didn't quite know how to respond to the 'gun' thread.....but u did a pretty good job.......
Actually, i'm way too classy for suicide.....i had planned to hire a 'hit-man' to do it FOR me.

But in all seriousness, don't mean to make a 'joke' out of it.....chronic pain can and certainly HAS led people to do it.
Thanks to forums such as this one, however....at least a person has a fighting chance against the all-empowering cloud of hopelessness and DOOM... years back (before the cyber era hit) MANY people DID do the deed and/or get 'put away' and written off... Diagnosis such as 'depression' & neuropathy hadn't been put into a term yet. Or at least not openly shared.....

So glad i found you guys....