This Is Us
My Mother Wants a Pill
Extreme longevity is a mixed blessing — at best
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9 min readJan 6, 2022
“Why can’t I just take a pill?” my mother has pleaded over and over since she turned 100. “I don’t want to be here anymore.”
It’s a perfectly reasonable question, with no good answer. And that’s just not fair. Not to our family, nor to anyone who’s simply had enough of the…
