Humans desire to live and our inherent motive is to SURVIVE! What happens when you’re faced with death as your only option? Do you take it as and if it comes as the doctors say it will? Do you take matters into your own hands and bring it on yourself? Do you give in and give up, settling to end it in a hospice? Do you engage in deep prayer and reflect on your faith and beliefs?
This young 29-year old woman shares her story and bravely makes a call on how to cope with facing death.
This is deep…
I am prayerful for a miracle and that her life and soul be saved.
Via fox6now.com
PORTLAND, Ore. — A terminally ill 29-year-old woman has chosen November 1 as the day she will die.
Shortly after her wedding last year, Brittany Maynard began experiencing debilitating headaches.
While on vacation with her husband in January, Brittany was diagnosed with grade II Astrocytoma, a severe brain tumor.
Doctors told Maynard she had 10 years to live.
“I have to tell you,” she says in the video, “when you’re 29 years old, being told you have that kind of timeline still feels like being told you’re going to die tomorrow.”
Following the initial diagnosis, doctors said her cancer had progressed to Glioblastoma multiforme, the deadliest form of brain cancer. After treatment, the average life expectancy is only 14 months.
When doctors told Brittany her death would likely be slow and painful as the tumor continued to grow, she opted to choose her own ending.
On November 1, surrounded by her husband, mother and best friend, she will end her life using medication prescribed by her doctor. Maynard’s husband’s birthday is October 30.
The medication will give her a “peaceful and painless” ending to her life. However, Brittany said this is not a suicide.
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