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_refugee_  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who By Very Slow Decay - Death and Dying, The Elderly

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Thank you for this; I was in the dark.

Whenever anyone asks that 'fun' question "How do you want to die?" I tell them "Laughing." But my other stock answer is from the Rolling Stones: "I hope I die before I get old." The process he describes terrifies me and I should like to avoid it.