Suicide by surgery?

Posted by Reggie BoStar on September 8, 2011, at 19:48:43

Was wondering if anyone heard of anything like "suicide by surgery".
I don't mean someone with a terminal illness who does not expect to survive the surgery but wants it anyway.
I mean someone who is not physically ill (yet) and voluntarily gets elective surgery of low-medium risk. He then sets out before the surgery to do things to himself that he knows will increase the risk considerably.
Why do this? "He" has various reasons, including not having the means to do some things, and being too cowardly to do the things he does have the means to do. It would be suicide by anesthesia, in a very controlled setting.
I'm not sure, but I think I may have just broken a million forum rules. If that's the case I apologize. Feel free to trash this post.
Bennett Nash

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