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“I want to die in dignity with full awareness.”

This is what I have heard.
How do I respond to that?
How do I talk to friends who are not expected to come home, again?
“The doctors said your condition is stable at the moment.” is definitely wrong.
“I too am waiting for my turn.” is not right either.
“The dog chased an hare down the gully the other day. I haven’t seen one for some time.” sounds uncaring and irrelevant.
“I ran into Jo at Vinnies last Thursday, she asked about you.” what if Jo never come to visit?
…It is not easy to talk about terminal wishes.

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เดี๋ยวนี้เขามี สมุดเบาใจ แนะนำให้เราเตรียมไว้ได้แบบนุ่มนวลนะคะ ที่ https://www.facebook.com/peacefuldeath2011

[sr]

Thank you very much for the resource link.

I went and downloaded a few books to read (one of them is แลดู ผู้ดูแล EBOOK-CARING-CARERS.pd). They would take me a few weeks.

I had some experiences visiting people who could not even remember me anymore. One friend was so tired and we didn’t talk just held hands - let our touch say how we felt. I left her when she seemed to have relaxed and went off to sleep. I found out that she died later that afternoon. I did not feel good because she might have been holding for life and I let her down.

Now I have 3 more friends in terminal care, lost most memory, lost most body control, … How can I help?

[sr]

I have read EBOOK-CARING-CARERS.pdf, CoCoCo-book.pdf and karnchuylua.pdf all available from https://www.facebook.com/peacefuldeath2011 I have also learned about many groups of people who work tirelessly for the happiness of other people and nothing for themselves. [Cheers! and Salute!]

I urge sharing their experience and happiness – and perhaps their work too.

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