Tag Archives: end of life care

Legal Documents

This week I have found myself sitting in a hospital room with my husband and I have had a great deal of time to think. Yesterday I was asked to be a witness for another patient’s medical power of attorney and living will and it made me think. Do you have your medical power of attorney? Have you talked about how you would like your last days to be? Have you written out your living will? A few years ago there was that case of the Florida woman that was in a vegetative state and her husband wanted to remove … Continue reading →

It Makes You Think

My oncologist suggested I join the support group and I did. I met some interesting older ladies but now I am dealing with the loss of one of the ladies I have become friends with. Lynn’s cancer had come back and this time it was stage 4 that had metastasized to her lungs. I did not really know how the oncologist thought that joining the group was going to be beneficial to help with my stress. How can meeting people who are going to die help me feel like I am not going to die? Lynn was an incredible woman … Continue reading →