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In reply to the discussion: Update: My Father-in-Law has ended his life [View all]Triana
(22,666 posts)63. I'm sorry for your family's loss. I do hope..
...that you are able to discuss the situation with state officials. Death with Dignity laws are important and if your situation can be and example of why, all the better.
I wish you and your family peace.
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Glad your FIL got to make his decision... A difficult one for everyone involved I suspect..
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#4
go in peace, fil. Best wishes to all and my condolences. Even if it was how he went, still can be
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#5
Man, BrotherIvan, you worded it so well - "the agonizing death of my mother that still haunts me".
calimary
Feb 2015
#52
Really you cant forsee problems with people not wanting to die being unwilling to drink a cocktail?
Egnever
Feb 2015
#28
I think it would be a real contribution for you to share this experience with a state
Hoyt
Feb 2015
#12
my sympathies to you and your wife as well as the rest of the family, I would urge you to share your
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#14
My condolences. I would think that your FIL would likely want others to have the same option
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#15
Give it a few days. Maybe look around, and see if there's any organization already doing
MADem
Feb 2015
#18
He's dead, so there isn't a privacy concern, unless it's your wife's privacy you mean. Sharing the
Brickbat
Feb 2015
#29
This is new territory for me, still, my thoughts are with you and your family in this time of loss.
herding cats
Feb 2015
#64
Such mixed feelings about this. But dying in inches and on machines would not be m choice, either...
marble falls
Feb 2015
#70
Your FIL had a beautiful death, he called the shots up to the very end... Everyone should be
secondwind
Feb 2015
#76