# At what point would YOU want to pull the plug on YOURSELF?

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**Created:** [May 23, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-would-you-want-to-pull-the-plug-on-yourself/984475 "2023-05-23T17:54:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-would-you-want-to-pull-the-plug-on-yourself/984475/59 "2023-05-26T15:18:46Z")

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Seven years ago(?) I was having unstable angina attacks and actually had one or more small heart attacks. I had some diagnostics done and was about to have a catheterization procedure to (hopefully) place a stent.

The cardiologist explained that if my coronary artery disease was severe, then a stent would not work and I’d need to go straight into bypass surgery. I had already decided that I wasn’t going to have any major invasive surgery, and I told him that. He explained that I could die as a result of my decision. I asked if he could perform the bypass without postoperative pain and he said no. I told him I’d rather not experience any avoidable pain in what remained of my life. The stent worked.

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