post-morbidity, pre-mortality, the dying proceeds and the living intercede on the behalf of your best interests as we perceive them and so you sign this document stating the following 'please let me go' post-morbidity, pre-mortality, facing this inevitably that i could never begin to understand what is it you see staring down the barrel of limited options? what goes through your mind as you make the decision to end all decisions? never say everything will be ok