Terenia, please don't take this the wrong way, but you strike me as someone who is an optimist to the very end. You're a "glass half-full" person, right?
I'm probably far too stubborn to be easily Controlled (it's a family trait), so if I were ever infested, I would have to feel a little pity for the Yeerk that gets me. Of course, it wouldn't be much. That's why I probably wouldn't have much of a choice . . . but still I would chose death. I'm obstinate in that way.