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I am ready to talk about my death. Is anyone else?

Apparently it’s natural to think about dying, but not to plan your own death

10 May 2014

9:00 AM

10 May 2014

9:00 AM

It is October 2012 and my ovarian cancer is back. As we wait to see the consultant I say to my best friend, ‘We are going to Mexico this weekend to get that stuff so I can kill myself. We’ll probably get killed by drug barons.’ My consultant says I have three years.

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