Reply #40: To die? No. To suffer? Yes.

[LynzM]

I'm not so much afraid of the 'moment of dying' or of being dead, per se. I'm somewhat afraid of having a long, drawn-out, painful way of going. Being diabetic, I have to accept this as a possible, even likely, possibility. But it's not something I think about much, because I really don't like the thought of being in a lot of pain, hooked up to machines, etc... give me some pain pills and set me loose in a forest, and let me go that way.... </rambling>