I've often thought that I want to die the way my Dad died. He'd just come home from a vacation in the Bahama's, stopped in Toronto on his way home to see me, and we had a nice short visit. He ate a good dinner and then said he was feeling a bit week so he went to bed early. Got up to get a drink of water and keeled over dead instantly from a massive coronary. Of course that was hard on my step Mom. But that's what I'd like, good last few days, now warning, then boom, no lingering suffering.

Of course I have no idea of what's in store for me. I've really never paid any attention to my health, being alcoholic for years, one tends not to, but now I'm in my 40's, I'm overweight and have high cholesterol, so I've decided to start exercising and change my diet, to get healthier, even though it won't be any fun.

I think it's important to have a living will / advance directive - so that if I ever do wind up in hospital, the Dr's will know that I don't want my life prolonged by machines. Just dope me up with pain killers and let me die naturally.

--spliitmage