These are pitbulls . I want one if I ever get a dog . <| sep |> In that case wouldn ' t it be better to die faster rather than have a slow , miserable death dragged out over a few more years ? Before my mother died of cancer she just slowly faded away more and more over the years until there was nothing left . She was miserable the entire time and we were all miserable too . If the whole thing happened over again I ' d prefer to just end her suffering quickly rather than watch her suffer for years . Not sure of the condition of the woman in the OP , but in the comments people are saying things like at least the type of cancer she has will allow her to live for 5 years instead of only 3 . 5 years ! But honestly , is that really such a lucky thing ?