I think they were two intelligent women who made a conscious and reasoned decision regarding their quality of life. I think that surgery which is deemed too risky will continue and that in 25 years will no longer carry as high a risk. I think both of them were well aware of the risks and went into the surgery in the best possible frame of mind and also knew the outcome might result in death...and that is the risk they were willing to take. I think it is ridiculous to think anyone could counsel them as they were experts themselves on living the life they were given and presumptious to believe they could have been somehow "saved" through sharing their experiences and acting as role models or something. I think your personal moral values are your own...as were theirs. Together they decided and together they died. I think it is none of my business and none of yours either.

Spaw