Originally Posted by OldTryGuy

Thank you for your response. Too often my words do not clearly express my thoughts. Rest assured that the possibility that I "bear a very significant emotional burden" would be the same as finding snow on the surface of the sun.

As do many individuals, my mother made a choice to seek medical attention that resulted in prolonging her life beyond its "natural progression to death." We had discussions of her living longer than she ever thought she would and I told her that without the medical intervention she chose, she indeed would not be alive AND SHE AGREED. She now lacks any quality of life and is simply existing while waiting for death. For decades she assisted others who were in her condition and she expressed a profound desire to never wanting to live as they were and as she is now. Her choice was dictated by her belief in God, Jesus, the Bible and her Christian faith that prevented her from taking any action that would have prevented this outcome. I never had an issue with that nor do I now. I on the other hand have no religious beliefs and as such I WILL NOT wind up like her. I accept the fact that should my cancer follow its normal progression I have 7 years left with a possibility of some extra but quantity means nothing without quality.

My "RAILING" with living as she and millions of others do is that unlike Soylent Green and Sol, Edward G. Robinson's character, we do not have euthanasia legally available.