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A Montana man was given six months to live — so he quit his job, spent all his cash and considered blowing his brains out.

Mark Templin — in his mid-70s — sold his pickup truck, celebrated a "final" birthday, chose his funeral service and even asked his son-in-law to build him a box for his ashes.

Entering into a deep depression, he regularly broke down into tears and moved into hospice care designed for end-of-life patients.

He also prominently displayed a "Do Not Resuscitate" notice on his fridge so any first responders would let him die.

But the 2009 diagnosis of brain cancer from doctors at Fort Harrison VA Medical Center was wrong.

And this week the Helena native finally won $60,000 compensation for the serious error that made him believe for 148 terrifying days that he was dying.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.1340429