RIP tony peace after pain.

God bless

That existance what a tradgedy for him, peace at last

RIP

One very courageous guy,in not sure if I was in same predicament I would want to end my life early. But they must be a better way for these ppl to die with dignity

In the end, if your body can't cope with it anymore, it shuts itself down and says I've had enough.

Sad end.

I've been to a funeral of a good friend today, so I'm thinking a lot about life and death, and what is it all about.

The process of dying has become far more complicated than it once was.
A century ago, most people died at home of illnesses that medicine could do little to defeat. Today, a hospital, nursing home or hospice is a far more likely setting, but the place of death is not the only thing that has changed. Technology has created choices for patients and their families - choices that raise basic questions about human dignity and what constitutes a "good death."
Most people die in hospitals or institutions where the staff makes a valiant effort to keep patients alive until there is no reasonable chance of recovery. That's exactly what many people want: a no-holds-barred effort to fight off death as long as possible.
For others facing terminal illness, however, there may come a point when the fight no longer seems worth it. Those patients may find their wishes and those of their families overlooked as physicians juggle medical, legal and moral considerations. In most cases, medical professionals have considerable discretion in deciding when additional efforts to sustain life are futile and a patient should be allowed to die.
People face these decisions even before such dire situations come up. Patients undergoing even relatively minor surgical procedures are routinely asked if they would like to fill out a document, known as an "advance directive" or "living will," stating their wishes in the event that they become unable to communicate. Many people choose to prepare living wills in the same way people prepare traditional wills regarding personal property whether they're sick or not. .

There is a quote that always unsettles me. It's from a tv show, but don't disregard it for that reason alone.

It's painfully insightful and raw and really speaks volumes about this brave man.

"There's no such thing as a dignified death. Our bodies break down, sometimes when we're 90, sometimes before we're even born, but it always happens and there's never any dignity in it! I don't care if you can walk, see, have any semblance of faculties... it's always ugly, always! You can live with dignity; you can't die with it!"

Death is a part of living. Unfortunately the media has highlighted one particular mans journey on this path, a path that throughout the ages all of man kind has and will journey. How many poor and plague stricken children living in Africa or on the Indian sub-continent could hope to live and die in dignity, having a fraction of the quality of life that we have in this country.