Category: hospice

After almost seven years of living with his diagnosis, M is gone.

I thought we were ready. We weren’t.

Because hospice comes with so much baggage I struggled with how to discuss it with M. Then I was lucky in that Dr. M had the new doctor in the clinic suggest it. I’m pretty sure Dr. M was motivated by never wanting to have to deal with M again, but however we got here, I’ll take it.

We met with the paperwork person Thursday, the nurse came Friday morning, they delivered a portable oxygen concentrater Friday afternoon, then today the pharmacy delivered the emergency pain comfort kit. M said if he’d known this would be the care level he’d have signed on months ago.

He’s still the healthiest sick person I know but we’re definitely seeing progression in pain levels, the struggle to keep weight on, and weaknesses. It’s good to know the support system is now in place if / when things get worse.