Science
(2009-09-08)
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Ann Watkins is a cancer patient who plans to make use of "Death with Dignity" law.
Photo by: Compassion & Choices of Washington
Ann Watkins, 68, of Tacoma says she's lucky the law is in place. She has breast, lung, bone and brain cancer and has been given 2 to 6 months to live. Watkins got her oncologist to prescribe a lethal dose of medicine so she can hasten her own death.
She says she watched her mother and brother die very painful deaths from cancer. "I'm not gonna put myself through any pain. I'm a coward that way," she said.
At a news conference, Watkins told reporters she's stashed the drugs in her home. Her sense of humor clearly intact, she said she just hopes she can remember where she put them when she needs them.
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