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Cancer Support

alfredo

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25. It sucks to be in your place, but it is good you are making the decisions.

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Thu Feb 18, 2016, 02:42 PM

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Officially signed up for hospice today [View all] Tab Feb 2016 OP

<3. (It's a heart) uppityperson Feb 2016 #1

Best wishes to you! n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #2

This is always a difficult step, my dear Tab... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2016 #3

Glad you posted. Wish you weren't faced with that decision. I know it's a tough. Hoyt Feb 2016 #4

They were very good with my mother. Wish I qualified, Downwinder Feb 2016 #5

Would not chronic qualify you? Tab Feb 2016 #6

I have been told NO. Downwinder Feb 2016 #7

Hmmm.... Tab Feb 2016 #9

Enough of this cheerful talk. Downwinder Feb 2016 #10

It's home Tab Feb 2016 #11

That will give your caregiver some respite, time for shopping etc. Downwinder Feb 2016 #13

age is terminal, too (attempt at levity) wordpix Feb 2016 #15

Congratulations. My niece is over 10 yrs. now. Downwinder Feb 2016 #16

(((Tab))) Solly Mack Feb 2016 #8

Thanks, Solly Tab Feb 2016 #12

so sorry, Tab and thinking of you wordpix Feb 2016 #14

I understand the conflicting feelings. dmr Feb 2016 #17

You're not dumping in my thread. Tab Feb 2016 #19

have you tried any of the super dose med marijuana? wordpix Feb 2016 #23

Unofficially Tab Feb 2016 #24

Hospice is really helpful in so many ways cate94 Feb 2016 #18

I wish we didn''t need child cancer centers either. Tab Feb 2016 #20

Too true. cate94 Feb 2016 #21

Sorry to hear this Tab, but I know from your posts that it has not been ... slipslidingaway Feb 2016 #22

It sucks to be in your place, but it is good you are making the decisions. alfredo Feb 2016 #25

All my best wishes and hopes for you DarthDem Feb 2016 #26

I'm ambivalent with the question of even thinking about it. nolabels Feb 2016 #27

First, I'm sorry for your loss. Tab Feb 2016 #28

I was trying to help convey from what i saw from my experience with the hospice nolabels Feb 2016 #29

sounds like you're doing OK, glad to hear it wordpix Feb 2016 #30

Damn, I didn't know your condition was that advanced. alfredo Mar 2016 #31

The problem is we're barely learning how to die Tab Mar 2016 #32

My parents were European, moonscape Apr 2016 #33

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