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Post by Logan on Mar 20, 2016 0:54:30 GMT -6
ANKENY, Ia. — Jennifer Holm sat in front of a microphone at the state Capitol this month, explaining in excruciating detail for lawmakers and a roomful of Iowans the gruesome death that awaits her. The 45-year-old married mom says she feels duty bound to put her private medical battle on public display. The so-called right-to-die movement is personal to Holm, stricken with two deadly diseases: carcinoid cancer and sarcoidosis. In recent months, she has emerged as an increasingly vocal advocate for legalizing physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. As Holm sees it, she has lost control of her body, but not the memory she leaves behind. "So this is my future," Holm said after she had described how cancer is expected to ravage her intestines and chew its way out of her abdomen. "My son is 18 and a freshman up at (Iowa State University) and I do not want him to see me in that condition. I don’t want my husband to see me in that condition. I don’t want them to dread" — Holm paused to choke back tears — "coming to see me, and not wanting to smell what I’m going to smell like." Read more: www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2016/03/19/exit-plan-terminally-ill-may-bypass-lawmakers/81473744/
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