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[quote=Anonymous]My mom's in hospice with cancer and is in her final weeks. Every 48-72 hours since she began to steeply decline a few weeks ago, she has called to tell me to come immediately because she is dying within hours. Thoughts on how to address, including how I can keep this from taking such an emotional toll on me? FWIW: - She is no longer able to cognitively understand what I'm telling her (e.g. the specific symptoms she's describing are side effects of medication that the doctors say are unavoidable if her pain is managed). - Hospice has suggested that the only alternative is to heavily sedate her. - I visit her six days a week and am on the phone with her at least an hour a day about other care-related things, so this doesn't seem like attention seeking. - There doesn't seem to be a pattern for when these spells come on. For example, she called today within five minutes of my husband leaving after a two-hour visit, and he said she was fine.[/quote]
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