re: My Mom has been getting worse with her dementia

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dementia runs in my family. I swear to all that is holy if anybody who can do anything about it ever lets me get like that and doesn’t put me out of my misery, I will haunt those people mercilessly from the great beyond

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I've told my wife and kids if I get to that point, they better give me a handful of pills (hopefully I'll lucid enough to take them myself). Several older folks in my small, rural community have recently committed suicide via gunshot while dealing with the onset of dementia or other serious health issues. When a person get's a terminal illness, I wish doctors will give them a pill with the instructions, when you want to end it, take this (rather than a gunshot).