Before I die: a day with terminally ill patients | Death Land #2
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Published 2019-11-14
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All Comments (21)
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That 92 year old man was so with it. Amazing!
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I have terminal Cancer taking Chemo. No family and alone. Thats the worse, having no one to care. But when I go home My Father and Savior will be with me forever. Ill never be alone again.
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I know how it feels to lose someone, I lost my brother when I was 9 and he was 13, I lost him of cancer I remember his last words were "you will always be my little sister" I miss him :(
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“I feel grateful for the fact that I wont be here forever because it forces me to make meaning of the time that I do have.” Well said
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" I feel grateful for the fact that I won't be here forever 'cause it forces me to make meaning of the time I do have... "
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The hardest part of being a nurse is taking care of patients who are actively dying but want to live. 15 years of nursing and it still affects me to my core.
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The 90+-year-old man lived life to the fullest and looked like he knew his time was to come and only embraced it with full acceptance. He was pleased to know that his time was up and he couldn't have shown it more.
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"We will respect the limits that your body imposes because some of this has little to do with how hard we want to fight and so much to do with the limits of biology." Very gracefully and delicately put.
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The 92 year old man accepted death and had a smile on his face like he knew when it was time then let it be
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My heart hurts for the 39-year-old mom who keeps fighting against all odds because she isn't ready to leave her kids...
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My wife's mother died today. No matter how or when, the pain is always real. Yvonne lived 91 years and even in her final hour she wanted to make sure all her children would be ok. Yvonne passed at 11:04 this morning.
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As someone with a terminal stage of kidney failure in my 20s, I have an option of palliative care an certainly wanted to go that way. It’s the society that sees it as ‘giving up’ I see it as being brave
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Damn, that doctor has to be incredibly strong for going through this everyday.
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That lung cancer patient broke my heart💔 He was hanging on to any glimmer of hope...poor guy and so young too
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I had a near death experience. If the real death is actually similar to this, don't be afraid. It is very calm and comforting. I also believe that this life is not the end of everything. I wish you all the best. 😊
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My heart breaks for the man who wanted to keep his relative on the machine until he passed, not realizing that the machine would be what was keeping him from passing
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"So at this point, i'm relatively calm and accepting." This is wisdom.
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A doctor who genuinely RESPECTS her patients. No bs, just caring, straight talk. We all deserve physicians of her quality.
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I love how she learned Spanish so thoroughly to better communicate with her patients.
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My Grandfather is 99 ...He's mom paased away at 100 and he's grandma past away at 105 ...He will be 100 in 2 months..he still walks by himself and and has a great memory...I sure hope he sticks around a little longer, Amazing guy..He has so many stories to share..
