Miles J. Edwards was a physician and professor. He completed his medical degree at the University of Oregon Medical School (UOMS, now Oregon Health & Science University) in 1956 and his residency at the same university in 1958. After finishing his education, Edwards briefly served in the military before returning to UOMS to join the faculty in 1964, teaching pulmonary medicine. He remained there until his retirement in 1991. This interview largely centers on Edwards’s struggles with pancreatic cancer. Edwards discusses the experience of being a cancer patient after years of working as a doctor and how his diagnosis changed his views on medical care. He also speaks about fatigue from chemotherapy, grappling with mortality, and his opinions on medically assisted suicide. Miles J. Edwards died from cancer on March 23, 2006, less than five months after participating in this interview.