[Margaret Pilkington]

Over the years I have wiped an awful lot of bottoms......patients who for a variety of reasons, could not do this for themselves........none of them thought that this was a reason to die though....even those who were not going to get better.
The thorny issue of assisted dying is one that only you yourself can answer.....and the answer might change as your situation changes.

As Less has said, right now it isn't something that he would opt for......but if he were in great pain(something that can be managed...to make living more bearable) or if he was trapped with an active mind in a useless body - he just might consider it.

I don't think any of us can say what we would do.....we might think we know.......and we may be against assisted dying......but as circumstances change, then sometimes our attitide and perspective alters to make it something that we would opt for.
I once worked with a doctor who was dead set against abortion....would have nothing to do with them for any reason(social, or foetal abnormality)then unfortunately, she found herself in the unenviable position of carrying a babe that would not live long after birth, because of defects.
This experience changed the doctor forever.
She became much more understanding of women in the same situation.