Category Archives: Emergency/Crisis Medical

Hospice earlier than 7 days before?

Posted on June 7, 2014 by dgermann

Why would we want hospice earlier than 7 days before we die? Why would we want to live well our last months? It’s not about making comfortable, it’s about living truth whole. :- Doug.

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Our family holds a story:

Posted on May 30, 2014 by dgermann

Our family holds a story: a stroke, trach tube, speech gone, crisis, must pull together, but years ago harsh words, hard to stitch this rent fabric Holding our breath we consult a lawyer the lawyer has no silver needle only … Continue reading →

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maps of the territory

Posted on April 13, 2014 by dgermann

I have maps of the territory and can act as your guide. :- Doug.

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It’s Dad

Posted on April 3, 2014 by dgermann

It’s Dad It’s family We’re gathered for :- Doug.

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Cure or comfort, how can we know?

Posted on April 1, 2014 by dgermann

How can we in the early 21st Century know when to go from cure to comfort? Or should we like water, like life, gradually flow? Can we, ought we, make such a distinction? Ought we seek to give comfort whenever … Continue reading →

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More time with you

Posted on March 26, 2014 by dgermann

A lawyer can take more time with you. :- Doug.

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knowledge of medicine, tender, tough?

Posted on February 14, 2014 by dgermann

What characteristics would you want in someone making big medical decisions for you: good head, good heart, imagination, knowledge of medicine, tender, tough? :- Doug.

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the root of all challenges

Posted on January 26, 2014 by dgermann

O save us from conflict Battles and wars Competitors, rivals, enemies everywhere But the root of all challenges Is with one another: our connection :- Doug.

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I cannot answer your questions

Posted on January 11, 2014 by dgermann

I cannot answer your questions. I can only address them. Only you can answer your questions. You take in what I give you, adjust its fit and assimilate into yourself only what fits for you. :- Doug.

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How doctors die

Posted on November 20, 2013 by dgermann

Friends– Here is a New York Times article that you will want to read. Check out some of its links, too! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/your-money/how-doctors-die.html?src=me&_r=0 :- Doug.

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Where is love in POST?

Posted on November 6, 2013 by dgermann

Where is love in POST? Where is love in Conversation? Where is compassion? :- Doug.

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Arrow of increasing capacity to clear the path

Posted on September 12, 2013 by dgermann

There is an arrow of increasing capacity to clear the path, within which we can place various documents and steps. Where would you place Living Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Representative appointments, Conversation? :- Doug.

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In elder caring, things move quickly

Posted on August 30, 2013 by dgermann

In elder caring, things move quickly. More quickly than you would expect. Client is in the nursing home, and the nursing home is saying he is “plateauing:” they need to stop therapy and make the family private pay. Medicare will … Continue reading →

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News: renewing our resolve for respecting patient’s wishes

Posted on July 11, 2013 by dgermann

Friends– Here is a Senate hearing on “Renewing the Conversation: Respecting patients’ Wishes and Advance Care Planning” from June 26, 2013. Worth a look. http://www.aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=344148& :- Doug.

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Cancer and gentle loving metaphors

Posted on June 17, 2013 by dgermann

There are more gentle and loving frames within which to set our approach to any cancer test results seeming negative. Military and war metaphors, fighting and vanquishing, are too harsh for a part of a loved one’s body. When our … Continue reading →

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Why people don’t know what they want

Posted on June 2, 2013 by dgermann

The reasons most people do not know what they want are they haven’t thought about it and they don’t know what are their choices. :- Doug.

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10 ways we can be kind to people dying

Posted on May 26, 2013 by dgermann

What are 10 ways we can be kind to people who are dying? :- Doug.

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