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		interfixus on June 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Field Notes from my Dementia By choice, if all else fails, definitely. My grandfather and my father made that choice when the going got too tough and pointless. I certainly intend to go the same route, should my brain or other parts of my body one day turn into unrecoverable disaster zones.

ido on June 29, 2017 [–]

Sorry if I'm being thick, but do you mean they committed suicide?

jacquesm on June 29, 2017 | | [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia

This can get pretty hairy from a legal point of view even in places where it is permitted when the patients faculties are diminished.

interfixus on June 29, 2017 | | [–]

I do indeed.

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