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My Own Life: Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2015...
19 февраля 2015 в 13:13 с Bookmarklet
“A MONTH ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out — a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver. Nine years ago it was discovered that I had a rare tumor of the eye, an ocular melanoma. Although the radiation and lasering to remove the tumor ultimately left me blind in that eye, only in very rare cases do such tumors metastasize. I am among the unlucky 2 percent.” • #умирание ∙ #die_fast - urbansheep@gmail.com
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I feel a sudden clear focus and perspective. There is no time for anything inessential. I must focus on myself, my work and my friends. I shall no longer look at “NewsHour” every night. I shall no longer pay any attention to politics or arguments about global warming. - urbansheep@gmail.com
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Why Doctors Die Differently — Careers in medicine have taught them the limits of treatment and the need to plan for the end - WSJ.com - http://online.wsj.com/article...
28 февраля 2012 в 18:24 с Bookmarklet
"It's not something that we like to talk about, but doctors die, too. What's unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared with most Americans, but how little. They know exactly what is going to happen, they know the choices, and they generally have access to any sort of medical care that they could want. But they tend to go serenely and gently. Doctors don't want to die any more than anyone else does. But they usually have talked about the limits of modern medicine with their families. They want to make sure that, when the time comes, no heroic measures are taken. During their last moments, they know, for instance, that they don't want someone breaking their ribs by performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which is what happens when CPR is done right)." • #занимательная_медицина - #die_fast - × × ×
The Long Goodbye - Features - Atlanta Magazine - http://www.atlantamagazine.com/feature...
27 февраля 2012 в 13:29 с Bookmarklet
“When I arrived, Daddy was gulping down whiskey. I called the ambulance back, and they took him to DeKalb Medical. Doctors found prostate cancer and operated. My sister and I cried, sure Daddy was in his last days. ¶ That was eleven years ago. Since then, Daddy’s long goodbye has drained his retirement income and life savings of more than $300,000. Where’s that money gone? Assisted living, mostly. Of course, that amount doesn’t account for his medical bills, most of which have been paid by Medicare and insurance policies that were part of his retirement. Daddy’s income—Social Security, plus monthly checks from two pensions—pays for the facility where he lives, his taxes, his life insurance policy premiums, and such incidentals as a visiting podiatrist to clip his nails. ¶ And he has been kicked out of two hospices for not dying.” - × × ×
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“Frankly, I don’t want to put my two children through an experience like this. What’s so crazy is that medical science is keeping people alive longer. We just won’t be able to afford to live—we’ll be a nation full of immortal poor people.” #trendtaste - #die_fast - #занимательная_медицина - × × ×
“A while back, I had a talk with my son, Matthew, about what was going on with my father. I said, “If I end up like your grandfather, I want you to take me out in the backyard and shoot me.” ¶ Matt thought about it and then said quietly, “Dad, it’s time to go to the backyard.” - × × ×
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