X-Message-Number: 7759 Date: Tue, 25 Feb 97 17:57:22 From: Dave Pizer <> Subject: The need it great Reply from Dave Pizer > Message #7741 > Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 14:33:35 -0800 > From: (Olaf Henny) > Subject: Re: CryoNet #7729 & Last Minute Reversals > > Message #7729 > > > >From Linda Chamberlain > CryoTransport Manager > Alcor Life Extension Foundation > > >Joe Cannon, long time cryonics activist and Alcor member since 1984, > >was suspended on Friday, February 21, 1997. > > (Most of the text deleted) > > >Recently, he began telling neighbors and friends that > >he was not sure he even wanted to be suspended anymore. He told his > >neighbors and some of us that he felt his beloved Terry would be better > off > >in the future without him; that Terry would find another who would be > >better for her. "She was always the strong one," he told me recently. > >"She'll do just fine without me!" > > The above quotation touches on a phenomenon, which I have > observed on many occasions throughout my life: The prospect > of death appears welcome, when we are in a state of complete > exhaustion, as most of us of course will be, when we are > near death. Its impact on cryonics dawned on me the first > time, when I read the account of Timothy Leary changing his > mind on cryopreservation. This opens up the subject of how one can protect one's self when he/she gets old and the mind starts to go before the body. There have been several cases where long-time cryonicists changed their mind and did not get frozen or did not communicate well with their cryonics service provider and did not get a good suspension. People drop their membership every year and the service provider never knows why in many cases. The need for a facility where only cryonicists live is great. The Venturists have been talking about filling this need for a long time. We made one poor attempt at it. We are again getting ready to build a facility where cryonicists can live and eventually die surrounded by fellow-cryonicists that will help see that mental failing does not harm the suspension. Mike Perry will be writing on this important subject in a week or so. I just thought I would mention it now as the subject is so timely. The main hold up to building such a facility is lack of suppport. If we can change that we will build it sooner. Dave Pizer Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7759