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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (182903)	8/27/2009 3:55:26 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

if you are worried about her becoming addicted to morphine in the final days of her life then you are just about the dumbest SOB I've ever met. What did he do after you said that? He dig a hole an crawl in or did he just blow you off? Sounds like that latter.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (182903)	8/27/2009 5:24:46 PM
From: Naomi	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

My SIL was an RN and had worked her way up to being an Administer of the hospital she was in and she received excellent care and some of her people were on duty when some of us sat with her. I spoke several times with her Oncologist and he had already advised us that there was no way she could survive as her brain was so badly affected by the disease. He just told me he would try make sure she was comfortable until she passed. We had no idea she would last as long as she did, but he never once mentioned her getting addicted. Even the thought of that would be a ridiculous statement for any doctor treating Stage IV. But there are some rare cases of a Stage IV ending up in remission and those I've heard of did not have to get to the morphine treatment. Still what the heck if they do get addicted, better than letting them lie there waiting and horribly suffering until they pass on which is going to happen. That is certainly a better way of showing mercy for a patient entrusted to their care. I think he was trying to protect himself from a malpractice case, but even then he was wrong to say that as he had to definitely know your Aunt was at the end of her life and if he didn't he shouldn't be allowed to treat any person with Cancer. He should have been reported to the Medical Association in his area where he probably would have been censured for a statement to the family like that and sent to sensitivity classes for it. Morphine is regularly used in most terminal cases and even Hospice nurses are allowed to give it in their homes when they are sent home for end of life purposes. I just thank God every day for his blessings to be a survivor and that I never had to endure the ravages of the disease and never had to have chemo or radiation treatment. I celebrate eight years of survival next month, but I will feel much safer and more comfortable after I reach my tenth year. I continually research Cancer articles about other kinds to keep learning about it just in case I need to be aware of anything I might have missed to stay educated about it. Every one should be aware of all symptoms of each type and always be on the look out if they have any one symptom to go check it out with your family physician. I might not have been so lucky to check mine early if I hadn't been aware and got myself to my physician. An early diagnosis of any type except pancreatic, which is a silent type, is mostly curable in early stages even if one has to have chemo and radiation because the tumors are smaller and cells have not made their way to other vital organs or lymph nodes.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (182903)	8/27/2009 5:24:47 PM
From: Naomi	Respond to of 225578

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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (182903)	8/28/2009 11:28:49 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 225578

That is a horror story, OR! I'm so sorry to know your Aunt had such a very difficult time passing..... I'm sure she knows you were trying to help her....