![]() by Special Guest: Worth Kilcrease The following is an excerpt of a letter Edgar Allen Poe wrote on January 4, 1948 after his wife died: “You say—‘Can you hint to me what was the terrible evil’ which caused the irregularities so profoundly lamented?” Yes; I can do more than hint. This ‘evil’ was the greatest which can befall a man. Six years ago, a wife, whom I loved as no man ever loved before, ruptured a blood-vessel in singing. Her life was despaired of. I took leave of her forever & underwent all the agonies of her death. She recovered partially and I again hoped. At the end of a year
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![]() The following e-mail that Gail Sheehy wrote could have been written by many people who are living with illnesses in their end-stages. She wrote about her and her husband’s experiences with frequent hospital visits and the medical predictions (that usually go with them) that often don’t pan out. Palliative care stops all this nonsense but few know about it. A person can be treated within the palliative care medical system and still do whatever they’d like as far as cure-directed treatments go….or not. The only right decision is the one we want. Know that comfort is possible before hospice is chosen. Palliative care is not just for hospice anymore. ![]() There’s some snobbery in a person judging if another person is in denial, don’t you think? Sitting around tables we shake our heads or we tsk-tsk or the like because some unfortunate soul is not coming to terms with their own death or with that of their loved one. How rude. Suffering, hope, depression, grieving, coping, etc. have faces and nuances we don’t always recognize or understand in people. To cope with hope….what’s wrong with that? |
AuthorIn fall 2014, I moved some old blog posts here that I had written years ago from 2007 to 2010. Hope they are helpful. Archives
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