It’s best to let a loved one go in peace

I AGREE with Terry Prone’s comments on cancer care and terminal illness (June 29).

I am 37, and have a long-term terminal illness.

While at the moment my health is fine and I lead a full life, there will come a day when that is not the case and when that time comes I hope I will have achieved as much as I could with my life. However, at some point every life must end, no matter how much other people might want a loved one to fight on, and while we seem to understand this when it comes to letting go of a much-loved family pet, or even material items which have had their day, we seem incapable of accepting that sometimes letting a person die with dignity and surrounded by love, at a time of their own choosing, is the most loving thing we can do for them.