Tag Archives: Family distress and terminal illness

Spinning Out of Control

Life doesn’t stop because someone in the family is terminally ill.

One of the difficulties that people living with a terminal illness must deal with is the fact that life goes on much as it did before. Despite the “new normal” of doctor appointments and lab tests and physical changes associated … Continue reading

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Guilt and Shame at the End of Life

Living with a life-limiting illness can be much harder when you blame yourself

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh. ~ Henry David Thoreau Joe sat in his living … Continue reading

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