'll be moving to Oregon since my state has not passed a death with dignity act. The fear was that the elderly and ill would feel an obligation to knock themselves off to save the families medical bills and hardship. I still say, even if that is the case, they should still have that choice.

Sad story; thought about it for myself when diagnosed with AML-did a living will for no feeding tubes, no breathing tubes.

This is just. Ugh. Why didn't the nurse in the family phone for an ambulance? It's been done from inside hospitals before. (Though I don't remember when this happened).

Also very often a brain dead patient doesn't get a feeding tube so eventually they die.

I'd rather go faster than that. Gees. I've got the shivers.

This creeps me out as much as the Worcester, MA family that kept their daughter alive for years. People would file through for "blessings". Working for a newspaper we covered it every single year. Sick.

Ah here's a link: [en.wikipedia.org]

I love the 2 DNR's! Will have to add the second one.