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End of Life Issues

Girard442

(6,063 posts)

5. When my wife died after being in hospital for several weeks...

Reply to phylny (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 09:31 AM

Jan 2021

...I created a timeline document of events based on texts and emails and memories. It wasn't so much to try to understand what happened, but to record the experiences so I wouldn't have a moment in the future when I would feel bad that a memory had slipped away and struggle to reconstruct it. I really don't look at much, but knowing it's there is a comfort.

That was ten years ago.

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Who can I talk to who can explain what my father did/went through during the last two [View all] phylny Jan 2021 OP

I'm sorry for your loss Rorey Jan 2021 #1

Attending physician? 634-5789 Jan 2021 #2

I can tell you this Rorey Jan 2021 #3

I am so sorry for your loss. AllyCat Jan 2021 #4

When my wife died after being in hospital for several weeks... Girard442 Jan 2021 #5

Can you tell us what you saw and heard? Karadeniz Jan 2021 #6

I suggest call an outsider if your hospice worker doesn't know. Tetrachloride Jan 2021 #7

the hospice org i volunteered w had counselors. mopinko Jan 2021 #8

Are these questions of a somewhat spiritual nature? alittlelark Jan 2021 #9

Start with dad's personal physician, or even your own. marble falls Jan 2021 #10

Reach out to Hospice in your area. Big Blue Marble Jan 2021 #11

Thank you all for the kind words and thoughts. phylny Jan 2021 #12

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ a kennedy Jul 2021 #13

my father markie Sep 2021 #14