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End of Life Issues

PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. There is far too much of "heroic measures" taken,

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2020, 06:30 PM

Jun 2020

especially with old people.

Depending on what I might some day be diagnosed with, I'd forego a lot of treatments. Make me comfortable, that's all.

I understand that people in hospice or on palliative care actually tend to live longer than the "do everything possible" ones.

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An old article, but worth a read if you haven't seen it [View all] Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 OP

Good articles. I doubt I'd try to fight pancreatic cancer. And I might move to Hoyt Jun 2020 #1

My mother died of pancreatic cancer and refused to even take pain killers. Frustratedlady Jun 2020 #2

There is far too much of "heroic measures" taken, PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #3

My father died of esophageal cancer after... Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 #4

Your story is all too typical. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #5

I agree Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 #6

Right. It is incumbent upon each of us to PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #7