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Reddit mentions of Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
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| Release date | February 1997 |
| Weight | 0.61 pounds |
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Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying - Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
Multiple cases studies from a pair of hospice nurses.
Cancer sucks. It is a horrible disease, and my heart breaks for your family.
You have said that her cancer is terminal. Please have a very frank talk with her on whether she wants to continue the chemo, or just accept palliative care. Find our from her oncologist what the hoped-for outcome is with this next round of chemo. Often times chemo can buy extra time, but sometimes at quite a price in terms of being very uncomfortable because of the side effects. Is three months of relative comfort better than six months of throwing up or losing your hair and having nerve pain in the hands and feet from the chemo. That is an individual choice, and there is no right or wrong answer - what is right for one is wrong for another.
Everyone's choice is different - some want every last possible moment on this earth, regardless of what they have to go through to get it. Others are accepting of the inevitable and want to be as comfortable as possible.
Like I said, there is no wrong choice, but I hope that whatever your mom chooses she does so because it is what she wants, not because of what someone else wants or what she thinks she ought to do.
I've been through this both ways with different family members. I have my opinions, but respect that they can be different than others choices.
Advocate for your mom to get her in to a hospice program. Home hospice is good, but if you can find a hospice house, those are usually great. Almost all are covered by insurance. They can help answer your questions.
I strongly suggest the book final gifts (you read it, not your mom). http://www.amazon.com/Final-Gifts-Understanding-Awareness-Communications/dp/0553378767.
All I can say is they seem to know when their time to go is, and they will communicate it, but often in subtle ways.
Best to your family in this hard time.