I like to think I would make the sacrifice of my frustrating existence here if it would mean that no one would ever have to put up with SCI like I have. It becomes even easier when I think of my _grand daughter _ (http://ocgrands.com/cj/index.html) - I'd make the gift for her in a heart beat. I would miss her more than anything else on this earth but I definitely do not want her to go through such a demoralizing and degrading existence (odd, I think I'm a better person for having gone thru SCI - odd I'd opt to deny her such a 'gift'). Sure there are worse things but I've done this for nearly 40 years now and I'm about ready to move on to a new game elsewhere. While I'm on the subject..... I wonder often about the other side. Do you suppose we will see all our old friends who have gone before us or won't we be able to recognize anyone as to someone we knew here on the surface? Do you think that really matters? I mean, we didn't know anybody when we got here, why should we recognize anyone when we leave? We can just start all over again when we get there, everybody will have been through much of which we have anyway so it's not like we will be total strangers. I'm sure we will all have special little stories to tell but nothing really truly unique or unheard of. Dave In a message dated 4/9/2007 1:51:32 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
No Dave I would not give my life to improve everyone else's life. People can live a long life with SCI and Parkensons. It may not always be pleasant but it is a life. If people can't handle it they can freely chose to take their own life. Everyone only gets one. I would not want the cure for myself if came at the price of another person's life. If I was giving my life for a cure for cancer or some fatal condition, that I might do. But give my life to improve others quality of life? No not me. What would you do Dave? At 12:41 PM 4/9/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim, Just out of curiosity, what if your body held the answer to cure SCI and Parkensons but in order to release that secret to the medical community, you had to die. We couldn't wait until you died naturally, we must have you now or it won't work. Would you volunteer your life for the other 6 billion of us in the world? Dave Dave _Visit My Home Page_ (http://www.users.qwest.net/~daveoc/index.html) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
