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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
New ALS Therapy Shows Promise
Researchers in Israel have developed a way to slow disease progression in mice
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel, have developed a promising new treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a degenerative disease of the nervous system that causes loss … Continue reading
“The Deep” by Anthony Doerr
Doerr’s award winning short story emphasizes the importance of embracing all that life has to offer
While finishing up a contemporary short story class this semester, I came across a piece of fiction that has since nestled itself deeply into my consciousness. The story, which I found in Ben Marcus’s book “New American Stories,” is by American … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr, Ben Marcus, Death, Great Depression, Lending Insight, Life, Living with a Terminal Illness, New American Stories, SevenPonds, Short story, terminal illness, The Boston Globe, The Deep, The Sunday Morning Magazine
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“My Last Days” by Justin Baldoni
The documentary series emphasizes life much more than the prospect of death
The cable network The CW has an online documentary series called “My Last Days.” It tells the stories of people living with terminal illness. But it is much more about life than the subjects’ impending deaths. One episode focuses on … Continue reading
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Tagged Brain Cancer, Fulfilling Life, Happiness, Jess Oldwyn, Kendrick Evans, Life, My Last Days, Sleep Apnea, terminal illness, The CW
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“Because I Could Not Stop For Death” by Emily Dickinson
A poem that describes an encounter with mortality
“Because I could not stop for death He kindly stopped for me The carriage held but just ourselves And immortality.” Emily Dickinson, born in 1830, was in many ways a living contradiction. She was raised in a Calvinist, orthodox, conservative … Continue reading
Addiction: The Terminal Illness No One Talks About
Addiction and its aftermath kill millions of Americans every year
Turn on the radio or TV news today and you will probably hear something about America’s epidemic of drug abuse. Opioids (a class of drugs that includes prescription medicines like oxycodone and fentanyl as well as the illegal drug heroin), … Continue reading
