Since long term care insurance is expensive, I was planning the suicide route for myself when things looked bleak.
oh scaredy, that is awful, i hope it never comes to that.
Actually that is what I also consider doing, it is also effectively what my Father did when he felt he went past the point of no-return. It is also what my Mother hopes for when she gets to that point.
It seems that the knowledge of the ability to extend life has outstripped the knowledge of knowing when to apply it. Staying alive even when you are not really living and there is no hope for improvement, just for the sake of being alive; is torture and not life. It also speaks to the fear of death.