[RichardG]

my grandad died of pulmonary fibrosis, a complication of his rheumatoid arthritis that he had for 20 years which already put him in significant pain. i'd never heard of it beforehand but basically his lungs started to harden and therefore slowly lost elasticity, meaning they were able to expand less and less and therefore he was slowly suffocating to death. in his final few months i had a panic attack at one point just watching him bc it was the most horrific thing i'd ever seen, his breathing was so shallow it was making me feel physical pain just watching him. if i was diagnosed with pf or any other horrible terminal disease then i would likely seek out assisted suicide. no way would i want to sit back and suffocate to death over a period of two years like he did. it should be made available to all.