[6stringmerc]

That might be your perspective but after being in hospitals and treatment for a lifetime condition, I saw enough of my peers die by the age of 10 that I think I have a pretty good handle on mortality. It's just a very uncomfortable subject, which I think hinges on our species not knowing "what happens" after the body dies. Well, there are lots of claims and plenty of options by way of choosing a faith, but I'm fairly certain we simply don't know.

[karmajunkie]

It sounds like you might be on the fringe of it, friend. And I don't disagree with you—it is an uncomfortable subject, and for those lucky enough to have it be merely a vague notion of something I'm going to have to deal with "one day", very few people really do know how to respond to it. But I am sorry that your condition gave you such familiarity with the subject at such a young age.