This email reached ERGO today:
Thank you very much for your message and resources.
My dad was tremendously suffering (ALS, Leukemia, Diabetes, Arthritis,
and other health issues) and due to no physician-assisted suicide in
Minnesota, he shared that he needed to take things into his own hands
before he got so weak and incapacitated that he didn’t have any options…
Again, he was not depressed…and had so much meaning in his life and
quality intimate relationships. As you know, with ALS things ONLY get
worse…never plateau
He died yesterday by a self-inflicted gun shot to the head.
I know this is exactly what he wanted (obviously he wanted to go a more
dignified way…but there are not options)
Thank you for the wonderful work you folks are doing……Julia
