Mark Asselin had medical assistance in dying on March 22 after a long battle with cancer. Days before, there was a special service at the church where he worked and a celebration of his life where the 63-year-old said, 'Join me in being happy.'
Mark Asselin was determined to die happy.
“After 10 months of intense pain, constantly fighting it, this is my chance to just get some sleep. I’m tired. I’m tired of fighting.”Asselin was first diagnosed with skin cancer in 2009. It quickly metastasized. He had a growth removed, but the cancer came back. After multiple surgeries, it eventually spread to his lymph nodes in 2020.“And it was Stage 4 and there was nothing they could do,” he said.
Mark said he was sexually abused when he was a teenager, by the person who rented the basement apartment in his parents’ home.This WallAfter high school, he moved to Toronto and studied interior design at Humber College. In 2019, Asselin joined the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto and became its facilities manager.
We went through a similar thing with my husband’s brother and, you know, when your quality of life is that compromised, and you’re tired and you’re in pain, to be able to say, ‘I’m going to go out on my own terms’ is pretty awesome.Even as he fought his cancer and lived through constant pain, Asselin continued to work at the church until five days before his death.
In June 2016, the federal government passed legislation allowing eligible Canadian adults to request MAID. Neil wrote back to his brother that he “had his corner,” but still needed some time to digest the news.“I thoroughly support him,” she said.
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