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Thomas Young has suffered deteriorating health since losing control of his body from the chest down when he was shot in Sadr City, Iraq, in April 2004. He had been in the country less than a week.
Mr Young, 33, is receiving hospice care in Kansas City, in the US state of Missouri. He has had his colon removed while also struggling through a pulmonary embolism and several bouts of depression.
He estimates that he is forced to take between 35 and 45 pills per day.
After being taken off blood thinning medication he suffered a brain injury that he blames for a loss of speech and use of his arms.
He announced this week that he plans to soon begin refusing nourishment and crucial medication, condemning himself to death. "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired," he told his local newspaper.
Read more at The Telegraph.
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