In talking with the geriatric M.D. at my aunt's nursing home, they can easily tell when their days are numbered. Their calorie intake gradually goes down, and they just get quiet in the days up to their passing. And it's a blessing if they're not in terrible pain--and just check out quietly.
Edit: Thank you for sharing this article. One of the things on my "to do" list since moving to Fly Over Country was to get a library card. I had put it off and put it off...reason after reason. Well, today...I went online to see what it took to get a card and well...it took about 45 seconds. With that, I was able to read the article you shared and thank you for that. It was indeed a worthy read and I am quite joyed to finally have access to the library.
Not to mention when you only have months to live you are almost certainly not going to be in condition to do all those things. I will be happy to just be hanging out with loved ones and my dog at home. Hopefully with it enough to savor those moments.Thanks for both of those articles.
My old tendency would be to run and get in that travel that we have put off, and I quickly realized that squandering my days in aluminum tubes and crowded airports and moldy museums, cathedrals and ruins and that perfect beach somewhere would be a waste of what I had left. Will be a waste of what we really do have left.
Edit: Thank you for sharing this article. One of the things on my "to do" list since moving to Fly Over Country was to get a library card. I had put it off and put it off...reason after reason. Well, today...I went online to see what it took to get a card and well...it took about 45 seconds. With that, I was able to read the article you shared and thank you for that. It was indeed a worthy read and I am quite joyed to finally have access to the library.
Can someone point me to how this works? I have a library card, but not sure how to use it to read articles. I assume this is online reading and not going into the library, but not sure where to go from there.
..."our" calorie intake goes down, "we" get quiet, etc. We just run down, like an old dog or cat.
Can someone point me to how this works? I have a library card, but not sure how to use it to read articles. I assume this is online reading and not going into the library, but not sure where to go from there.
Not to mention when you only have months to live you are almost certainly not going to be in condition to do all those things. I will be happy to just be hanging out with loved ones and my dog at home. Hopefully with it enough to savor those moments.