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Bereavement

Farmer-Rick

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2. Well, hospice insisted my spouse come off dialysis

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2019, 04:05 PM

Jul 2019

Before they would help us. If she were taken off dialysis, she would have been dead in 3 days. She had NO kidney function.

As it was, she made it to her next birthday without their help. I can not recommend them because of their silly little bureaucratic rules.

But my mother and father seemed to find their involvement of some value.

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What a doctor wishes patients knew about the end [View all] left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 OP

My experience with "To the caregivers: Don't be afraid to leave the room" Siwsan Jul 2019 #1

Well, hospice insisted my spouse come off dialysis Farmer-Rick Jul 2019 #2

"their silly little bureaucratic rules" left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 #3

Yup our family had to face this harrowing choice Farmer-Rick Jul 2019 #4

when we decided to bring my mom home orleans Jul 2019 #5

I was my sister's POA and the only one who was near her 24/7 as she entered her final days. susanna Aug 2019 #6