thank you Chemar!

Tom, I trust you will find us here. On rereading some of your posts..

"The question comes down to this: do I want to be a burden to my family and others for a long, long time, or to be a burden for a week or two, settling my estate and so forth? Both are burdens, but I submit the latter is a lesser one."

I beg to disagree with a week or two of grief. Trust me when I tell you that it years of guilt and pain when someone we love suicides. You say you are far away from family and friends...that surely must add to your depression. Those of us left behind always wonder if there was something we could have said or done...we ask WHY until we realize that we'll never know for sure...we say What IF....or IF only.....

I don't know if some of those links Lara left in the old assisted threads still work but they were excellent ones.

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/conte...7/s1914206.htm

Welcome Tom to our little "family". We "get it" here...can't wait until you meet DMack (David).