I am accepting of it and at times wish it would hurry up.

That being said, I am saying that statement NOT having received a terminal diagnosis. I'm sure if I was told by Drs. that I was terminal and it would be soon, I would be scared and anxious. I think that it is just natural when you are actually faced with your own death. I also think that terminal people, as their strength fades and they feel worse and worse, they lose their fear and anxiety.

My step-son while he was dying of colon cancer was the most serene person in dealing with his own death. He was accepting of his death and saw it as a transition to something else. Something better. He had said he saw his grandfathers and they were waiting for him. He asked them when he was going to transition and they told him they would tell him when it was time, but it was not right now. He was not concerned about himself but was for his children and wife he was going to leave behind. He told us he would probably slip away when the house was quiet and no one around. He ended up dying in his sleep in the wee hours of the morning when the house was quiet and everyone was asleep. I will always remember how serene he was.