tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post1460845869034007864..comments2023-07-20T05:30:32.466-07:00Comments on In My Humble Opinion: Hospice and The Way Of The Master DiagnosticianJordan Grumethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12566078305685946261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-49709803155479242142011-10-27T07:20:17.381-07:002011-10-27T07:20:17.381-07:00We had amazing Hospice workers last Summer while m...We had amazing Hospice workers last Summer while my Dad was dying. i can never thank them enough. They took care of ALL of us.<br /><br /> Thank you for all you do, Maggie!<br /><br /> Thank you, Dr. Jordantracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121763456161256252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-46700183486916491612011-10-22T10:50:55.585-07:002011-10-22T10:50:55.585-07:00Nice speech!
The only thing I would add, as a lon...Nice speech!<br /><br />The only thing I would add, as a longtime hospice volunteer, is that sometimes the person who declines aggressive treatment actually gets better without it. <br /><br />We often find that the person living alone whose illness appears 'terminal' may recover both function and quality of life in an atmosphere of supportive care for pain, isolation, and fear.<br /><br />Many of our volunteers go right on visiting such patients after the patient has 'graduated' from hospice and gone back into the general population of people whose death date is not predicted. Sometimes that can make all the difference.<br /><br />The master diagnostician is at work in those cases, too.Maggienoreply@blogger.com