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Old 03-17-2010, 12:21 PM
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Talking about hospice with my mother was really hard. It's a watershed event, because you're admitting that, "Yes, I really am going to die soon." Ironically, people actually live longer and have a much better quality of life once they go into hospice. My mother had hospice care for about 2-3 months, I believe.
Once, she got over the emotional hurdle of just having them come over to talk about it, she was fine and really liked the people who came to see her. She stayed at home all the way to the end and my sister and I were sitting with her when she died.
Cancer sucks and is a crappy way to have to die, but using hospice care makes it about as good as it can be.
I wish you well. Watching someone you love waste away is not an easy thing to do.
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